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How to make the most of a two-roomed Cottage. 



Fig. 9. A Cottage of Two Rooms made the most of. 



b, kitchen, where a press bedstead might be put if there were 

 any children ; c, pantry ; d, wood ; e, privy ; /, ashes ; g, coals ; 

 and h is the parlour, in which is the recess for the bed (^) with 

 a tasteful curtain in front. This recess is well aired by an open- 

 ing through to the kitchen, close to the ceiling. To give some 

 idea of the comfort of the room, I would just observe, that in 

 the bottom of the new window there is a large covered box 

 which serves as a wash-hand stand for the wife when there 

 is any one in the kitchen, and for the husband on a Sunday 

 while the wife is engaged in the other room with her culinary 

 matters ; it also serves to hold brushes, combs, &c., to prevent 

 the room having the appearance of a bed-room, while the top, 

 at other times, answers the purpose of a work-table. The 

 sofa is placed at /, the clock in case at m, a chest of drawers at 

 n, and tables at o. The closet (/») was made for holding clothes, 

 linen, &c., and any thing that would, if left in the parlour, 

 make it look like a bed-room. 



We have recently converted an old barn into a comfortable 

 little two-storied cottage ; the outline happened to be of a form 

 that was easily convertible into a neat simple old English cot. 

 Shall I send it to you ? [We shall feel very much obliged for 

 it. Such communications are the more desirable, after what 

 our correspondent T. M. has stated respecting the converting of 

 old stables and outhouses into human habitations, and large 

 cottages into small ones, &c., in p. 44.] 



Derbyshire, ./mZ?/ 13. 1842. 



