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| DESIGN NO. I. A COTTAGE, COSTING $250. |
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| Accommodations for Beginners in House-Keeping, with Limited Means.—Arranged as the Wing of a future Main House.—First Steps. | 9 |
| DESIGN NO. II. COUNTRY COTTAGE, COSTING $450. |
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| Approximating the Cheapest Construction.—Roofs must not be slighted.—Their Relative Cost.—Suggestions as to Inside Linings. | 12 |
| DESIGN NO. III. COUNTRY COTTAGE, COSTING $550. |
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| Effect of Angles and Vertical Lines.—New form of Radiator, with Designs and Description.—A Durable Wash for rough work. | 17 |
| DESIGN NO. IV. COUNTRY COTTAGE, COSTING $550. |
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| Adapted to an Eastern Frontage.—Good accommodations for a small family.—May have a Vestibule in Piazza.—Exterior Plastering. | 22 |
| DESIGN NO. V. CONVENIENT HOUSE, COSTING $650. |
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| Little required to build a comfortable home.—Saving by use of regular sizes of Sash, Doors, etc.—Novelty Siding.—Gutters.—Desirability, and Cost of Hanging Sash. | 26 |
| DESIGN NO. VI. A HOUSE, COSTING $700. |
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| Providing for future Enlargement.—Framework below the First Floor.—Section of Frame, with Description.—Cornice. | 33 |
| DESIGN NO. VII. COUNTRY HOUSE, COSTING $750. |
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| Fair Expression of Purpose.—Best Results from Location.—Outside Plastering.—Stearate of Lime.—Formula for Making. | 39 |
| DESIGN NO. VIII. A COTTAGE, COSTING $800. |
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| Enlargement of Design No. 1.—Best use of the Space.—Short Spans, and Bridging of Beams.—Suggestions as to Location. | 44 |
| DESIGN NO. IX. COUNTRY OR VILLAGE COTTAGE, COSTING $1,000. |
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| Cosy and Homelike.—Style Determined by the Form of Roof.—Modes of Plastering.—Advantages of the One-coat work. | 49 |
| DESIGN NO. X. A HOUSE, COSTING $1,100. |
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| Adapted to a Twenty-five Foot Lot.—Trim Outline.—No Waste in Materials.—Pitch of Roofs.—Ventilator and Scuttle combined. | 54 |
| DESIGN NO. XI. A HOUSE, COSTING $1,600. |
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| Practical Experience Valuable in Planning.—Conventional Requirements.—A Fifth House.—Section of Outside Wall, and Description. | 62 |
| DESIGN NO. XII. A HOUSE, COSTING $1,700. |
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| Important Features in Exterior.—Care in Foundations.—Regular versus Balloon Framing.—Painting. | 69 |
| DESIGN NO. XIII. FRENCH ROOFED COTTAGE, COSTING $2,000. |
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| For thickly settled localities.—Enlivened Dressing.—Purpose of Ornament.—Bracing of Frame.—Taste in Painting. | 76 |
| DESIGN NO. XIV. FRENCH ROOFED COTTAGE, COSTING $2,000. |
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| Conforming to a Declivity.—Outlines of Grounds.—Tower-like Corner, Supported by a Column.—Weight of Slate, and Tin. | 82 |
| DESIGN NO. XV. SOUTHERN HOUSE, COSTING $2,000. |
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| Extended Area of Ground Floor.—Requirements for Shade.—Preparations for Severe Weather.—Food Department. | 86 |
| DESIGN NO. XVI. A HOUSE, COSTING $2,100. |
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| Pointed Style—in harmony with rural surroundings.—Earth Finish around Foundation.—Exhausting poisonous vapors from cellars. | 92 |
| DESIGN NO. XVII. A HOUSE, COSTING $2,200. |
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| The most Economical Form.—High Foundations.—Surrounding Grades.—Bridging Beams.—Stairs.—Why Contractors differ.—Who qualified to estimate. | 98 |
| DESIGN NO. XVIII. SOUTHERN HOUSE, COSTING $2,200. |
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| Style adapted to Middle and Southern States.—Tower.—Verandas.—Windows extending to the Floor.—Ventilation. | 105 |
| DESIGN NO. XIX. STONE HOUSE, COSTING $2,500. |
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| Balance in Outlines.—Site.—Cellar, how sweetened.—Plant Window, with Contents Reflected.—Drudgery of Housework. | 111 |
| DESIGN NO. XX. COUNTRY HOUSE, COSTING $2,600. |
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| Suited to a Southern Climate.—Double Front.—May face any point of Compass.—Detailed Estimate of Windows and Doors. | 115 |
