May, 1912 AMERICAN HOMES AND 
GARDENS 153 
Even in the very smallest houses of the cottage type, American architects are now producing many plans and elevations of distinction in design 
A Little Frame Cottage 
y] HE frame cottage shown 
upon this page is plas- 
tered outside, and has a 
shingled roof. It is a 
remarkably success- 
ful achievement for nine 
hundred and fifty dollars, its cost. The 
brown stained woodwork and fret orna- 
ment are distinctly individual decorative 
notes. The owner was able to save ex- 
pense by doing a good deal of the de- 
tail work himself. The upper-porch 
By Mabel Tuke Priestman 
Photographs by the Author 
was built as an outdoor sleep- 
ing-room and is an interesting 
feature of the cottage. The 
following is a summary of the 
cost of erection: 
Lumber, including Windows and 
NCAA oo nice ere psec coe cman sid $370 00 
Pattie and Stasis oo ccec.caeccceccer 6 50 00 
BASU SEA VEL coe osc sion cet adcies vores netic 10 00 
EAS AWALE soo shone co siege ele devo viroosee 30 00 
MRIS SEIEAN CONS corn is ord oe eidawmoieie cee 200 00 
GME WO Mea a ae in trina ies cae cia oe 45 00 
PIOOES AUG SCLCENS) s52 200300 de ecee ae ailes 35 00 
OMI rotor Poe ees od daw o cnet ioeecued 110 00 
| 24 ETAT er ee eee oe ee ieee ee ae 100 00 
MOtAl isa snas secs oe $950 00 
There are sitting-rooms and 
kitchen and two bedrooms to 
this cottage. A clever and in- 
expensive form of steam heat- 
| 
The walls are not plastered on the in- 
side, but are stained a warm brown, the 
panels being filled with burlap on the 
upper walls. ‘There is a quaint simpli- 
city about this cottage that appeals to 
the economical builder; everything is in 
evidence; there is no attempt made here 
to hide the chimney which goes through 
the floor to the room above. . 
Perhaps the most striking feature of 
the plan of this little cottage is the man- 
ner in which the first floor has been 
divided. The partition runs 
lengthwise of the house in 
order to make possible a living- 
room across the whole front. 
One has only to imagine how 
another house, less artistically 
designed and less carefully 
carried out in the matter of its 
decorative detail, would appear 
even if constructed upon the 
same plan and built to the same 
proportions but lacking the 
artistic design that has been 
given this cottage by those who 
conceived its plan. Indeed, 
this tiny house spells the short 
ing has been installed therein. 
First floor plan of the little frame cottag 
and interior step from ugliness to beauty. 
