Convenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper

Building-association methods become more popular as they are better understood. Savings banks are unnecessary in communities where building associations are common. The savings...

THE HOUSE AND ITS BEAUTY.--ARTISTIC SURROUNDINGS.--BEAUTY MORE A MATTER OF INTELLIGENCE THAN MONEY.--VESTIBULE DECORATIONS.--BEAUTY IN THE RECEPTION-HALL.--MANTELS AND GRATES.--...

There are many things to consider in connection with the building of a house other than those which are constructive. One may lay aside that which has to do with appearances, co...

INSIDE WOOD-WORK.--FLOORS.--SOFT AND HARD WOOD FLOORS.--TABULATED STATEMENT OF INSIDE FINISH.--DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOOD.--DOORS AND FRAMES.--FLY SCREENS.--INSIDE CASINGS.--WAINSC...

A low-cost, well-built house is sought by all. The cost of a house is largely a question of business management,--one of knowledge. Before considering the details of contracting...

PLUMBING.--IS PLUMBING ENTIRELY SAFE?--COMPLETENESS IN PLUMBING APPARATUS.--LABOR-SAVING PLUMBING APPARATUS.--SEWER CONNECTIONS.--SOIL PIPE.--A TRAP.--ACCIDENTS TO TRAPS.--FREQU...

KITCHENS.--THE KITCHEN A WORKSHOP.--WORK TO BE DONE IN A KITCHEN.--A PLAN.--FITTINGS.--DISH-WASHING CONVENIENCES.--SINK AND TABLES.--CHINA-CLOSET.--PANTRY.--COMBINATION PANTRY.-...

PLASTERING.--GRAY FINISH.--WHITE HARD FINISH.--BACK PLASTERING.--GAS-PIPING.--TIN WORK.--GUTTERS.--VALLEYS.--DOWN SPOUTS.--GALVANIZED IRON-WORK.--HOT-AIR PIPES.--THIMBLES.--PAIN...

The fittings of kitchen and other sinks are fully considered in Chapter V., which has to do with kitchens and pantries. It is sufficient to say, however, that the only visible w...

In this section of the book we will make a journey through the house, stopping at various points of interest long enough to give general consideration to the details. From the p...

In a previous chapter plumbing was considered from a sanitary standpoint, and the conditions of safety set forth. In this chapter it remains to consider plumbing work in a more...

HEAT AND VENTILATION.--COMMON HEATING ARRANGEMENTS.--PRESENT METHODS GENERALLY UNSATISFACTORY.--IDEAL CONDITIONS.--PROPER AMOUNT OF MOISTURE RARELY ATTAINED.--A FURNACE DEFINED....

CARPENTER WORK.--FRAMING.--SIZE OF TIMBERS.--HEIGHT OF STORIES.--JOIST.--STUD WALLS.--OUTSIDE SHEATHING.--BUILDING-PAPER.--ROOFS.--OUTSIDE FINISH.--OUTSIDE SHINGLE WALLS.--OUTSI...

It is frequently said of those who would build, that their ideas are larger than their pocket-books. It is certainly not discreditable to any one that his ideas should be larger...

Stone foundations for dwelling-houses are usually made of native stone, and anything that may be said here must necessarily conform to general rather than special conditions. Th...

A brick wall under a frame house is ordinarily nine inches thick; that is, it is called a nine-inch wall. In reality, it is the thickness of the length of a brick. Under these w...

What makes the cost of a house? Everything that has been placed on the lot when the structure is completed. Below is a form or schedule, with blanks, filled out by an architect...

Plan No. 43, while not economical as to arrangement, is well suited to the requirements of the people who own it. There are no children. The lady does not employ a servant. The...

There is a definite relation between the work of the housekeeper and that of the architect. This is the text of this book. It is a part of the business of the architect to do wh...

The floor plans in No. 11 are of a house of small area, 30 × 34-1/2 feet, for body of the structure. There is a porch in front, a circular bay window at one side, and a pantry a...

EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL DESIGN.--AN OLD TOPIC BEFORE THE PEOPLE.--THE ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT'S DREAM.--A BEAUTIFUL HOME THE HOUSEKEEPER'S AMBITION.--IT COSTS NO MORE TO HAVE A HOUS...

The number of times that a house has been built indicates the popularity of the plan. Plan No. 1, in one form or another, has been used oftener than any other in the book. Plans...

This house--Plan No. 19--has been built for $1,400. It is a one-story cottage, containing five rooms, a bath-room, and a pantry. Such a house is suited to young people of modera...

The cost of building varies in different sections. At the end of this chapter will be found a list of prices upon which the building estimates of this book are based.

Most of the conveniences of housekeeping are modern. It is only within the past few years that the demands of the housekeeper for helps or aids in making her work easier were th...

