Fig. 35. - A farmhouse kitchen that demonstrates the principles of sound planning.

The purpose of a washroom is to save the other parts of the house. Here all dirty and occasional forms of work may be done. The room is equipped for the family washing and ironing, and stores such general cleaning apparatus as brooms, pails, and vacuum cleaner. Here, also, men coming from the barn may remove muddy boots and overalls, and may clean up before going to the table. Such feeding pails for stock as are brought to the house should be deposited here, not taken into the kitchen.

Considering the nature of this room and its many uses, it should be made as large as can be afforded, and should be provided, if possible, with a cement floor and a painted wall so that splashing will not injure it. The room shown in Fig. 37 is in reality the old washhouse and woodshed, fitted more completely than formerly, and is an important part of the plan.

Fig. 36. - A kitchen for a suburban house, developed in accordance with the principles of good arrangement.