. Villas and cottages . These sketches show merely the geometrical is a good plan so to arrange an arcade that it maybe inclosed during the winter with glazed will make the house very much warmer duringthe cold months, and will help materially to protectthe work from decay. The veranda is perhaps the most specially Ameri-can feature in a country house, and nothing can com-pensate for its absence. It may beconstructed of lattice in the commonway, or with a little more elabora-tion, as shown at A. A handsomeveranda may always be made by usingposts seven or eight inches in d
. Villas and cottages . These sketches show merely the geometrical is a good plan so to arrange an arcade that it maybe inclosed during the winter with glazed will make the house very much warmer duringthe cold months, and will help materially to protectthe work from decay. The veranda is perhaps the most specially Ameri-can feature in a country house, and nothing can com-pensate for its absence. It may beconstructed of lattice in the commonway, or with a little more elabora-tion, as shown at A. A handsomeveranda may always be made by usingposts seven or eight inches in diame-ter, and fitting between them brack-. 112 VILLAS AND COTTAGES. ets, or arches; and specimens of this style are shownat B and C. Another example, somewhat more elab-
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