A Convenient Summer Cottage 



Bv (\ M. Toinlinson 



THE cottage proper is 18 by 24 ft.; an 

 8 ft. screened-in porch at each end 

 makes the total length 40 ft. The 

 low cost is made possible by choosing the 

 dimensions so that stock sizes and lengths 

 of lumber, doors, sashes, etc., may be 

 used. With a little care in buying there 

 is little waste, and in many cases no cut- 

 ting is required. 



To secure the maximum of accommoda- 

 tions, every device known to the modern 

 builder is used. The floor is divided near 

 the middle by a partition, making a living 

 room at one end and a dining-room and 

 wash room at the other. A fireplace on 

 one side of the living room assures com- 

 fort on cold mornings, chilly days, and 

 during the cool weather of late fall or 

 early spring. Recesses 12 in. deep in the 

 partition provide space for three swinging 

 beds which are screened off by partitions 

 during the day. Occupants of each of the 

 beds in the living room secure privacy by 

 dropping curtains from the ceiling; a 

 passage way through the center of the 

 room is left at all times, and one-half of 

 the living room may be occupied by those 



sitting up late when the other half is used 

 as a bedroom. The spaces in the parti- 

 tion not required for the beds are utilized 

 for closets. 



The doors of the porches fold back so 

 that by opening them wide the area of the 

 living room and dining-room are really 

 made to include the additional space. 

 The wash and dressing room has an en- 

 trance from the outside so that bathers 

 need not track through the rest of the 

 building to reach it. 



Bookcases are built into the walls be- 

 tween windows, and the walls of the wash 

 room and kitchen likewise utilized for the 

 appropriate built-in furnishings. Trunks 

 may be placed in the corners behind the 

 doors and screened off. 



The cottage is so planned that it may be 

 built in sections, the structure making a 

 harmonious whole at each stage. If de- 

 sired the wash and dressing room may be 

 made a little larger and used for a maid's 

 or chauffeur's room. A second story may 

 be added for about $200. 



By making the greatest possible use of 

 the cottage, the following accommoda- 



943 



