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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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A BEAUTIFUL COTTAGE. 



This is another of those tasteful, convenient, and 

 every way agreeable designs from the Messrs. 

 Cleveland and Backus' Work on " Village and Farm 

 Cottages." We have heretofore spoken of the ex- 

 cellence of this work, and as we look on its fair and 

 attractive pages again, we cannot help wishing that 

 every person about to build should have a copy of 

 it before him. A single glance at the features and 

 finish of this cottage would show to the passing 

 observer, that the owner was both able and willing 

 to consult his tastes as well as his purse. 



FIRST STORY PLAN. 



The arrangement needs some explanation. The 

 stairs, starting just back of the parlor-door on the 

 right side of the hall, land on a platform, six feet 

 above the floor, from which they return over the bed- 

 room closet. At the rear of the landing, a partition 

 crosses the hall, with a door at the side of the stair- 

 case. The cellar flight, starting in the back hall, 

 goes down under the main stairs, that part of it be- 

 yond the platform being incased. The back porch 

 is open, and the wood-room is beyond it, with 

 kitchen-pantry, and other conveniences. 



In the second story, the stairs land over the par- 

 tition between the parlor and bedroom. There are 

 two closets between the chambers at the right of 

 the hall — one for each. There is a small one also 

 in the back chamber beyond the stairs. There is a 

 large closet in the hall for bedding, etc., and a 

 small one in the left-hand chamber. If needful, 

 this room may be divided in the centre, and a por- 

 tion of the hall closet devoted to the front half. — 

 The chimneys are of brick, and topped out with the 

 same. The small dormer windows in the roof are 

 intended for ventilation as much as for light. But 

 they are decorative features also. The window 

 caps are of plank, supported on simple brackets. 

 The front gable vdndow has a flower-balcony. The 

 verandah is solid and plain, and is so finished as to 

 show its construction. Sawn brackets of solid 

 plank adorn the gable cornices, while the extended 

 rafters are made to show along the eaves. 



