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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Nov. 



A DESIGN FOR A SMAiL COTTAGE. 



This simple design is given to show how a v;ry 

 small cottage, built of wood, may he made to lor " 

 well at very trifling cost. In form, it is a mere par 

 rallelogram, and while it is devoid of very strongly- 

 marked architectural character, it combines some- 

 thing of home-like or domestic expression. 



The picturesqne character is partly owing to the 

 bold shadows thrown by the projecting roof, and 

 partly to rafter brackets and window hoods. 



Let any one imagine this little cottage, with its 

 roof cut off close to the eve?, with the rafter brackets 

 that support the projecting eves omitted, with the 

 windows and door mere bare frames, and he has an 

 example of liow this same cottage would look as we 

 commonly see it built ; that is to say, without the 

 the pictnresqueness of wood clearly expressed by 

 using it holiilij (not neatly and carefully; ) by a sense 

 of something beyond mere utility, evinced in the pains 

 taken to extend the roof more than is absolutely need- 

 ful : and by raising the cliaracter of the windows 

 and doors by placing hoods over tlieir tops. 



OROU.ND PLAN. 



AccoMMODATroN. — The single apartment called the 

 living-room, twelve by eighteen feet, is the common 

 apartment, the kitchen, sitting-room, and parlor of 

 this family ; for it is intended for a family which 

 "takes care of itself." 



Opening the front door of this cottage, we see an 

 entry six feet wide, which contains the stairs to the 

 second floor. Underneath this stairs, another flight 

 descends to the cellar. 



On the left of the entry is a small hed-room twelve 

 feet square. If this bedroom is used constantly, it 

 would be better to have it communicate with the 

 living-room by the door on the left of the chimney 

 flue, which is now the closet door ; and the arrange- 

 ment, supposing this the bed-room in constant use, 

 will give greater convenience and greater warmth in 

 winter, since one fire will keep both rooms warm. 

 If, on the contrary, it is only to be used occasionally, 

 it would be better not to make it communicate. In- 

 deed, with a little nicety of construction, there is 

 space enough to retain a small closet for the living- 

 room, and still have these two rooms connected. 



Tlie living-room is twelve by eighteen feet, a con- 

 venient size for daily use. It is lighted by a window 

 on each side, and the chimney being nearly in the 

 center of the house, no heat will be lost in winter. 

 Near one corner of the apposite side of this room is 

 a door opening into a small pantry which is lighted 

 by a window, and at the opposite corner is another 

 door opening into a narrow porch. We have cut 

 ofl" the passage, to form this small porch, in order to 

 protect the back door, which opens into the main 

 apartment of the family, from sudden draughts and 

 cold blasts, a point most important in a northern 

 climate, but too often neglected, to the serious dis- 

 comfort of the inmates of small cottages. From this 

 back porch ant>tlier door will be seen openin? into a 

 small wooJ-house, so that fuel may he had without 

 going into the open air. This wood-house is repre- 

 sented of small size, but it may be extended in depth 

 several feet, if more room is wanted. 



The second floor of this cottage contains two good 

 sleeping rooms and two large closets. There are no 

 fire places, but openings are left for stove-pipes in 

 the flues, so that one or both rooms can he warmed. 



There is a cellar under this cottage, ami the outer 

 cellar door should be provided just beneath the pantry 

 window, if no more convenient position is found for it. 



Cottages of this size usually have the stairs placed 

 in the living-room, while the front door opens direct- 

 ly into one of the apartments. We think, in this 

 respect, our plan has mucli greater comfort and con- 

 venience to recommend it. 



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