. Rural essays. Gardening; Architecture, Domestic; Landscape architecture; Trees. ON SIMPLE RURAL COTJ'AGES. 251 \ \ \ strips, four inches wide, fig. 4, a; of plank, one incli and a half in thickness. The coping piece,. S, is of the same thickness, and six to eight inches wide, supported by a couple of pieces of joists, c, nailed under it for": brackets. We have tried the effect of this kind of â exterior, using un- planed boards, to which we have given two good coats â of paint, sanding the second cOat. The ef- fect we think much more agreeableâbe- cause it is in better keeping with a ru
. Rural essays. Gardening; Architecture, Domestic; Landscape architecture; Trees. ON SIMPLE RURAL COTJ'AGES. 251 \ \ \ strips, four inches wide, fig. 4, a; of plank, one incli and a half in thickness. The coping piece,. S, is of the same thickness, and six to eight inches wide, supported by a couple of pieces of joists, c, nailed under it for": brackets. We have tried the effect of this kind of â exterior, using un- planed boards, to which we have given two good coats â of paint, sanding the second cOat. The ef- fect we think much more agreeableâbe- cause it is in better keeping with a rustic cottage, than when the more expensive mode of using planed boards is resorted 1/ Cottage Window Dressing Some time, ago', we ventured to record our objections to white asj^ universal color for country houses. "We have had great satis- faction, Since that time, in seeing a gradual improvement taking place with respect to this Neutral tints' are, with the best taste, now every where preferred ,to strong glaring colors. Cottages of this class, we would always paint some soft and pleasing shade , of-drab or fawn color. These are tints which, on the whole, har- monize best with the surrounding hues of the country itself. These tw6 little designs, are inteuded'for the simplest cottages, to cost from two to fiye hundred , :Our readers will'not un- derstand p as offering theih as complete models of a 'workingman's cottage. They are only partial examples of our views and taste in this matter. We shall continue the subject, from time to time, with .various other 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 Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852; Curtis, George William, 1824-1892; Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865. New York, G. P. Putnam
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