The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
Rear Entrance as Artistic and
Convenient as the
Front.
DESIGNED TO SAVE STEPS
Set Near Street Line So as to
Leave Room for
Garden.

int 4lAAASACnNs AAONSS
include beauty among its other quail
. ties, we are describing this week the
kitchen entrance to a house built of
stone, with shinEle or slate roof. The
entrance to the kitchen should be as
4ttractivs and flower bordered as the
front part of the house.
The working department of every
home should be as sunny and attract
I've as any other division; in fact, IL
the work of the house is to be done
by the mistress, the beauty as well as
the convenience Of the service portion
Of the house should be the first con-
alteration. In the old days the ash
cans and garbage barrels stood by the
Kitchen door; dishpans, mops, brooms.
wash tubs were hung at the side of
the door or projected from some dark
corner; no one would have thought OF
taking guest to the kitchen door.
Kitchen Entrance CHEEKY.
In this house one might easily mis-
take the kitchen door for the front
entrance. There is a recessed porch
with direct entrance into the kitchen
and also into a room for storing
vegetables, and still another for fuel.
Near the kitchen door is an ice box
easily filled without the ice man hav-
ing to tramp across the clean kitchen.
The sink is placed directly beneath a
window, 50 that it has plenty OF
wholesome sunlight and cheer for the
worker Near it in the corner is
space for. the range, so it's flue is part
OF the large chimney for the dining
room fireplace.
The entrance to the dining room
from the kitchen is through buffers
pantry. wherein are placed the shelves
fer dishes for use in the dining room.
The two swinging doors into and out
of this pantry keep out all kitchen
edors.
Through the back of the pantry, also,
one may reach the back hall, anc
thus reach the second-story rooms
without having to pass through the
front of the house. From the back
hall, also, one reaches the porch. A
low stone wall has been put around
This porch to give a greater sense OF
seclusion and to make it have more
the feeling of an outdoor room. From
this porch one has entrance to the
garden
Near Street Line.
- When a house of this kind is built
ION a suburban lot It is generally put
rather forward near the street line,
and thus the garden, is made at the
tback of the house. This is another
treason for making the rear of the
ehouse as beautiful as the front. u
Is. in fact, nearest to the garden, and
therefore should have close and pleas
ant connection with It. From the liv-
ing room are large French doors
opening onto this porch, from which
IL is but q step into the garden. The
living room has been provided with q
large fireplace. Upstairs there are
three masters bedrooms and a maid
room, two bathrooms, and a sewing
room There are also a great many
closets, Cross drafts in every room,
and large windows:
The essentials of an Efficiency
House are comfortable working con-
/, ysniences, beauty and durability.
These things are absolutely necessary
for right living, according to the mod
Srn Interpretation Of the word. This
whole building has been most thought
fully planned and developed with
those ideals in mind. 1t is substan-
tally built along beautiful lines and
Of durable materials. There is no
cheap show of granduer at the front
with commonplaceness at the rear,
bat 1t IL attractive from every angle.
There are sleeping porches and out
: door sitting rooms, that the health
! Of the family may be provided for.
Has Spacious Attic.
An attic extends over the entire up
per part Of the house and forms an
excellent storage room or good play
room for the children. There is also
o basement beneath this house which
can be developed according to the
owners desire. In the basement, nat
urally, would be a laundry, preserve
closets, coal bins, &c. Thus the full
complement of the requirements for
an Efficiency House has been OBJ
, tanned.
The most elective way of building
this house would be upon a slight
eminenoe. It's impressiveness would
be enhanced by approaching it by
three or four or even more steps.
II the cost OF building such a house
would be too much II OF stone, then
the same lines could be carried out in
o cheaper material, as shingles or