. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. was generally to make, in miniature, a dwelling. Theoverhanging rain and wind-protecting roofs, it is thought, will beappreciated by the occupants, and the bark slab sides be moreappropriate to bird nature. The plans for this house, when pre-pared, call for seven rooms; the basement consists of a hoop orring to accommodate visitors. The elevation, 25 feet fromthe ground on top of a planted pole, or, if possible, a tree cut offat about this height. The situation, 75 or 100 feet in front of thewindows of the living rooms, is e
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. was generally to make, in miniature, a dwelling. Theoverhanging rain and wind-protecting roofs, it is thought, will beappreciated by the occupants, and the bark slab sides be moreappropriate to bird nature. The plans for this house, when pre-pared, call for seven rooms; the basement consists of a hoop orring to accommodate visitors. The elevation, 25 feet fromthe ground on top of a planted pole, or, if possible, a tree cut offat about this height. The situation, 75 or 100 feet in front of thewindows of the living rooms, is everything in giving enjoymentto the housed-in or the invalid. In constructing out-door furniture the aim should be to havethe parts sufficiently stocky to stand the sun and rain withoutwarping or cracking. Therefore, very little inch materialshould be put into such work. Factory-made furniture, for thisreason, is undesirable and will weather few seasons, although oflate many substantial patterns are made that stand well underthe protection of the porch or Fig. 280.—A Heavy Piece for the Lawn. In addition to the light, portable furniture of the piazza, asubstantial heavy piece located, for the open air season, at anearby point on the lawn will save much nightly carrying-in ofchairs and rockers. Such a piece, Fig. 280, will give welcomedignity, placed just off the driveway or walk leading to porch 284 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN Steps. A roomy bench or settee, Pig. 281, permanently placedin view of the tennis court, should not be overlooked. Here, or
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