OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



building; and it was planned in such a 

 way that it might be added to almost 

 anywhere, without tearing it down, or 

 altering partitions. Consequently, in all 

 our subsequent building operations, we 

 lived serenely on in our first quarters, quite 

 undisturbed by the constructive process, till 

 the new rooms were ready to move into. 



This is, to my thinking, quite an ideal 

 way to build a house ; and the final result 

 is sure to be convenient and practical, for 

 one does not add a room until experience 

 has shown one just what kind of a room 

 to add. At first the house of which the 

 ground dimensions were twenty-eight by 

 forty feet consisted of but one floor, 

 with an unfinished attic above, and no 

 cellar at all below. The accompanying 

 plans show the original tiny cottage, and 

 how it was gradually developed into a 

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