A manual of home-making

Unhke the living area, the rooms of the sleeping area stand each one bj^ itself, a complete unit, both in furnisliing and in decoration. A sleeping-room slioiild above all be personal in its use, light, airy, and intimate in character. Sufficient window space, light colored walls and woodwork, fresh looking curtains, furniture stained or painted to accord with these, carry out this idea. A clean comfortable bed, conveniences for dressing and storage of clothes provided hy dressing-table, bureau, chiffonier and closet, a well-lighted mirror, a comfortable chair or two, a bedside table, and rugs in the open spaces are the essentials. Facilities for writing or sewing may also l>e needed. Whatever accessories^ are introduceci are of a personal nature. Bed and dressing arraDgements should Ix^ located with special reference to good lighting both by day and by night. Tlie bed should be so placed as not to face the light, while the mirror aliould be so placed that the person dressing is in full light. Side lights are a part icularly appropriate type for bedroom use. The character, equipment, and use of the kitchen are discussed ill connection with its planning on pages 100 to 120. CHAPTER III PLANNING THE HOME KITCHEN* By Helen Binkerd Young Any home-maker .should Ix? able to plan a kitchen intelli- geiitiy. This means a kitchen that measures up to some stand- ard tests on general essential points. The details are of small moment when compared to such fundamental considerations as the size of the kitchen, the amount of Hght and air, and the j^cneral organization of the work. Too miich or too little floor space, too many doors, too few windows, and too httle wall space are basic matters that may brexik up the entire conven- ience of the place, no matter how perfect the details of etiuip- ment may be. Naturally, it is too late to bepn to plan a kitchen after it is buiit, for the structural contlitions are then fixed and the possibilitie^s of arrangement are aeeordinj^ly limited. This is not meant to disconrajre the remodeling of old kitchens, but merely to emphasize the importance of planning the kitchen correctly at the start, USE OF THE KITCHEN Properly 8peaking, the kitchen is a Bcrupulously clean room intended for o|>erahVins conneetc<l with food niaterials, and for this purpose only. It is not the province of the kitchen to pro- vide space for eating^ for washing and ironing clothes f32 lava- tory purposes, for removing Ijoot-s, wraps, and overalls, or for passageway from the Ijack of tlie house to the front. For the sake of cleanliness and speed, such activities should be provided for elsewhere. It is poor logic and poor economy to plan for such featui-es lus laundry tul>s anr I cleariing closets in the kitchen, for they are too unsanitary and too unrelated to food work to *Conjeil Rcading-Ciiur^c fnr llip Fnnn rinrne, Bull 108. 100 I PLANNING THE HOME KITCHEN 101 have a place there. Moreover, in order to inclucle the laundry work, the kitchen must be made larger than it woolil otherwise need to be. A separate room for laundry purposes should be provided, either in the ba^sement or, as in the case of the farm- house, on the same floor as the kitchen ami adjacent to it. MOM Fui, 34.— A tarjte kitchen, 14 by IB fcet^ sa rear- niuf^t'di tlmt hind iind Itiuiirlry work are aepn* ratt'iy grouped, whil*> the »tA>ve w cummou to both.