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also was allotted for the fur- 

 niture which it was desired 

 to use in the remodeled 

 house. An inexpensive 

 plumbing system was 

 planned, with fireplaces in 

 the living-rooms, and a 

 range in the kitchen. 



It was arranged to put a 

 cellar under the house. 

 Enough stone was picked up 

 in nearby fields and oft of 

 old stone fences to reinforce 

 the old foundations as well 

 as for the cellar walls. 



In order to provide more 

 sleeping accommodations it 



was necessary to make over 



the upper part of the house. The garden-house 



Double dormer windows were built in the attic, which was were of course a necessity. 

 partitioned so as to allow for a couple of bedrooms. This 

 virtually added another story to the dwelling. The roof 

 was reshingled in spots, and a new brick chimney built. An 

 evespout was added at the roof's edge to carry off the rain- 

 water, which was collected in a cistern. 



Originally there were four small rooms downstairs. The 

 partition between two of these at one end of the house was 

 removed, making a large living-room. The other two 

 rooms were changed somewhat to adapt them to the re- 

 quirements of kitchen and dining-room. 



The kitchen fixtures were easiest of all to install. Run- 

 ning water was provided there by means of the boiler at- 

 tached to the range, and the cistern pump. The last also 

 supplied water to the bathroom. Waste pipes conveni- 

 ently carried the water into the field about half a mile away. 



Outside the living-room, 

 at the west side of the house, 

 a porch was built where the 

 apple trees afforded a nat- 

 ural shade. Throughout the 

 house new windows were 

 added, with a Colonial ef- 

 fect. The original hard- 

 wood door was repainted 

 and a brass knocker put up 

 in place of the bell. 



When it came time to 

 paint the remodeled build- 

 ing, ivory-white was decided 

 on for the outside. Just 

 enough yellow was mixed 

 with the white to give it an 

 ivory tone. With a house 

 painted white, green blinds 

 The fresh patches of shingles 

 were stained to match the old weather-beaten 



in the roof 



shingles, by the use of "bleaching oil." The cornices were 



ivory-white. 



A small storehouse was built at the rear of the garden 

 for the accommodation of tools and other accessories. 



As the soil was practically virgin, little difficulty was 

 experienced in soon producing a luxuriant growth of vines 

 and blossoms. The former were trained up the sides of 

 the house, over the door posts and by the windows. A few 

 vines set out in the window-boxes outside the dormer win- 

 dows vied with Petunias, Nasturtiums and Hydrangeas, the 

 last with their showy blossoms and the brilliant colored 

 Asters giving a transforming touch to the lawn. 



This cost in money was twelve hundred dollars, but in 

 health and happiness has made returns many fold greater. 



A corner of the hardy border close to the house 