| DESIGN NO. XXI. FARM HOUSE, COSTING $2,600. |
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| Economical and Practical.—Size and Shape.—Direction to Face.—Hight above Ground.—Cause of Decay in Principal Timbers.—Paving instead of flooring Shed. | 120 |
| DESIGN NO. XXII. A HOUSE, COSTING $2,800. |
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| Advantages of Square Form.—Rounded Roof Outlines.—New Modification of Mansard Roof.—Front Hall Dispensed with.—Chimneys to Save Heat. | 128 |
| DESIGN NO. XXIII. COUNTRY OR VILLAGE HOUSE, COSTING $2,800. |
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| Suited to the Wants of Professional Men.—Outlines and Dress.—Good Taste.—Rule for Projections.—Slate.—Estimate in Detail for Plastering. | 134 |
| DESIGN NO. XXIV. FARM HOUSE, COSTING $2,800. |
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| Questions Involved in Locations.—Distance from the Street to Build.—Seeming Growth of the Earth.—Superintending Construction.—Points. | 140 |
| DESIGN NO. XXV. A HALF-STONE HOUSE, COSTING $2,800. |
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| Rustic and Substantial.—Front and Rear Finish.—Construction.—Confined Sewage.—Prices of Building Materials. | 147 |
| DESIGN NO. XXVI. A FRAME HOUSE, COSTING $2,900. |
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| External Features.—Spreading out.—Direction to Face.—An Auxiliary Apartment.—Building a Section at a Time.—Reducing the Cost. | 152 |
| DESIGN NO. XXVII. A STONE HOUSE, COSTING $2,900. |
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| Solid, Independent, and Homelike.—Vines and Creepers for Decoration.—Manner of Building Corners, with Designs and Description. | 158 |
| DESIGN NO. XXVIII. A HOUSE, COSTING $3,000. |
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| Suburban Cottage, with Modern Improvements.—High Foundations.—Large Rooms.—Platform Stairs.—Low-down Grates.—Coal-lift. | 164 |
| DESIGN NO. XXIX. A HOUSE, COSTING $3,100. |
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| Summer Residence, with Principal Rooms in the Rear.—Parlor and Piazza for Use together.—Well, How Constructed. | 171 |
| DESIGN NO. XXX. FRAME AND BRICK HOUSE, COSTING $3,300. |
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| Indestructible Covering.—Design Showing Method of Construction, with Description.—Economical Plumbing. | 175 |
| DESIGN NO. XXXI. A HOUSE, COSTING $3,700. |
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| Residence or Parsonage.—Three Elevations.—Nearly Square Ground-Plan.—Arranged Similar to Double House. | 180 |
| DESIGN NO. XXXII. A HOUSE, COSTING $4,000. |
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| Double Front.—Bay Windows.—Circular Window Heads.—Preventing drafts.—Fire-place Heaters.—Plumber’s Work in Detail. | 187 |
| DESIGN NO. XXXIII. A BRICK HOUSE, COSTING $4,000. |
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| Compact Outline.—Vestibule Doors.—Vertical Side Walls in Mansard Roof.—Design of Frame, with Description. | 196 |
| DESIGN NO. XXXIV. COUNTRY RESIDENCE, COSTING $4,750. |
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| Perspective View.—Physicians’ Office.—Laboratory.—Water Reservoir.—Fountain.—Heaters and Grates. | 203 |
| DESIGN NO. XXXV. SUBURBAN RESIDENCES, COSTING $4,000. |
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| Mansard Roofs.—Variety.—Conservatory.—Roofing Materials foreign to each other.—Furnace. | 205 |
| DESIGN NO. XXXVI. A FARM HOUSE, COSTING $5,000. |
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| Hooded Style.—Main Entrance from two directions.—Position of Kitchen Wing.—Conservatory.—Beam Filling. | 209 |
| DESIGN NO. XXXVII. A SUBURBAN RESIDENCE, COSTING $7,000. |
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| Outlines determined by location.—Irregularities.—Pleasantest Apartments.—Arches.—Concrete Floors.—Parquet Floors. | 214 |
| DESIGN NO. XXXVIII. A SUBURBAN RESIDENCE, COSTING $8,000. |
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| Perspective View.—Modern Improvements.—Five Story Tower.—Dormer Windows.—School Room.—Remarks on Style. | 220 |
| DESIGN NO. XXXIX. SIX CONTIGUOUS HOUSES, COSTING $6,000. |
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| Building in Blocks.—What is Saved.—Overcoming many objections.—Preserving their identity as Cottages.—Deafening Partitions. | 227 |
| DESIGN NO. XL. FIVE CONTIGUOUS HOUSES, COSTING $10,000. |
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| Residence.—Corner-Stone.—Observatory.—Desirability.—Imposing and animated.—Full Specifications of Plumber’s Work. | 232 |