The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . BACK VIEW 350 THE BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL MAGAZINE. DINING AND LIVING ROOM portions and particularly well situated,as from its windows the occupantsmay enjoy uninterrupted views overthe surrounding countryside. Valuable space is often lost in smallhouses by the subdivision of the avail-able floor area into a really superfluousnumber of rooms. In the Spauldinghouse, there is no separate dining-room;one end of the living room, instead,being provided with an antique mahog-any dining table. The table chosenfor this servi
The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . BACK VIEW 350 THE BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL MAGAZINE. DINING AND LIVING ROOM portions and particularly well situated,as from its windows the occupantsmay enjoy uninterrupted views overthe surrounding countryside. Valuable space is often lost in smallhouses by the subdivision of the avail-able floor area into a really superfluousnumber of rooms. In the Spauldinghouse, there is no separate dining-room;one end of the living room, instead,being provided with an antique mahog-any dining table. The table chosenfor this service is of such a characterthat, at other than meal hours, itforms an entirely satisfactory readingtable. One disadvantage of utilizinga living room for the serving of mealslies in the inavoidable presence of asideboard which, unlike a table, can-not be put to dual use. Here, however,into one wall has been built a side-board, which neither absorbs usefulfloor area nor robs the room of its liv-ing room aspect. Thus, instead oftwo small separate rooms, neither ofwhich would be adequate in size for real comfort, we find one room
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