Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1898 — FARM HOUSE PIAZZA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FARM HOUSE PIAZZA.

Oae Like That Shown in the Cat Can Be Built at an Expense Everyone Can Afford. Many houses have no shade trees •rear them, and a piazza or veranda is tlmost a necessity in the summer. A permanent porch, deep enough to form the necessary shade in summer, is objectionable in the winter, as it shuts out the lijfht that is then needed. Besides all this, the expense in building a permanent veranda is beyond the reach of many, and altogether unrecessary in any case. The illustration shows how to make a summer veranda that has all the advantages

of the expensive permanent piazza and avoids the disadvantages in the winter. The expense is so small that everyone ean afford it. Build a platform or floor of length and desired, with or without i ailing. Over this at the proper height construct a light frame |o be covered with striped awning goods. The frame should be of same length and width as floor or platform, or larger. Tn many cases the awning and platform should cover the whole front or ride of the building. The frame should be attached to the building by screws, so that it can be taken down in winter. Or it can be attached with hinges and made to elevate ftnd drop, same ns awnings over windows. The frame is made of iight strips of wood, and can be nraeed from side to side with small wires secured to the house by small screw eyelets. The awning should be carefully taken down in the fall and put away for the winter. It,must be properly fastened to the frame by small, large-headed tacks to prevent it from tearing in the wind.—Ohio Farmer.

FARMHOUSE PIAZZA.