February, 1906 
veniences of her home; pretty curtains at her casement win- 
dows and geraniums blooming on the window sills gave a 
special charm to the little home, while the old woman, with 
her knitting, sitting by the open fire, and chatting happily of 
The Village Inn was Remodeled from an Old Farmhouse 
her good fortune, was evidence of the appreciation of what 
had been done for her comfort. 
Among the many good schemes in the planning of the 
houses is the arrangement that the living-room shall be freely 
accessible to fresh air and sun, and every room in the cot- 
tages contains a Tobin ventilator. The houses are roofed 
with hand-made tiles, which are so varied in tone that they 
lend a charm to the general aspect. Casement windows and 
leaded glass also add to their attractive appearance. 
In order to minimize the cost of building, compactness of 
plan was rigidly adhered to, nooks and recesses which add 
to artistic qualities of a house had to be dispensed with; there- 
fore the wall lines were as long and unbroken as possible. 
Aspect and prospect were points of care and attention, the 
larders were placed on the north or northeast side of the 
house, and the back yards so arranged that they were not 
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visible from the road. A wash on the clothes lines is con- 
sidered much more of an eyesore in England than it is here. 
The love of privacy is deeply implanted in every British 
heart, and in this village it will be noticed that every tiny 
garden possesses an inclosure and a little gate, which it would 
be as discourteous to leave unlatched as to leave the door 
open. 
The bath, an essential in every house, is, where the cottage 
is not the size to admit a bathroom, either sunk into the floor 
of the kitchen near the hearth, which is covered with a drain- 
ing board, or can be found in a settle or a table. Another plan 
of providing a bathtub was to provide a cabinet, a patent 
adjustable bath, hinged at the bottom of one end, and lowered 
from a wall cabinet, where it was kept in a vertical position, 
taking up very little space when not in use. The cost of this 
bath is less than $20, but the comfort of having it in a 
warm room makes it of real value. 
Many of the cottages have a combined scullery bath range 
and boiler. This combination utilizes the heat of the kitchen 
and also takes up very little space. The heating and cooking 
range form part of the division between the kitchen and scul- 
lery bathroom, the flue being coursed over the head of the 
bath. The grate, with its oven on one side and its twelve- 
gallon boiler on the other, is in the kitchen. Extra boiling 
water is obtained from raking the fuel into a secondary grate 
beneath the boiler. Clothes are boiled in the boiler, which 
is accessible from the scullery, and this boiler can be shut off 
from the kitchen when desired. ‘The scullery bathroom con- 
tains a full-sized enameled bathtub, supplied with hot and 
cold water, a shower bath sprinkler, and a steam exhaust, an 
efficient patent to prevent steam from permeating other 
rooms. 
One of the most popular of the Bouenville cottages, and 
one that realizes a profit of a clear four per cent., has been 
built on the following plan: 
First floor. Parlor, 13 ft. 6 in. by 11 ft. 3 in., with bay- 
window and fireplace; living-room, 14 ft. 6 in. by 11 ft. 9 
in., with French windows and fireplace; kitchen, 12 ft. 3 in. 
by 10 ft. 6 in.; larder, 6 ft. 6 in. by 6 ft. 3 in. Porch and 
hall, also cloak space, is provided under the staircase. Out- 
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