PEN, CLEAN, AND MODERN with a capital M-that's the only proper way to introduce The Heron, an eight-room, fourbedroom home suitable for any lot, regardless of which direction the piece of land faces.
Designed especially for this book, this one-level contemporary dwelling has a number of unique features incorporated into its plan. Among these: centrally-located bathrooms (there are two) and kitchen; sliding folding doors in wall pockets; and innumerable built-ins. The unusual location of the baths and kitchen allows more light and ventilation to living areas with no sacrifice of light and air in the kitchen and baths. This is accomplished by construction of a skylight-type unit above the center portion of the home called, architecturally, clear-story windows. These features allow the home to face in any direction with assurance of proper daytime lighting.
Brick and cypress are tastefully combined for the exterior; the low shed roof is five-ply built-up and insulation is four-inch full thickness throughout. A sheltered flagstone walk bordering a planting area leads to the front door. Inside, a guest closet is immediately opposite the front door with the dining and night living rooms to the right.
The living and dining areas are highlighted by three important features: a window wall facing front and overlooking the planting area; a copperhooded brick fireplace; and a pass-thru from the kitchen left of the fireplace that can be closed off when not in use. The dining-living area can be furnished as one large living section, if desired, and a feeling of great size can be established. The layout anticipates conversational-group furniture arrangements so popular today.
At the rear of the home in the living dining section is the den or guest room. With its sliding folding doors, the guest room could feasibly be put to service as an additional entertaining space; for the family which entertains heavily, there would be no need to dread a large gathering. A rear door and a window wall are in this room, as is a large wardrobe closet. An- other door leads to the master bedroom, which also features a window wall. Also found in the master bedroom are two wardrobe closets and one of the two ceramic-tiled full baths.
An extremely well-lighted family day living room is reached from all the bedrooms. Window walls, front and rear, assure a sun-lighted room for children at play; a door to the sheltered rear patio is here, and there is ready access to the family bath and kitchen. The two junior bedrooms are abundantly lined with floor-toceiling height windows. Each has its own sliding door wardrobe closet, and both are equipped with space-adding sliding folding doors set in built-in pockets.
The kitchen, which also houses the utilities, is set between the two baths, and is almost exactly in the center of the homewhich is how the kitchen is commonly pictured in thought and memory. In this case, the location is efficient as well as sentimental, since it services the dining room and the family day living room with equal ease. Also, the center location flanked by the baths enables the builder to save money when it comes to plumbing, since water-using units are centrally located.
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