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House & Garden 
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“ FURNITURE “ 
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The English cottage type has no particular locality. It lends 
itself to stucco over hollow tile, expanded metal or wood 
lath. The interesting roof can be of shingle, tile or slate 
Evolving a House Plan 
(Continued from page 50) 
your imaginary Dutch Colonial on the 
actual site, you may be forced to re¬ 
cant and go over to the camp of the 
English cottagers. The site has a great 
deal to do with the kind of house you 
ultimately build. 
For example: the truly Italian type 
of house is rarely at home in the 
average American suburb. It has to be 
so adapted and changed that, by the 
time the building is actually erected, 
there is little left of the original Italian 
purity. On the other hand, the Dutch 
and Georgian Colonial and English 
cottage types are all amenable to the 
average suburb or small town. The 
Spanish type, such as pictured here 
is more at home in the South, South¬ 
west and in California. 
Since most people select the design 
first and arrive at the plans afterward, 
it is well to understand the general 
layout of each of the four groups 
pictured here. 
The Dutch Colonial and the Geor¬ 
gian are usually planned with balance 
in mind. The hall extends from the 
front door to the back. On one side 
is the living room, which may open on¬ 
to a living porch; on the other is the 
dining room with pantry and kitchen 
behind; or the kitchen may be in a wing 
that balances the porch on the other 
end. In each of these cases the hall 
may be reduced and an extra room 
placed at the rear of the first floor. 
Something of the same regularity 
characterizes the plan of the English 
cottage design. In the Spanish, how¬ 
ever, the house is built around a patio, 
a characteristic Spanish feature. It is a 
one-story house and, in small designs, 
not so much leeway is possible in the 
arrangement of the rooms. 
For three of these designs we are 
suggesting two plans; there are numer¬ 
ous other possible variations. Find the 
variation that seems to meet your re¬ 
quirements. 
This, in simple terms, is the most 
pleasant way to arrive at the plans of 
a prospective house. Having crystal- 
ized your ideas that much, you can 
then consult an architect. Do not turn 
your rough sketches over to the local 
builder. This would be as fatal as 
sending a Rolls Royce to be repaired 
to a garage that specializes only on 
Fords. It is conceivably possible to 
build a good house without the aid 
of an architect, but it is highly improb¬ 
able. For an architect is an economy 
in the long run; he knows how to con¬ 
serve space and how to create it; he 
Two variations for the first floor of the English 
cottage show a rearrangement of the service de¬ 
partment. Ample living room space is provided. 
The windows would be wood or metal casements. 
