3io The Country House 



Arches, Seats, etc. Construct in hall and stairway, and properly secure in position, the 

 seat, arch and pilasters, as shown on scale and detail drawings. The seats are to be hinged 

 to raise, the risers and back are to be panelled. 



Mantels, etc. The Contractor will provide and set all mantels, which are to be built as per 

 details furnished and of the wood indicated on plans. 



Closets. Fit up the pantry in clear North Carolina pine. 



Provide a counter shelf 2' wide and 2' 10" from the floor. Put up five \" shelves above, run 

 on the sides on neat cleats, with standards where necessary, from bottom to top, neatly let in 

 and chamfered. 



Provide case of three drawers and closets with sheathed doors under the counter shelf. 

 Provide and set in place $" marble mixing slab, size as shown. 



Fit up laundry closet with shelves every 14" to height of door. 



Fit up butler's pantry with a counter shelf 2' o" wide and 2' 10* high. Fit up \" shelves 

 above, 14" wide. 



Enclose the shelves with \" sash doors glazed with first-quality double-thick American glass, 

 divided in lights as shown on details, arranged to swing. Provide below the counter shelf a case 

 of four drawers, one cupboard for table leaves and cupboards elsewhere. 



All to be of North Carolina pine. 



All bedroom closets are to have one shelf put up on neat cleats, and strip for hooks under. 

 The library chamber to have case of four drawers. 



Fit up linen and blanket closets on second floor with shelves every 12", with panelled flap 

 swinging down to each shelf. 



Fit up linen closet on third floor with shelves, as shown, every 14" in height to ceiling. 



Fit up medicine closet in bathroom over chute, with three drawers at bottom and three 

 shelves above. Enclose with J" panelled door. 



Fit up medicine closets in toilet room over butler's pantry and bathroom over front 

 vestibule, each 2' wide, 3' high and 6" deep, with shelves and panelled doors. 



One of the bedrooms on third floor to be fitted with shelves and hooks. 



Chute. Construct a clothes chute to run from bathroom to cellar. a> >ho\vn on drawings. 

 Ceil up vertically with J" matched North Carolina pirn- >heathing. Hang proper panelled 

 doors at each floor, of wood to correspond with the wood in the room-. 



Case in all plumbing pipes above the cellar with J" boards of same material as wood in the 

 rooms. 



Lay the floors of kitchen, rear hall, porch, pantry, butler's pantry, laundry, water closet, and 

 entire third story with |" x 2\" rift Georgia pine flooring, matched and blind-nailed, well planed 

 and scraped. 



Where the lead pipes run under floors they are to run on suitable tack boards put up and 

 graded by the Contractor. The Contractor shall also provide and put up suitable tack hoards 

 on the walls and ceilings on which to run all exposed pipes. These tack boards are to be of the 

 same kind of wood as the wood in the rooms, and are to have chamfered edges. 



Upper Flooring. Lay the floors of first-story front hall, library, dining room, vestibule, 

 toilet under stairs, two bathrooms and toilet in second floor with J" x 2\" quartered white-oak 

 flooring, laid with 12" border, with all butt ends matched. 



All this flooring is to be strictly clear, thoroughly seasoned and kiln-dried, tongued and 

 grooved, blind-nailed to every bearing with 8d. nails, and is to be planed off, scraped and sand- 

 papered at completion and left in a first-class condition for finishing. 



All hardwood floors to be laid after all other work is finished. 



Lay all other floors throughout with \" spruce flooring, tongued and grooved, and blind- 

 nailed to every bearing with 8d. nails. 



Cut borders around all hearths and registers. 



Lay one thickness of "Beaver" brand paper (two-ply) between the upper and under 

 flooring. 



Cellar Work. Construct the coal bin with 2" x 4" studs set outside. Form the sides with 

 I" tongued and grooved surface spruce, extending to ceiling. The fronts are to have slides 

 made removable. 



