. Cottage houses for village and country homes. of the left-hand end, opens to the work-room. The work-room is designed as a sort of kitchen,where the coarsest work is done. It has two windows,and doors opening from the outside, a stoop, pantry,kitchen, and stairs from the cellar and the second work-room contains a pump, sink, and three sta-tionary wash-tubs. The bedroom is pleasantly situated, FOR VILLAGE AND COUNTRY HOMES. 77 with outlooks to the front, and is sufficiently removedfrom the routine and noise of the general housework toinsure its being quiet at all times. A person ha
. Cottage houses for village and country homes. of the left-hand end, opens to the work-room. The work-room is designed as a sort of kitchen,where the coarsest work is done. It has two windows,and doors opening from the outside, a stoop, pantry,kitchen, and stairs from the cellar and the second work-room contains a pump, sink, and three sta-tionary wash-tubs. The bedroom is pleasantly situated, FOR VILLAGE AND COUNTRY HOMES. 77 with outlooks to the front, and is sufficiently removedfrom the routine and noise of the general housework toinsure its being quiet at all times. A person havingmany official or professional calls, requiring an office,might appropriate this room to that purpose, by simplychanging one of the windows to a door or outside en-trance. The pantry is of good dimensions, and conveni-ently arranged, as shown in figure 58. It is entered fromthe dining-room and work-room, and is lighted by a full-sized window. A wide plank extends around three of itssides, as a work-shelf, with a wash-tray inserted opposite. the window. The space under this shelf is occupied byclosets and drawers on two sides, the balance being leftopen for barrels, etc. Above are shelves, placed at con-venient distance from each other, and enclosed on oneside with sash Story (fig. 56).—Hightof ceilings in main part, 8 feet, and in the wing, 4 to 8feet. There are five sleeping apartments, five closets, abath-room, and two small halls in this story. The plat-form near the head of the main stairs is on a level withthe wing floor. The stairs to the attic are placed over the main flight The following Estimate indicates the character of the work, and the cost of materials : 78 COTTAGE HOUSES 80 yards excavation, at 25c. per yard $20 00 1,350 ft. stone work (complete), at 8c. per ft, 108*00 4,000 brick in chimneys (complete), at $12 per M 48 00 850 yards plastering (complete), at 25c. per yard 212 50 0,500 ft. timber, at $15 per 97*50 Sills, 4X8 in. 170 ft. lo
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