Modern Dwellings: A Book of Practical Designs and Plans for Those who Wish to Build Or Beautify Their Homes |
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00 Design 9 feet Aall Arcts arrangement artistic attic Bakony Balcony FLOOR PLANS Barber & Co Bath bath-room beautiful Bed Room Boiler brick foundation built CLO CHAMBER closet Colonial home columns convenient Cupboard Dath DINING RM Dining Room dining-room doors elegant entire house exterior feet 6 inches feet and 9 feet over porches finished in hardwoods FLOOR OF PLAN FLOOR PLAN PORCH furnished gables glass grate grille HALL CHAMBER handsome HOME COST ice-box interior finish Knoxville lavatory Library mantel natural pine nook Pantry PARLOR PLANS FOR DESIGN plumbing PORCH FIRST FLOOR porch Kitchen porte-cochère rear reception hall RESIDENCE roof shingled seat SECOND FLOOR PLAN second story shingled roof side SITTING RM Sitting Room sitting-room slate small cellar Stair Hall staircase stone foundation Stories 10 feet Stories are 9 style Tenn Terrace treatment Veranda Vestibule VIEW weather-boarded wide Width of front το
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Page 176 - Ionic caps carved from the same material. The roof is of red slate, and the finials on all towers are very elaborate, made of copper and gilded with pure gold leaf, and sparkle beautifully in the sunlight.
Page 100 - Homes to the public, the idea foremost in our minds has been to produce the work in such a manner as to be of the greatest possible service to the...