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 A Convenient Summer Cottage

��Bv (\ M. Toinlinson

���THE cottage proper is 18 by 24 ft.; an 8 ft. screened-in porch at each end makes the total length 40 ft. The low cost is made possible by choosing the dimensions so that stock sizes and lengths of lumber, doors, sashes, etc., may be used. With a little care in buying there is little waste, and in many cases no cut- ting is required.

To secure the maximum of accommoda- tions, every device known to the modern builder is used. The floor is divided near the middle by a partition, making a living room at one end and a dining-room and wash room at the other. A fireplace on one side of the living room assures com- fort on cold mornings, chilly days, and during the cool weather of late fall or early spring. Recesses 12 in. deep in the partition provide space for three swinging beds which are screened off by partitions during the day. Occupants of each of the beds in the living room secure privacy by dropping curtains from the ceiling; a passage way through the center of the room is left at all times, and one-half of the living room may be occupied by those

��sitting up late when the other half is used as a bedroom. The spaces in the parti- tion not required for the beds are utilized for closets.

The doors of the porches fold back so that by opening them wide the area of the living room and dining-room are really made to include the additional space. The wash and dressing room has an en- trance from the outside so that bathers need not track through the rest of the building to reach it.

Bookcases are built into the walls be- tween windows, and the walls of the wash room and kitchen likewise utilized for the appropriate built-in furnishings. Trunks may be placed in the corners behind the doors and screened off.

The cottage is so planned that it may be built in sections, the structure making a harmonious whole at each stage. If de- sired the wash and dressing room may be made a little larger and used for a maid's or chauffeur's room. A second story may be added for about $200.

By making the greatest possible use of the cottage, the following accommoda-

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