| The more use you can make of a given
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| | cowboys, or some other equally exciting
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| space, the more efficient your planning.
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| | and din-producing game! A house needs a
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| The entrance hall can often double as the
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| | quiet spot, a den, a library, a family
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| telephone booth.
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| | room, or some other place where some
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| Multiple use of space is an evidence of
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| | members of the family can escape from the
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| good planning.
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| | rest of the gang at times.
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| Consider the human body: if a separate
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| | A quiet retreat from the din of living.
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| organ were provided for each function, we
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| | There is usually the need for more than
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| wouldn't be able to carry them all around
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| | one area of living: the children want to
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| with us.
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| | look at the TV; Dad wants to read his
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| Think of the mouth and its many uses.
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| | paper; Mother wants to telephone; the
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| Aside from its principal uses as a base
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| | older brother has to study and do his
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| for lipstick and for kissing, it is used
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| | homework for high school; friends drop in
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| for talking, for sucking and blowing, for
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| | for a short call; someone comes to see
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| emergency breathing, including snoring,
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| | Dad on some kind of business. These
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| for biting off thread, for taking in food
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| | things must all go on simultaneously.
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| and grinding it up preparatory to
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| | They can't very well all be in the same
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| swallowing it, for holding pins in sewing
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| | room at the same time. Open planning is
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| and nails in shingling, for forming a
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| | fine, but it has its limitations. Some
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| smile, a grin, or a grimace, for
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| | families have hobbies that they work on
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| laughing, clucking and whistling, and too
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| | at home, whereas others are content to
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| rarely to say a kind word.
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| | read the newspaper, turn on the
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| The Living Room
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| | television, and drop off to sleep in an
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| When you pass from the hall into the
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| | easy chair.
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| living room, what kind of room do you
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| | If a quiet corner can be found for a
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| like to be in?
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| | writing desk or if a well-lighted alcove
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| There are almost as many types of ideas
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| | with an easy chair and a bookcase can be
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| as to the size, shape, colors, and uses
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| | managed, the livability of the house will
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| of the living room as there are people.
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| | be greatly enhanced.
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| Some have the idea that a living room is
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| | The living room must not be the principal
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| similar to the old-fashioned parlor that
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| | hallway through the house, although
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| was shut up all week and was opened only
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| | careless planners often make it just
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| on Sunday, was usually musty, and
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| | that. Every living room should have a
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| generally unused and uncomfortable.
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| | point of interest aside from the
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| Others go to the other extreme and think
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| | television set: a fireplace, a picture
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| of the living room as a place where the
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| | window, a mural, an interesting grouping
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| children study, where people lounge and
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| | of elegant furniture, a music center, or
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| read the paper or the latest magazine. A
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| | something that reflects the tastes,
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| living room is to be lived in, isn't it?
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| | personality, or interests of the owner.
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| Oh, to get away from this bedlam! How
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| | It is a good idea to use a mortgage
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| often have you thought that when the
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| | calculator if you decide to purchase land
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| children get to playing Indians and
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| | or a property.
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