. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . commonway of compelling every person who wishes to go up-stairs, to passthrough the kitchen. The cellar, which should be under the whole ofthe main part, is reached by a door leading from the kitchen, under thechamber stairs. Two good bed-rooms are provided in the attic, each withample closets. The window and door hoods, and the verge boards, are the only =i_ essentials of the exte- rior. But we believethat whoever builds acottage like this, canpoorly afford to dis-pense with co
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . commonway of compelling every person who wishes to go up-stairs, to passthrough the kitchen. The cellar, which should be under the whole ofthe main part, is reached by a door leading from the kitchen, under thechamber stairs. Two good bed-rooms are provided in the attic, each withample closets. The window and door hoods, and the verge boards, are the only =i_ essentials of the exte- rior. But we believethat whoever builds acottage like this, canpoorly afford to dis-pense with cost need be verylittle, while the air ofneatness, content, andrural fitness whichthey confer, can hardlybe over-estimated. Ifthe interior be madeto correspond, by tasteFig. 38—Pbrspkctivk Vibw. in its arrangement, by a few pictures and graceful curtains and flowers, a cottage as inexpensiveas this may be made to express more of happiness and refinement, thancan be got out of many statelier and moie ambitious mansions. M^ The estimated cost of this cottage varies from §250 to .$350. (J. OF RURAL AFFAIRS. 259
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