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TWO UNIQUE CRAFTSMAN
HOUSES PLANNED FOR SE-
CLUSION AND CLOSE INTI-
MACY WITH THE GARDEN
A FEW weeks ago one of our sub-
        scribers called at the Craftsman
        architectural rooms and asked us to
        work out the plans and specifica-
tions for his new home. He explained in a
general way the kind of house he had in
mind, and we were particularly interested
in his somewhat original point of view.
The house, he said, was to be built in a
village, and the lot fronted on a street
where the cars ran.    Consequently, his


home so that the living and dining rooa
and porch, where the family would natura
spend most of the time, would be as far
possible from the noise and dust of t
street and in close touch with the shelter
garden at the rear. To accomplish this,
said, he would have to ignore the use
architectural conventions and build t
kitchen and its porch in the front, next
the main entrance. He wanted us, thei
fore, to design the house in such a way ti
the front, in spite of the presence of t
service porch and kitchen windows,
would be both attractive in appearance
and convenient in plan.
  As we have already published draw-
ings of several suburban houses that
embodied this same general idea, and
have always held that the back and
sides of one's home should be just as
pleasing as the part that faces the
street, we were of course glad to find
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And knowing that many people who con-
template the building of a home in village,
suburbs or town, are confronted with sim-
ilar conditions, we decided to plan one of
the houses for this month's magazine as
outlined above.
  We feel that such a plan, moreover, will
have a wide range of usefulness, for it
gives just what the home-builders of today
are seeking-namely, the chance for quiet,
comfortable indoor life, sheltered outdoor
retreats and closeness to the garden.
T HE first house illustrated here, No.
     i81, which embodies the foregoing
     principle, is of stucco on metal lath,
and shingles are used for both the main


CLAFsMAN HOUSE NO. 181: FIRST FLOOR PLAN.


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