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When filled in witli cheap soft brick, it also 

 makes a very warm house. 



Fig. 32. Cottage Siding and Roofing. 



The rafters of these two cottages are 

 stout joists, placed two feet apart, which 

 are allowed to extend beyond the house, 

 two feet, to answer the purpose of brack- 

 ets for the projecting eaves. Fig. 32, b, 

 will show, at a glance, the mode of rafter 

 boarding and shingling over these rafters, 

 so as to form the simplest and best kind 

 of roof.* 



The window dressings, which should 

 have a bold and simple character, are 

 made by nailing on the weather boarding 

 stout strips, four inches wide, fig. 33, a, 

 of plank, one inch and a half in thickness. 

 The coping piece, b, is of the same 

 thickness, and six to eight inches wide, 

 supported by a couple of pieces of joists, 

 c, nailed imder it for brackets. 



We have tried the effect of this kind of 



* The simplest miKle of forming an eave gutter on a pro- 

 jecting roof like tliis, is shown in the cut, fig. 3i, at c. It 

 consists merely of a tin trough, fastened to the roof by its 

 longer portion, which extends up under one layer of shingles. 

 This lies close upon the roof. The trough being directly over 

 the line of the outer face of the house, the leader d, which 

 conveys away the water, passes down in a straight line, 

 avoiding the angles necessary in the comrnon mode. 



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Fig. •^3. Cottage Window Dressing. 



exterior, using unplaned boards, to which 

 we have given two good coats of paint, 

 sanding the second coat. The effect we 

 think much more agreeable — because it is 

 in better keeping with a rustic cottage, than 

 when the more expensive mode of using 

 planed boards is resorted to. 



Some time ago, Ave ventured to record 

 our objections to white, as an universal color 

 for country houses. We have had great 

 satisfaction, since that time, in seeing a gra- 

 dual improvement taking place with respect 

 to this matter. Neutral tints are, with the 

 best taste, now every where preferred to 

 strong glaring colors. Cottages of this 

 class, we would always paint some soft and 

 pleasing shade of drab or fawn color. 

 These are tints which, on the whole, har- 

 monize best with the surrounding hues of 

 he country itself. 



These two little designs are intended for 

 the simplest cottages, to cost from two to 

 five hundred dollars. Our readers will not 

 understand us as offering them as complete 

 models of a workingman's cottage. They 



