142. Sequence of Sitting Spaces

At the same time that common areas are to the front, make sure that they area also at the heart and soul of the activity, and that all paths between more orivate rooms pass tangent to the common ones - 129. Common Areas at the Heart. In private houses make the 130. Entrance Room the most formal and public place and arrange the most private areas so that each person has a room of his own, where he can retire to be a lone - 141. A Room of One's Own. Place bathing rooms and toilets half-way between the common areas and the private ones, so that people can reach them comfortably from both - 144. Bathing Room; and place sitting areas at all the different degrees of intimacy, and shape them according to their position in the gradient - 142. Sequence of Sitting Spaces. In offices put 149. Reception Welcomes You at the front of the gradient and 152. Half Private Office at the back...

Give that part of the entrance which sticks out into the street or garden a physical character which, sa far as possible, make it one of the family of entrances along the street -- 102. Family of Entrances where it is appropriate, make it a porch -- 166. Gallery Surround; and include a bench or seat, where people can watch the world go by or wait for someone -- 242. Front Door Bench. As for the indoor part of the entrance room, above all make sure that it is filled with light from two or even three sides, so that the first impression of the building is of light -- 135. Tapestry of Light and Dark, 159. Light on Two Sides of Every Room. Put windows in the door itself -- 237. Solid Doors With Glass. Put in 202. Built-in Seats and make the room part of the 142. Sequence of Sitting Spaces; provide a 201. Waist-High Shelf for packages. And finally, for the overall shape of the entrance room and its construction, begin with 191. The Shape of Indoor Space...

Give the kitchen 159. Light on Two Sides. When you place the kitchen counters later, make them really long and generous and toward the south to get the light -- 184. Cooking Layout, 199. Sunny Counter; leave room for an alcove or two around the kitch -- 179. Alcoves; make the table in the middle big and hang a nice big warm single light right in the middle to draw the family around it -- 182. Eating Atmosphere; surround the walls, when you detail them, with plenty of open shleves for pots, and mugs, and bottles, and jars of jam -- 200. Open Shelves, 201. Waist-High Shelf. Put in a comfortable chair somewhere -- 142. Sequence of Sitting Spaces. And for the room shape and construction, start with the 191. The Shape of Indoor Space...