A vizit at the Tolziens house | BH&G Five Star Home#2905

Stroll by this colorful, confident house. You can't help but be impressed by the way everything door, windows, garage, even roof and chimney fits naturally together. Yet the house seems much larger than its 77-foot frontage. The plan is simple and straightforward, and lives that way. If you choose a basement, stairs fit in place of washer-dryer. 

You can't help but be impressed by the way everything - door, windows, garage, even roof and chimney - fits neatly and naturally together. Yet the house seems much larger than its 77-foot frontage. (above)

Plan is simple and straightforward. House is 77x31 including garage, with 1.684 feet of living area. architects: Jones and Duncan, Northfield, Illinois.

You'll switch from house-hunter to lot-looker after trying on this home for size and style. It's a honey to look at a pleasure to live in. But best of all, it unites Traditional beauty with an up-to-date plan. Central entry separates activities living to right, dining to left, and family room and bedrooms straight ahead. Kitchen serves as a hub for family, dining, and hobby rooms. 

This back yard is a summertime living room. Back door opens from the terrace to kitchen and utility room. You can carry garden tools from the back yard to storage area in the garage through trip-saving doors in the utility room; and you can wash hands in bath opposite washer-dryer. Four-pane window lights family room and opens view to terrace. 

The open-beamed ceiling, fireplace design and divider partitions all let you know this is a today's house, even though furnishings introduce the charm of years ago.

Handsome living-room arrangement focuses on an unusual grouping of pictures (two by Jack Tolzien). Across the entry hall (stone floor at left) is a Fibber-McGee closet that matches entry closet shown above. Louvered partial walls give a feeling of privacy to this room, yet exposed beams create a wonderfully spacious effect. 

ARCHITECTS: Jones and Duncan
AREA: 1,684 square feet
DIMENSIONS: 77x31 feet