THE SECOND FLOOR.--STAIRWAYS.--THE COMBINATION STAIRWAY.--IDEAL NUMBER OF BEDROOMS.--LARGE CLOSETS AND PLENTY OF THEM.--A LINEN-CLOSET.--PLACING OF GAS-FIXTURES.--SERVANT'S ROOM...

The term "Blue Monday" probably originated on account of its being general wash-day, and a day in which everybody about the house undertook to do an impossible amount of work wi...

With the architect a house has been too often considered as something to be looked at. No one is disposed to criticise an architect for making houses pretty and attractive. It i...

A great many people like a side-hall entrance, as well as one in front. Plan No. 32 gives it. On the second floor there are a large number of bedrooms. The rear stairway comes u...

This house--Plan No. 13--was finished at a cost of less than $1,600. This included, besides the house itself, a woodshed, well, and cistern. There is a cellar under the hall and...

Floor plans develop from the varying necessities of those who build. There is no reason why the same arrangement should suit any large number of people. A floor plan, if careful...

It is a pleasant thought that every one can own a home of his own. With only a moderate salary, and little or nothing ahead, a thought of this kind may appear more pleasant than...

First is the placing of the house on the lot. If it have an east or a west front, it is common to set the north side of the house within a few feet of the north line. On a small...

When we say that the sitting-room should be in the front part of the house, it does not necessarily imply that the parlor should be disturbed. As shown in Plan No. 10, they may...

No one ever heard of the matter of house-planning being discussed in a convention of architects. Their reports will show that a great many subjects are handled, but none so near...

For the present, people who build must take things as they find them, and use heating and ventilating apparatus as regularly manufactured. Experiments are uncertain. The theory...

Plan No. 27 is a side-hall plan with a bedroom on the first floor. The parlor and sitting-room have views directly to the front. The dining-room has a bay end, and a good china-...

In Plan No. 9, the reception-room contains the front stairway. This stairway lands near the front of the house on the second floor, for which reason we are enabled to have in th...

The cellar was originally a hole in the ground. In the modern house, that is arranged to please the house-keeper, it is well lighted; provided with a smooth cement floor that is...

Plans Nos. 16, 17, and 18 are all outgrowths of the same idea. It is the most economical general scheme for a house that is represented in this collection. In No. 16 there is no...

THE HOUSE AND ITS BEAUTY.--ARTISTIC SURROUNDINGS.--BEAUTY MORE A MATTER OF INTELLIGENCE THAN MONEY.--VESTIBULE DECORATIONS.--BEAUTY IN THE RECEPTION-HALL.--MANTELS AND GRATES.--...

INSIDE WOOD-WORK.--FLOORS.--SOFT AND HARD WOOD FLOORS. --TABULATED STATEMENT OF INSIDE FINISH.--DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOOD.--DOORS AND FRAMES.--FLY SCREENS.--INSIDE CASINGS.--WAINS...

HEAT AND VENTILATION.--COMMON HEATING ARRANGEMENTS.--PRESENT METHODS GENERALLY UNSATISFACTORY.--IDEAL CONDITIONS.--PROPER AMOUNT OF MOISTURE RARELY ATTAINED.--A FURNACE DEFINED....

EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL DESIGN.--AN OLD TOPIC BEFORE THE PEOPLE.--THE ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT'S DREAM.--A BEAUTIFUL HOME THE HOUSEKEEPER'S AMBITION.--IT COSTS NO MORE TO HAVE A HOUS...

KITCHENS.--THE KITCHEN A WORKSHOP.--WORK TO BE DONE IN A KITCHEN.--A PLAN.--FITTINGS.--DISH-WASHING CONVENIENCES.--SINK AND TABLES.--CHINA-CLOSET.--PANTRY. --COMBINATION PANTRY....

PLUMBING.--IS PLUMBING ENTIRELY SAFE?--COMPLETENESS IN PLUMBING APPARATUS.--LABOR-SAVING PLUMBING APPARATUS.--SEWER CONNECTIONS.--SOIL PIPE.--A TRAP.--ACCIDENTS TO TRAPS.--FREQU...

CARPENTER-WORK.--FRAMING.--SIZE OF TIMBERS.--HEIGHT OF STORIES.--JOIST.--STUD WALLS.--OUTSIDE SHEATHING. --BUILDING-PAPER.--ROOFS.--OUTSIDE FINISH.--OUTSIDE SHINGLE WALLS.--OUTS...

PLASTERING.--GRAY FINISH.--WHITE HARD FINISH.--BACK PLASTERING.--GAS-PIPING.--TIN WORK.--GUTTERS.--VALLEYS. --DOWN SPOUTS.--GALVANIZED IRON-WORK.--HOT-AIR PIPES. --THIMBLES.--PA...

THE SECOND FLOOR.--STAIRWAYS.--THE COMBINATION STAIRWAY.--IDEAL NUMBER OF BEDROOMS.--LARGE CLOSETS AND PLENTY OF THEM.--A LINEN CLOSET.--PLACING OF GAS-FIXTURES.--SERVANT'S ROOM...