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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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twelve to sixteen feet long. The roofs are of painted Iron, 



corrugated sheet iron, painted or galvanized, the sheets 



overlapping, and a lumber roof, which is cheaper but which 



has to be covered with tar paper or tar felt or shingles, or 



any kind of prepared roof- 

 ing the purchaser pleases. 



Chimneys are of metal or 



galvanized iron, which fit 



over the roof leaving room 



to put up a stove-pipe in- 

 side of it. 



Generally speaking, and 



assuming that the summer 



lodge is to be furnished 



throughout, the allowance 



may be apportioned as 



follows : 



Living-room $100.00 



Dining-room .... 75-00 



Bedroom 50.00 



Bedroom 50.00 



Kitchen and pantry 75.00 



Bathroom 25.00 



Table and house- 

 hold linen .... 125.00 



$500.00 

 Fittings, etc 75 -oo 



$575.00 



This sum will include in- 

 expensive rugs, window 

 curtains, hearth furniture 

 for the living-room, lamps 

 (not forgetting a pretty 

 lantern of Venetian or 

 Turkish design with ruby, 



green, amber or white panels, costing only $3.00, to hang 

 on the porch), candlesticks, and an ice-box and oil-stove 

 for the kitchen. The sum of $25.00 will purchase a suffi- 

 cient number of cooking utensils for such simple living. A 

 small archway between the kitchen and dining-room above 

 the drop-shelf in the latter will prove a great convenience, 

 as no portable servants are supplied with the portable 

 house, and those who render the dishes portable will be 

 glad of this slight aid to 

 service. Corner-cupboards 

 and corner-closets that take 

 the places of buffets and 

 wardrobes are frequently 

 furnished, if desired, by 

 the builders of the house. 

 Mantel-pieces are extra. It 

 is well to have a fireplace 

 if the mantel-piece is 

 omitted, because the early 

 mornings and evenings -are 

 often damp and chilly in 

 the country, and rainy days 

 are often cheered by the 

 sight of a few burning logs 

 or even a bundle of fag- 

 ots. 



A good deal of the fur- 

 niture can be supplied with 

 the house. Drop-tables in 

 every room are of great 



convenience, and only cost $2.50 each. A double drop- 

 table appears in Figs. 12 and 13, shown open and closed. 

 This is excellent in bedrooms, to do away with the neces- 

 sity of dressing-table, or wash hand-stand, or both. It is 



Fig. 35 — A portable garage, showing the cleaning pit 



Fig. 36 — An automobile that can be bought for $485 



also useful in the dining-room for a sideboard, and in the 

 living-room for books and magazines, etc. 



Folding spring-bunks afford good beds. They cost from 

 $4.25 up. One is shown, both closed and open, in Figs. 10 



and II. The mattress, 

 of course, can be as lux- 

 urious as one pleases. 



A drop-shelf can also be 

 placed in each bedroom 

 and hung with curtains. 

 Behind it a rack with hooks 

 will afford a convenient 

 wardrobe. 



The living-room can be 

 made attractive with white 

 curtains, a bright rug, 

 portable book-shelves, a 

 table or two, and a set of 

 willow furniture. Com- 

 fortable arm-chairs, cush- 

 ioned, can be purchased for 

 $7.50, $9.00 and $12.00. 

 Bamboo portieres cost only 

 $1.25 each. Down cush- 

 ions and floor cushions 

 (useful for the porch) 

 should be generously sup- 

 plied. Folding furniture 

 is desirable and several ex- 

 cellent models are now in 

 the market. Our illustra- 

 tion (Fig. 17) shows a 

 table-chair, closed and 

 folded. This is 29I/2 

 inches high, with top down. 

 The top measures 30x30. 

 It weighs 41 pounds and 

 costs $6.25. 



Cottage folding card or tea-table (Fig. 19) is twenty- 

 eight inches high, solid oak, and painted any color to suit 

 the purchaser. It is twenty-nine inches in diameter, and 

 costs $3.00. 



Another folding-table of the "gate-legged" type costs 



$6.75- 



A cottage screen (Fig. 15), useful in the bedroom, the 



frame filled with denim or 

 burlap, costs from $3.75 to 

 $10.00. 



The Dexter-table ( Fig. 

 22) of oak or birch, 

 thirty-eight inches in diam- 

 eter, costs $15.00. A 

 round settle with table-top 

 in white wood, or pine, fin- 

 ished in any color, costs 

 $6.75 (Fig. 26). Cottage 

 study table (Fig. 28), any 

 color, 48x27, costs $15.00. 

 Wooden settles, finished 

 in any color (top, 48-30 

 inches), can be bought for 

 $6.75 (Fig. 25). 



Magazine stand, with 

 door (Fig. 16), 44 inches 

 high and 12V2 inches wide, 

 costs $6.00. Cottage side- 

 board (Fig. 29) 60 inches 

 long, 22 inches deep and 44 inches high, costs $30.00. Cot- 

 tage chiffonier, 26 inches top, 26 inches long, 18 inches deep 

 and 67 inches high, including glass, $11.25. (^^^ Fig. 30.) 

 An English breakfast table, 40x36, of plain oak, costs 



