Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1894 — HOW TO HAVE A HONE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOW TO HAVE A HONE

SUGGESTIONS TO THOSE INTENDING TO BUILD. A Hoose Handsome, Convenient and Compact—Exterior Is Very Striking—Splendid Cellar for the Storage of Fuel and Other Purposes. An Eight-Room Cottage. For a compact arrangement this handsome house, from Palliser’a American Architecture, cannot be beat. There is a splendid cellar under the whole house, arranged for the storage of fuel and other purposed; a well has also been put down in the cellar which, with the cistern, supplies an unlimited amount of water at the kitchen sink through the aid of a pump. The attic is very spacious, and will be found very useful as a place for drying clothes, or should it be found necessary at some future time two rooms could be finished off, which would be almost as good sleeping rooms as any in the house. There is but one chimney, which is

so placed that it can be used from all the rooms on first floor; the staircase is also placed in a position to be easy of access from all parts of the house; two doors are placed between the hall and kitchen, a feature which cannot fail to commend itself. The windows in the hall and staircase are filled entirely with ornamental and stained glass, as are also those in the attic; the other windows in the house have the lower sash glazed in two lights of ordinary glass, while the upper sash has a white light in center and small colored lights or* .each side. The interior is finished in a very pleasing, yet economical manner, the casings of doors and windows are trimmed with a back mold, though they are not mitred at the angles as is usually done, but a square block, ornamented with sunk work to be picked out in color is placed in the corner, and the molding cut square against it; this is a decided improvement on the monotonous mitred back 'mold which we see in nearly every house. The rooms are all of ample accommodation to meet the requirements, and

each chamber is supplied with a good closet. The exterior is very striking, the front gable very handsome, and a free rendering of what is known as the Queen Anne style of architecture; the front veranda, and especially the hood over entrance, is very pretty—in fact, this is one of the prettily designed cottages which will always attract attention. An architect designs a building with special reference to the colors to be used in painting, and as color is the life of design, his instructions in this respect should be minutely followed if the desired-result is to be arrived at. This cottage has been

painted Venetian red, trimmed with Indian red, the chamfers, cut and sunk work being picked out in black, making it very effective and showing the detail boldly. The cost is SI, 460, and the architects doubt if there is any one who can show a prettier house, either in arrangement or appearance, for the same price.” 0 [Copyright by Palllser, Pilllser <fc Co., New York.]

PERSPFCTIVE VIEW.

PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR.

PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR.