Our homes and their adornments; . Plan, Fig. 5, K, living room, 12x14; B, bed-room, 8x9:P, pantry, 8x8; W, S, wood-shed; V, veranda. i 10 OCR HOMES AND THEUl ADORNMENTS. Plan, Fig. 6, L, living-room, 12x13; K, kitchen, 12xl4; D, dining-room, 9^>xl2; B, B, B, l)ed-rooms, 9x8, and8x(S; S, P, summer pantry, 8x8; P, pantry, 8x8; W,wood-shed; V, V, veranda. The summer pantry can be in winter for a place tokeep meat, and as a store-room. Being away from thekitclien fii-e, it will keep meat fresh a long time in suitableweather. The cost of the last design (the third addition) will notexceed
Our homes and their adornments; . Plan, Fig. 5, K, living room, 12x14; B, bed-room, 8x9:P, pantry, 8x8; W, S, wood-shed; V, veranda. i 10 OCR HOMES AND THEUl ADORNMENTS. Plan, Fig. 6, L, living-room, 12x13; K, kitchen, 12xl4; D, dining-room, 9^>xl2; B, B, B, l)ed-rooms, 9x8, and8x(S; S, P, summer pantry, 8x8; P, pantry, 8x8; W,wood-shed; V, V, veranda. The summer pantry can be in winter for a place tokeep meat, and as a store-room. Being away from thekitclien fii-e, it will keep meat fresh a long time in suitableweather. The cost of the last design (the third addition) will notexceed $1,500, and could probably be built for less if onewould do as much of the work as possible CxMJ^Pa^RR XI^. AX ATTRACTIVE COTTAGE HOME FOR PEOPLE WITH SMALLMEANS.— HOW CONSTRUCTED. — THE COST.—HOW TOPAINT IT. ^DESIGN ^ E give in Figs. 8 and 9 illustrations of theairangement of the rooms on first floor, andperspective view of front and principal side ofan attractive little cottage, neat and well pro-portioned, simple in design, and easy of con-struction, there being but little ornamental workused, as shown in the elevation. A course ofsawed panels across the front, set in squai-eframe-work, and the projection of the secondstory over bay, with its two large brackets oneither side, give a fine outline to the front, withthe relief of cut slat patterns under projection and over thewindows in front gable; and this, together with the simplecut figures in the entrance porch, is all the real ornamentalwork on the house- The fact is that the exterior effectin the cottage depends more upon the outlines of corners,projections, and angles of roof, than upon anything else, andis
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