June. 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



223 



Kitchen 



e'4"/ 5'e 



1 



1 1 



Living Room 



12 8 X. 1 5 10 



/ 



Bed Room 



v^ 



--/. 



Bed Room 



Fig. 3 — Under the trees 



morning-glory, your summer lodge will soon become a 

 charming bower. 



Our illustration Fig. 9 shows how the interior appears. 

 The panels can be covered with canvas or burlap and 

 painted any color to suit the taste of the occupant; and 

 panes in the doors 

 give extra light. It 

 must be remembered, 

 however, that when 

 your house is erected, 

 you have but the 

 frame; and, if you 

 care for extra com- 

 forts, a little money 

 can be wisely laid out 

 to great advantage. 

 Extra windows and 

 extra doors are per- 

 haps not so necessary 

 as hoods over the 

 back and front door, 

 and a few more feet 

 added to the veran- 

 dah will always prove 

 a good addition in 

 comfort and appear- 

 ance. A sink in the kitchen is a necessity, and in the living- 

 room, at least, an open fireplace is more than desirable. 

 In some cases a kitchenette is furnished and supplied with 

 the house for an extra sum, according to the size and fur- 

 nishing of the latter. As the mosquito has long ago dis- 



covered the charms of 

 country life and has taken 

 possession of every wood 

 and strand, wire screens 

 are absolutely necessary. 



Extra doors cost each, 

 $4.50; extra windows, 

 $4.00; hoods over doors 

 or windows, for each sec- 

 tion of three feet (see il- 

 lustrations Figs. 5 and 6), 

 are $2.00 each; door 

 screens are each $3.50, 

 and window screens are 

 each $2.50. 



For our $460 house we shall need : 



Wire-screens for ten windows $25.00 



Two door-screens 7.00 



Shutters, per window, $3.00 30.00 



Screen-door between kitchen and dining-room 3.50 



Drop shelf in 



Porch 



e'Vz 15' 10' 



1 



s'e"/ s'e" I 



Fig. 4— Fl 



oor plan 



kitchen . . . 

 Drop shelf in 



pantry .... 

 Sink in kitchen 



2.50 



2.50 

 3.50 



$74.00 

 Various models 

 show that pretty cot- 

 tages can be pur- 

 chased for from $450 

 to $500. These con- 

 tain, as a rule, five 

 rooms — living-room, 

 dining-room, two bed- 

 rooms, kitchen, pan- 

 try and bathroom. 

 In our Figs. 7 and 8 

 an attractive little 

 house is shown that 

 only costs $460. A 

 similar house with one more bedroom can be purchased for 



$485- 



Fig. 14 represents a house 17x22 feet with four 

 rooms and a six-foot verandah, with roof, and a kitchen 

 extension of 8x1 1 feet. This cottage can be had In any size. 



Fig. 7 — Floor plan 



Fig. 8 — In the heart of the wild wood 



