. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Buildings and Yards. 497 the dining room in small houses where economy of space or cost of build- ing often makes it wiser to curtail hall space and to open the dining room directly from the living room. In this case it is well to have good gen- erous doors or openings to give an air of hospitality that might otherwise be lacking. Another thing that has much to do with the general comfort and the artistic atmosphere of the house is the height of ceilings
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Buildings and Yards. 497 the dining room in small houses where economy of space or cost of build- ing often makes it wiser to curtail hall space and to open the dining room directly from the living room. In this case it is well to have good gen- erous doors or openings to give an air of hospitality that might otherwise be lacking. Another thing that has much to do with the general comfort and the artistic atmosphere of the house is the height of ceilings. A house with comparatively low ceilings is much more easily heated in winter and is much more easily furnished and made homelike than a house with very high ceilings. Of course high ceilings and high windows give much better light and air than low ceilings, and in southern climates the high ceiling. Fig. 307.—The house shown in Fig. 306, improved by a porch, but the house is jimdamcntaUy erroneous. becomes, on that account, almost a necessity ; but here in the North the low ceiling is the more expressive of comfort. In an attempt to analyze the house and its plan it will perhaps be best to start at the principal entrance. This should be generous, dignified, and inviting, without an excess of richness that will lead to disappointment when the visitor passes through and sees the inside of the house. Whether or not there should be a vestibule depends very largely upon the climate and the exposure. With the rather severe cold and snow of New York State winters, the vestibule with doors inside and out adds much to the comfort of the house by giving a place in which one may shake off the worst of a snowstorm instead of taking it into the house with him. 32. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Corne
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