DESIGN No. I. iiiii DESIGN No. 3. w 1/3 C o o G HOME ARCHITECTURE. 389 The bricks should be laid with red mortar. The sides of second story and gables are to be covered with wooden shingles and the roofs with slate, and the whole of the wood-wook painted in deep but quiet colors. The interior should be simply finished with white pine, very neatly wrought and fitted, and then coated with shellac so as to display the natural color and grain of the wood. A bit of tinted glass in the stair-windows, the hall floor smoothed and wax-varnished for a rug, two pretty little fireplaces with wood mantels, some neat little wooden cornice mouldings, some quiet tints on the walls, and then we must leave the rest to the good lady who comes along after us to put the soul of home into the somewhat chilly shell that the architect leaves. No. 3 is a brick residence with stone dressings. The tower over the front entrance, the balcony over front bay-window, with round, coupled columns supporting the eave, the portico over front door with coupled round columns and broken curved pediment, are a beautiful combination and are entirely new. The novel feature of the interior is the arrangement of the parlor and dining-room. It will be noticed that the doors are at the corner, while in the corners opposite are two fireplaces. By this arrange- ment a proper space is afforded for a piano in the parlor, and a buffet in the dining-room opposite the bay-window. The pantry is between the dining-room and kitchen, serving in a measure to exclude the smells of cooking. On the opposite side of the hall arc the dining-room and library. This arrangement was designed to accommodate a clergyman. A much better arrangement would be to use the entire space for a drawing-room, and moving the bay-window to the centre of the long side. The servants' hall connects by a door with the front hall ; it also has an outside door. In the second story are four large and one small room and a ser- vants' room, all with large presses. (390) PLAN OF DESIGN No. i. HOME ARCHITECTURE. 39I The bath is arranged at the end of the servants' hall. By making the house a little higher, four very good rooms can be made in the attic with windows, as shown in the gables, only larger. Dormer windows would add both to comfort and appearance. The laundry and furnace rooms are in the basement. The sides of this house are more commanding than the front. A slate roof in variegated colors would improve the appearance. This house, with slight alterations, can be built of wood. It is to be erected in southern Texas. No. 4 is a small cottage built at Ogden, Utah. It has, in addition, a kitchen ; the room marked kitchen on this plan being transformed into a dining-room. This addition and a front piazza can be added whenever the circumstances of the owner will admit of it. The projecting windows can be made of a single plank at the sides; they will add to the room as well as appearance. A good way to build this is to make a balloon frame, cover with rough hemlock boards, sheathing paper and clapboards. The roof to be treated in this way and shingled ; the shingles to be painted in two colors ; the natural colors of slates are the most suitable for shingle roofs.

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DESIGN No. I. iiiii DESIGN No. 3. w 1/3 o o G The bricks should be laid with red mortar. The sides of second story and gables are to be covered with wooden shingles and the roofs with slate, and the whole of the wood-work painted in deep but quiet colors. The interior should be simply finished with white pine, very neatly wrought and fitted, and then coated with shellac so as to display the natural color and grain of the wood. A bit of tinted glass in the stair-windows, the hall floor smoothed and wax-varnished for a rug, two pretty little fireplaces with wood mantels, some neat little wooden cornice mouldings, some quiet tints on the walls, and then we must leave the rest to the good lady who comes along after us to put the soul of home into the somewhat chilly shell that the architect leaves. No. 3 is a brick residence with stone dressings. The tower over the front entrance, the balcony over front bay-window, with round, coupled columns supporting the eave, the portico over front door with coupled round columns and broken curved pediment, are a beautiful combination and are entirely new. The novel feature of the interior is the arrangement of the parlor and dining-room. It will be noticed that the doors are at the corner, while in the corners opposite are two fireplaces. By this arrangement a proper space is afforded for a piano in the parlor, and a buffet in the dining-room opposite the bay-window. The pantry is between the dining-room and kitchen, serving in a measure to exclude the smells of cooking. On the opposite side of the hall arc the dining-room and library. This arrangement was designed to accommodate a clergyman. A much better arrangement would be to use the entire space for a drawing-room, and moving the bay-window to the centre of the long side. The servants' hall connects by a door with the front hall ; it also has an outside door. In the second story are four large and one small room and a servants' room, all with large presses. (390) PLAN OF DESIGN No. i. The bath is arranged at the end of the servants' hall. By making the house a little higher, four very good rooms can be made in the attic with windows, as shown in the gables, only larger. Dormer windows would add both to comfort and appearance. The laundry and furnace rooms are in the basement. The sides of this house are more commanding than the front. A slate roof in variegated colors would improve the appearance. This house, with slight alterations, can be built of wood. It is to be erected in southern Texas. No. 4 is a small cottage built at Ogden, Utah. It has, in addition, a kitchen ; the room marked kitchen on this plan being transformed into a dining-room. This addition and a front piazza can be added whenever the circumstances of the owner will admit of it. The projecting windows can be made of a single plank at the sides; they will add to the room as well as appearance. A good way to build this is to make a balloon frame, cover with rough hemlock boards, sheathing paper and clapboards. The roof to be treated in this way and shingled ; the shingles to be painted in two colors ; the natural colors of slates are the most suitable for shingle roofs.

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