Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1917 — DONT'S’ FOR HOME BUILDERS [ARTICLE]

DONT'S’ FOR HOME BUILDERS

Serious Thought Should Be Given to Things That Should Be Omitted From New Building. If you are intending to build a home, as doubtless you are, don’t in planning, devote all your energies to the things you need in the building, but rather • give serious thought to the things that can well be omitted, thereby saving you expense and future trouble and annoyance. Some of these are briefly l ! outlined in the following “don’ts:” Don’t, when planning the home, forget that there is just one best lay-out for the house on any plot, and that layout can be determined only through long, patient and careful study of all the surrounding conditions. Don’t forget that the unsightly radiator may be successfully concealed by grilles. There are to be had special grille designs, suited to the various orders of decoration. Don’t, .when laying out the lighting system of the new house, fail to planl for adequate switch control. This is one of tlie most important features in the well-equipped modern home. ’ Don’t, if you wish to give an air of spaciousness to the ’ rooms, fail to eliminate all unnecessary details. Don’t plan your new home without 7ttmpg“Tnfo consideration the billties of the grounds. In these days of out-of-door living, the garden, the pergola, the sun-room, the arbor and. the tea-room are all really extension* of the house itself.