House & garden Volume 1
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...on the exterior, hand-split shingles on the roof, and a studied grouping of its masses and its door and window openings. On the first floor of this portion is a small entrance hall, a livingr...
MoreThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...on the exterior, hand-split shingles on the roof, and a studied grouping of its masses and its door and window openings. On the first floor of this portion is a small entrance hall, a livingroom, a bedroom, a bathroom and the kitchen with its adjoining service rooms. On the second floor are two bedrooms for family use, a bathroom, and the servants' bedrooms. As this much of the house alone would not be adequate in its accommodations when THE PLAN guests were to be entertained, some scheme of enlargement was seen to be necessary. To this end a series of one-story bedrooms was planned separately from the main part of the house, and a large living-room, large enough to serve the purpose of living and dining-room combined for both family and guests was also added. The building is to stand on a wooded knoll overlooking the winding course of a river that is lined with overhanging willows and white birches, and is flanked by meadows and rolling fields where, in summer time, cattle are wont to graze; and in consequence of the fine view thus obtained one of the conditions imposed in the planning of the house was that the living-room be so placed that one might enjoy this view to the fullest extent from its windows and its verandas. It was also required that the living-room be so located that it would catch the prevailing breezes during warm summer days, and that they would be unintercepted in their passage through it. It was to have as much view and as much air as it would be possible to procure. With this aim its position in the plan was fixed; and it will be seen that not only does it command the best view of the river and has free access to the open air on three sides, but that it is so arranged with regard to the main portion of the house and to the smaller livi...
Publisher | RareBooksClub.com |
Binding | Paperback (30 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized
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# of Pages | 38 |
ISBN-10 | 1236299159 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1236299154 |
Publication Date | 05/20/2012 |
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