The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-04
HOME BUILDING NOT
A SIMPLE PROBLEM

What | don't know about building
home would fill big book. but II
YOU want to know how to buy and
sell wheat. come over and see me,
says Arthur C. Clausen, a Minneapolis
architect
Something 10 that effect is the
average expression from most men
about TO plan houses. Even con
tractor recently wrote me-. L have
followed the building trade with con
siderable success for twelve years and
realize how little | know about max
ing plans
The building of = home. especially
th9 FIRST one, is a difficult and serious
undertaking. the Investment often rep
resrntnc the accumulated savings Of
years. When the building OF homo
by n man Of wealth Is to him a serl-
Gus matter. how much more important
1t Is to tho man of limited means that
his money be properly invested
First buy a goodSized lot in a
desirable nelghborhood. where your
children Will have PTope: associates,
and remember that IL never pays to
build a good house on cheap lot
They buy a good book and sever
al magazines devoted to the planning
and designing Of pomes; study them
thoroughly. VISIT all the homes you
can. note their sizc as compared with
their cost and 90 not get discouraged
when you find that you have formed a
cream appetite on a skinned milk
poclletbook;' that the mental picture
you haye formed of your future home
Er In
portions 10 keep the cost within the
limit of your building funds.
The architects greatest problem
is how 10 hold down over enthusias-
tic people. who would like TO build
homes beyond their means At first
you may be surprised at not being
able to find a home already planned
or built which meets your ideal. Plan
ming a home Is like selecting wife
what suits one seldom suits an
othor-and each must choose accord
ing TO his own taste.
Rooms and Special Features.
after you know what You can
have and keep within the amount
you wish to spend, then decide on
what you want as TO number and ar.
rangement Of rooms. kind of materl.
ais and the special features that Will
add to the beauty and homelike ap-
pearance OF your home. Here Is where
the task becomes difficult BY this
time you have seen so many things
that are a Joy forever that you Will
be tempted 10 try to include them
all. but do not attempt IL Take this
from me. that you cannot get every
thing that Is beautiful and desirable
under one roof Again. do not get
discouraged A right mental attitude
toward success In any undertaking
! VIII have much to do with your gain.
! Ing II. II you have found a printed
/ plan that would be about what you
want after a few changes on 1t In Ink
or draw d rough outline of about
what you want with the approximate
\ room sizes and send 10 an architect.
| together with a description of the
house you intend to build. Once in
| his hands things will move along sys-
! tematically toward a satisfactory solu.
tlon OF the problems involved, pro.
vided you do not try TO get more
/ house than you can pay for Remem-
/ ber. this Is the home you have longed
TO own for years Be sure you invest
your money wisely-start right
4, The True Architect.
Tho homebullder should state
frankly to his architect the amount
he desires To spend give him a gener.
al Idea OF the number and arrange
ment OF the rooms and then leave the
rest to him II he would have the best
results. There are, unfortunately. ar
chitects, so called. who have no leglt.
innate right 10 the title, men In whom
the commercial spirit Is so prominent
that the planning OF home becomes
a mere get-outyour-mo proposition
J The man who hires all his work done
(hc can, OF course. have assistantsl
who does not himself work upon the
drawings. giving his own time and at.
! tonilon 10 The working oU, ~ Tho do