PREMIUM FARM HOUSE* 
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-vray inside upon hinges. The wings have each an 
oriel, or bay window, projecting one foot, and 
having the centre lights of glass hung upon 
hinges, to open inside. The second story front, 
the two windows, like the one below, are divid¬ 
ed by a heavy style, and open inside. The cover¬ 
ing, as indicated in the elevation, is to be of inch 
pine boards that have been run through a plane- 
ing machine, and cut to a width and thickness. 
These battened with half-inch stuff three inches 
wide. As the lower story of the main building, as 
well as wings, are all designed to be 11 feet high 
in the clear, it is evident that the best length of 
boards will be 12 feet, as they will allow of no 
waste. 
The estimate of cost here given is for plain, but 
good work. No mouldings, turnings, nor carv¬ 
ings, as all such only add to the labor of the house¬ 
wife in keeping them clean, and are really no orna¬ 
ment as taken in keeping with other articles usually 
accompanying the country. 
The fireplace, in the parlor, is designed to be car¬ 
ried to a level with the chamber floor, and then 
carried horizontally along the side of the wall until it 
reaches the partition of chambers, when it may 
rise diagonally to the centre. Some may prefer a 
sheet-iron flue, which could, like a stove pipe, be re¬ 
moved from the chamber during 
the summer months. 
That my estimates of costs 
are correct, I can only say that 
they are such as I have con¬ 
tracted in building this house, 
and are therefore reality, and 
not fiction nor supposition. 
Permit me now to take you 
through the rooms, entering, as 
we should, at the main, or front, 
entrance. First, we have a hall 
8 feet wide, running the entire 
length of the main house. From 
this hall, 13 feet from the rear 
commence the stairs, ascending 8 
feet, to a platform of 4 feet wide, 
where they turn, and again rise 
to the chambers. Upon our left, 
as we enter the hall, is first the 
parlor, 16 by 18 feet, and next 
adjoining it the dining room,'16 
by 14. Opening from this, we have the front < 
wing, 16 hy 16, a large bedroom; and from this, 
as also from the dining room, are doors to kitchen, 
14 by 16 ; a fireplace in both bedroom and kitchen, 
and connected with that in the latter, should always 
be built a brick oven. The dining room may be 
warmed by a stove, grate, or fireplace, and may be 
carried to the chimney from the kitchen ; or a hot¬ 
air drum may be placed in the chamber overhead, 
and the heat pass that way, and so conduct to 
the chimney in the centre of the main house. The 
pantry is shown from the kitchen, the cellar stairs, 
and also a small room for servants ; or where no 
servants are kept, the latter may be left for a wood 
house. 
The dining room and parlor are separated by 
folding doors upon hinges; as not often expected 
to be wanted, and as costing less than when 
constructed to roll or slide, the latter is, of course, 
preferable. The cellar is designed to be 7 feet 
deep, and the whole house to stand 18 inches from 
the ground. 
A closet is seen by side of chimney in kitchen, 
tjie lower part of which is designed for kettles, 
etc., and the upper for crockery or china closet. 
The closet opening 
into the bedroom, I 
think, should con¬ 
tain a bath tub, and 
be so arranged that 
warm or cold water 
could be received 
from the kitchen. 
Wardrobes, sepa¬ 
rately built and 
placed each side of 
the bay window 
would be suited to 
the room. 
Let us now go 
back to the hall. 
On the right, just at 
the foot of the stairs, 
we enter the library, 
12 by 16 feet, hav- 
Cround Floor.—Fig. 87 
ing a fireplace and 
closet, as seen in the 
plan. In the rear 
of this, is again a 
bedroom, 10 by 16, 
opening from the 
hall, and also with a 
fireplace and closet. 
The rear of this, I 
would cut off from 
continuous partition; and 
the rest of the house by 
in large families, where much help is kept, a door 
should open from the outside into a small hall, 4 by 
4, as shown; and then a bedroom 8 by 12; and again 
two bedrooms 8 by 8. These furnish suitable rooms 
for farm laborers, and save the travel and dirt through 
the main hall, and so up stairs. The same, also, of the 
bedroom for servants, in rear of kitchen. It is near 
