132 HOME LIFE IN FLORIDA. 



It will convey to our readers a clearer idea of the actual 

 cost of erecting a neat, comfortable home in Florida, if we 

 give here the dimensions of such a house and its cost. 



A "box house" of rough lumber outside, and planed 

 within, and battened inside and out, a porch on the east 

 and south sides, a covered j)iazza, back, leading to the 

 dining-room and kitchen, which are detached from the 

 main building but join each other. This is the grand 

 sum total of the building we will describe : 



The house is thirty-two feet wide by twenty-four deep, 

 ceiling twelve feet high, a hall ten feet wide and twenty- 

 four in length runs through the center from front to back 

 piazza. 



Two rooms on each side open into the hall, the two front 

 apartments are twelve by fourteen feet ; the two back 

 rooms, ten by twelve; each apartment has two windows 

 and two doors, one into the hall, one communicating. 



From the hall a staircase leads to an unfinished attic, to 

 store away trunks and surplus goods, or it may serve for a 

 servant's room, although, when one can afford it, a small 

 outside room is preferable for this purpose ; one measuring 

 ten by twelve can be put up for thirty-five dollars. 



Connecting the main building with kitchen and dining- 

 room is a covered piazza twelve by fourteen feet, on which 

 is built the provision closet, as aforesaid, and where also is 

 the pump, close to the kitchen door. 



Housekeepers will appreciate the convenience of this 

 arrangement, which should be much more common than 

 it is. Usually the supply of water for household purposes 

 is obtained by hoisting it from a well outside, by crank or 

 pulley, a heavy task for one who is not strong. 



Crossing the piazza, we come to the kitchen, twelve feet 

 by sixteen, and joining it at one end is the dining-room, 

 fourteen by eighteen feet. 



