THE bungalow residence of Mrs. Christina Graver, 10603 S. Seeley Avenue, is a home of unusual proportions for that type, and is excellent in its arrangement. The appearance of the house, from the outside, is deceptive; the rooms are all spacious.
The entrance, facing west, opens to a large reception hall, which in turn opens at one end to an east-west corridor dividing the lower floor, to a den on the south, at the front, and to the living room, to the north at the front. French doors are used for the connections, except at the entrance to the den, or library, which is open.
The finish throughout the lower floor is practically the same, buff canvassed walls with dark oak trim. The living room, finished in this manner, has three exposures, as it extends beyond the line of the outside entrance. A large brick fireplace with a tile hearth occupies the center of the north wall. Two pair of casement windows with leaded panes flank this feature, and both wall and hanging fixtures are used for the lights.
French doors lead from the living room to the dining room, which occupies a central position on the north side of the house. This room is unusually attractive with its dark paneled walls and built-in buffet. The windows in this room are the casement type, with leaded panes. A row of four of them are set in a bay in the north wall, and three more in the east wall. A butler’s pantry connects this room with the kitchen on the northeast corner.
The south half of the lower floor contains the den, already mentioned, and a suite of two rooms with a bath between. The dividing corridor opens to an interior hall from which entrance to these rooms is gained. The bedroom on the southeast also opens to an enclosed porch used for a conservatory.
A winding staircase leads from the corridor to an upper hall which corresponds to the one below. This hall opens to a bedroom at the rear, with a bath adjacent. Next to the bath there is a sizable room for storage purposes, and across the hall from it another. Two large bedrooms are found at the front, one on the north, the other to the south, with the hall between. These rooms all have sloping ceiling lines, of which artful use has been made. The upper hall opens through French doors to a small balcony set with flower boxes, at the front, or west end.
All of these rooms are finished in attractive colors with canvassed walls.
The basement contains two rather unusual features—a billiard room and a dark room for the developing of photograph negatives. A hot water heating system is used. Red faced brick is used for the exterior with grey cut stone. A large garage is found at the rear.
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