[34] Prepared by A. L. Matthews and N. G. Napier for the department of agricultural engineering, University of Arkansas,
PLAN 6503[35]
Floor areas: Superstructure, original house 520 square feet; with addition, 825 square feet.
Small homes are often cut up into several rooms, with the result that in them a person has a "boxed-in" feeling. In plan 6503 the rooms are few, and each is used for more than one purpose. If the cost must be kept to a minimum, the bedroom and sleeping porch may be omitted in the original construction. The kitchen-dining room is unusually large for a house of this size, and the equipment is grouped in the front part of the room where the housewife can have a good view of the highway.
When the bedroom and sleeping porch are built, the bunk in the kitchen-dining room may be taken out to provide more dining space; or if one desires a cellar under part of the house, the cellar stairway may replace the bunk space. A large window and high-beamed ceiling are features of the living room. The chimney must not be too small; it is a feature of the house.
[35] Prepared by R. A. Deal and W. W. DeNeff for the department of agricultural engineering, State College of Washington.