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House & Garden 
English cottage rooms 
have a distinct atmos¬ 
phere of comfort and of 
having .been lived in by 
people who chose a 
simple life. In many in¬ 
stances the beams are ex¬ 
posed both on the ceiling 
and on the walls. The 
furniture has the charm¬ 
ing crudity of old crafts 
work 
Often there is no sepa¬ 
rate dining room in En¬ 
glish cottages, the one 
large living room serving 
both purposes. This end 
of the cottage rooms has 
its Welsh dresser for 
china, its linen cupboard 
and grandfather’s clock. 
Windsor chairs, peculi¬ 
arly suitable for cottages, 
are used 
Since old English cottages 
rarely have heating 
plants, the occupants are 
obliged to depend upon 
open fires. Consequently 
the fireplace and its sur¬ 
rounding ingle nook oc¬ 
cupy an important place 
in the room. Here it has 
a wide brick hearth raised 
above the level of the 
floor 
The 
INTERIOR 
of 
ENGLISH 
COTTAGES 
