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