Dining Alcove C-740. If you are planning a small house, a dining alcove will save you the space of a larger dining room; or it can serve as the family dining room in the larger house, when it will save housework and make the serving of simple meals a great deal easier.
Many an old house can be made more livable and many a new one insured greater appreciation by adding one or two features here and there that may perhaps not be necessities, but which will make the home more beautiful, cheerful or convenient—make it more of a home. Such things as a bay window, a dormer, a dining alcove, built-in tables, radiator enclosures, hanging china closets, and medicine cabinets are among these.
A bay window is a delightful addition to any room. It affords a view up and down the street that an ordinary window does not allow, and also takes advantage of sunlight and breezes from three directions. A dormer may supply light and air for some unused space in the attic and add interest to the roof lines.
Curtis radiator enclosures with iron grills solve a perplexing problem in an attractive manner. A hanging china closet takes up no floor space, and is more appropriate and decorative than a picture.
Hanging China Closet C-731
A built-in table (shown in the two middle pictures) is the very thing for the apartment kitchenette, because it affords a table for dining and so leaves the regular living room table undisturbed. A table such as this will also make an excellent supplementary work place in the larger kitchen.]