ON SIMPLE RURAL COTJ'AGES. 



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strips, four inches wide, fig. 4, a; of plank, one incli and a half in 



thickness. The coping piece,. S, is of the same thickness, and six 



to eight inches wide, 



supported by a couple 



of pieces of joists, c, 



nailed under it for": 



brackets. 



We have tried the 

 effect of this kind of 

 ■ exterior, using un- 

 planed boards, to 

 which we have given 

 two good coats ■ of 

 paint, sanding the 

 second cOat. The ef- 

 fect we think much 

 more agreeable — be- 

 cause it is in better 

 keeping with a rustic 

 cottage, than when 

 the more expensive 

 mode of using planed 

 boards is resorted to. 



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Cottage Window Dressing 



Some time, ago', we ventured to record our objections to white 

 asj^ universal color for country houses. "We have had great satis- 

 faction, Since that time, in seeing a gradual improvement taking 

 place with respect to this matter.- Neutral tints' are, with the best 

 taste, now every where preferred ,to strong glaring colors. Cottages 

 of this class, we would always paint some soft and pleasing shade 

 , of -drab or fawn color. These are tints which, on the whole, har- 

 monize best with the surrounding hues of the country itself. 



These tw6 little designs , are inteuded' for the simplest cottages, 

 to cost from two to fiye hundred dollars. ., :Our readers will' not un- 

 derstand p as offering theih as complete models of a 'workingman's 

 cottage. They are only partial examples of our views and taste in 

 this matter. We shall continue the subject, from time to time, 

 with .various other exaniples. 



