. Cottage houses for village and country homes. as hard-wood man-tels, is well lighted from without by large windows, andboth have sash-doors leading to the conservatory. Thelatter is finished with a concrete bottom, and altogethercosts but $150. By a little effort at selection and ar-rangement of plants, this apartment may be made aconstant source of interest and pleasure. The dining-room has outlooks in three directions, and communicatesdirectly with the porch, hall, the rear entry, and a pan- 112 COTTAGE HO USES try having a dumb-waiter to the basement. The rearentry is cut off from the mai
. Cottage houses for village and country homes. as hard-wood man-tels, is well lighted from without by large windows, andboth have sash-doors leading to the conservatory. Thelatter is finished with a concrete bottom, and altogethercosts but $150. By a little effort at selection and ar-rangement of plants, this apartment may be made aconstant source of interest and pleasure. The dining-room has outlooks in three directions, and communicatesdirectly with the porch, hall, the rear entry, and a pan- 112 COTTAGE HO USES try having a dumb-waiter to the basement. The rearentry is cut off from the main hall (to save the lattcifrom much common use and wear), and has a wash-bowl,and stairs leading to the basement. The rear porch anddining-room pantry are both under a roof similar to thatshown for the front piazza; the pantry extending to theouter face forms an alcove of the porch. The mainstairs to the second story are of the quarter circlepattern, with niche near the top, and have a 10-inchpaneled newel, a 2l/i by 4J/2-inch molded rail, and. ^_RDQF_ Fig. 87.—PLAN OF SECOND STOKY. fluted ballustcrs, all of hard-wood Second Story (fig. 87).—Hight of ceiling in main part, 9 feet;in wing, 8 feet. The divisions are: a hall, three cham-bers, a bedroom, bath-room, and six closets, all of ampledimensions. Mantel shelves with trusses of hard-woodsare put in each chamber. The stairs to the at tie areplaced above those of the first story, which are thus made continuous to the upper hall Attic (fig. 88).— Hight of finished ceiling, 9 feet. This is divided into ahall, two chambers, a bedroom, and two closets. Thestairs to the tower are boxed in with narrow, double-dressed beaded ceiling, and have a paneled door at thefoot Tower.—Size of floor plan (not shown), 91/, FOR VILLAGE AND COUNTRY HOMES. feet square. Hight of side walls to top of plate, G feet,and continued along the under side of the rafters at anangle of 45° to the ceiling, which is 9 feet high. Theboxing of t
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