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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1914 
all that is needed to a 
cottage of this kind is the 
outside walls, floors and 
roof. And, since the walls 
are largely glazed open¬ 
ings, they can be built of 
storm sash to a great ex¬ 
tent, and the cost still 
further reduced. 
When it comes to pro¬ 
tection for the winter, 
some sort of covering will 
be necessary, and this can 
be built of %-inch sheath¬ 
ing put together with 
cleats and screws. It can 
be built in sections so as 
to be conveniently han¬ 
dled, and can be held in 
place by hooks and eyes 
at bottom and top. 
Every shutter should 
be painted and numbered, 
and the number should be 
The secret of a comfortable outdoor living-room is to induce an effect of coolness by the green 
of the vines and flowers and the open sweep of the lawn 
possible. They are not 
expensive to build, and 
are worth every cent of 
the cost. When a cold, 
stormy night does come, 
and shutters are closed 
down tight, the fire is 
started on the hearth, and 
there is room for every¬ 
body around it. 
Of course, it is not 
true that one particular 
plan will suit everybody. 
The only point to remem¬ 
ber is that the require¬ 
ments are met by this 
type of house. If we can 
find a plan which pro¬ 
vides large window open¬ 
ings and plenty of them, 
doorways so arranged as 
to give proper cross ven¬ 
tilation, and such acces¬ 
sories as will make a 
This plan is for a very informal vacation cottage. 
Its arrangement is for maximum coolness. 
Transportable partitions divide the sleeping 
porch into several wings 
painted in the space where the shutter 
fits. Care should be used in making the 
shutters water tight at the top. It is 
sometimes thought better to hinge them 
along the upper edge and provide them 
with cords running over pulleys, so that 
they will answer for awnings and can 
he shut down on rainy days. 
This is an excellent way to 
fix them, because they are 
always in place and are very 
useful in shutting out the 
draughts of air which leak in 
around windows on stormy 
nights, and in preventing the 
rain from beating in. 
These same stormy nights 
are likely to be cold and 
cheerless, particularly in 
spring and autumn. And no 
one will know just what to do. 
It is then that a fireplace is 
appreciated. 
Every sum m e r cottage 
should have a fireplace, and 
not only one, but as many as 
A plan for heating arrangement in the summer 
cottage. It does not require a cellar 
The difficulty of keeping the kitchen cool may be 
solved by having part of its wall space partially 
walled in by lattice 
If you plan to build in the woods, the log cabin is a suitable and reasonable type 
An open grate arrangement that is a modified 
form of the Spanish patio 
homelike, livable shelter in summer we 
shall have done well. And the more 
open we make the house, the larger and 
higher we make the rooms, and the 
more we cut out needless partitions, the 
more exactly shall we meet 
the needs of a summer home. 
It frequently happens in de¬ 
ciding upon the best type of 
plan for individual cases that 
the site itself will be the gov¬ 
erning factor, and it is very 
seldom that some type of plan 
cannot be found which is par¬ 
ticularly suited to a given site. 
If the lot is situated in a de¬ 
pression behind sand dunes, 
or is surrounded by objects 
which obstruct the view, it 
might be wise to make some 
portion of the building ex¬ 
tend up into the air sufficient¬ 
ly to get an outlook over the 
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