A narrow lot need not cramp your plans for building a comfortable new home. The Lexington has been especially designed to make the most of a thin, skimpy plot of land. With a 25-foot front, this five-room brick Ranch house will fit easily on a 40-foot plot and leave plenty of room for a driveway around the side of the house.
Despite its slim front, The Lexington still has its full measure of charm, style and convenience. Incorporated in its design are many exclusive features generally found these days only in homes costing much more than the price of The Lexington-$11,500, plus the land. Points that will appeal to the prospective home builder of moderate income are: (1) three bedrooms, (2) six closets, (3) an efficient L-shaped kitchen, (4) a tile bathroom with a glass-walled shower, (5) an unusually large basement, and (6) a covered terrace porch at the front of the house.
From the front porch you walk into an entrance vestibule with a coat closet at the left. On the right the modernistic shelving set in an open frameway gives the homemaker a chance to use her decorative skill in arranging an attractive display of flower pots or knickknacks here. A rectangular archway opposite the entrance leads you into a big living room that's beautifully lighted by a panorama window in the front wall, two windows set in the porch corner and a fourth window in the rear wall. The section of the living area back of the front porch serves as an attractive dining room.
A swinging door in the rear wall of the dining room ad:nits you into the kitchen. The sink, cabinets and work counters have been placed under the window. With the stove and the refrigerator, backed against the dining-room wall, the essential kitchen units form an L that enables the homemaker to find nearly everything within easy reach for preparing her meals.
An archway leads from from the kitchen opposite the window into a central hall.
Because of the almost square design and the nearly unbroken wall areas, you can place your furniture freely and make the maximum use of your sleeping space in this prac- tical plan. A double-sized closet with finger-touch sliding doors provides both husband and wife with an ample wardrobe in the master bedroom. A window in each outer wall provides cross-ventilation and natural light.
In line with the most modern trends in luxurious bathrooms, The Lexington's bath has a separate shower compartment with glass door and sidewall in addition to the built-in tub. Colored tile walls, harmonizing fixtures and a mirrored cabinet are other attractions.
The exceptionally spacious cellar of poured concrete has the oil-burning, hot-water plant, the laundry and the stairway grouped compactly together so that there is plenty of room for play facilities or a dance floor and a bar.
The Lexington has many "extras" in construction that make it doubly attractive to the home owner. Because of the brick finish on the exterior you will save money by not having to repaint the house from time to time. Weather-tight installations also will cut your heat bills drastically. The housewife, too, will find The Lexington a daily joy, since the practical floor plan eliminates dirt-collecting nooks and makes her housecleaning an easy task.
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