. The house: a manual of rural architecture: or, How to build country houses and out-buildings ... FiBST Floor Plan. this, the apartment designated as a dining-room may bo usedas the family Skcond Flook Plajt. Story-axVD-a-I1alf Cottages. 67 If desirable, the two main bedrooms on tlie second floor inajcommunicate in the same way as the parlor and dining-roombelow. There is a good-sized cock-loft of easy access, in whichanother small bedroom might be arranged. This design, with dormer windows, veranda, hood over theback door, and tracery on the gables, as shown, can be execu-ted for $
. The house: a manual of rural architecture: or, How to build country houses and out-buildings ... FiBST Floor Plan. this, the apartment designated as a dining-room may bo usedas the family Skcond Flook Plajt. Story-axVD-a-I1alf Cottages. 67 If desirable, the two main bedrooms on tlie second floor inajcommunicate in the same way as the parlor and dining-roombelow. There is a good-sized cock-loft of easy access, in whichanother small bedroom might be arranged. This design, with dormer windows, veranda, hood over theback door, and tracery on the gables, as shown, can be execu-ted for $1,125, The same ground plan, with elevations finishedin a plain, bracketed style, without dormer windows, may beexecuted for $125 less. Attio Rooms.—All attic rooms, even in the plainest house,should be back-plastered between the rafters. This costs butlittle, and serves to render the rooms cooler in summer andwarmer in winter than they otherwise would be. xYrchitectueal Finery.— I am no advocate for meanness ofprivate habitation. I would fain introduce into it all magnif-icence, care, and beauty, where they are possible; but I wouldnot have that useless expense in unnoticed fineries or f
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