. Wildwood homes : being a collection of houses and details with suggestions for the home builder. can give the land-scapes to the washerwoman onChristmas and put the milkweedthrows in the Missionary barrel;but, by heck, they cant eliminatethe bow-window, the cupola, thrslate mantle, the grill work, andall the other atrocities that, onerthe pride of their hearts, nowhang on like the albatross that isthe badge of shame. They fellfor a fad and thr fad has thespurs in them. Yet the house durable is not animpossibility. Indeed it is a liv-ing fact and not only one of ourday, but our fathers, our g
. Wildwood homes : being a collection of houses and details with suggestions for the home builder. can give the land-scapes to the washerwoman onChristmas and put the milkweedthrows in the Missionary barrel;but, by heck, they cant eliminatethe bow-window, the cupola, thrslate mantle, the grill work, andall the other atrocities that, onerthe pride of their hearts, nowhang on like the albatross that isthe badge of shame. They fellfor a fad and thr fad has thespurs in them. Yet the house durable is not animpossibility. Indeed it is a liv-ing fact and not only one of ourday, but our fathers, our grand-fathers, and our great grandfath-ers days. Who of us may notrecall a home or a dozen homeswe have known familiarly foryears wherein there is nothing tojar or offend! Built originally along lines thathave stood the test of ages theystill appeal and will appeal so longas brick and mortar and beamhang together. They were pleas-ing because of their strength andsimplicity when they were erectedtwenty-five, fifty, or a hundredyears ago, and as the truly beau-tiful and the really artistic know N. H II I 11 lift Oecond Floor. Pla^ f IR3T fLOOR-PlAN 20
Size: 1436px × 1740px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, booksubjectarchitecturedomestic, bookyear1912
