There being four sleeping-rooms, the house has a good deal of accommodation for one that can be built for a less sum than two thousand dollars, including cellar. No. 5 is a small cottage built at Orangeburgh, South Carolina. It contains no culinary department, that being in a separate building, a custom prevalent at the South. The building stands on posts and is enclosed at the outer line of the piazza with close open-work, screening the unsightly posts and affording ample ventilation. The gables of main roof arc carried out to form porticos at cither end, and the caves arc projected to form a piazza on cither side. Both arc cut away at each angle, but the floors are carried around full width. There is no other arrangement in architecture that will afford an equal amount of convenience in as good style at the same cost. FIRST STORy PLAN. (392) PLAN OF DESIGN No. a. HOME ARCHITECTURE. 393 Balconies can be added to second sotry windows with good effect. The interior is finished throughout with the natural pine of that lati- tude. The blinds are inside ; the roof of shingles. The exterior and roof should be painted sage green, with light, olive dressing, and black and vermilion chamfers. Do not undertake the latter unless some one of educated taste directs it; better leave them off entirely. With slight alterations this can be arranged for a family cottage in the North. The same style can be adopted in larger houses, dor- mers can be added, and a very commodious and pretentious house built for a comparatively small sum of money. No. 6 is the front elevation of a frame church and parsonage, which has been built at a cost of ;^ 15,000 on Long Island. The style of the buildings is such as to give a marked ecclesiastical effect, although the treatment is very free to suit the location and the material. The outlines are picturesque, but much of the pleasing effect of the building as actually erected is due to the painter's art in coloring in deep but quiet tones. Such a design could be totally ruined in the painting. It is therefore of the highest importance in wooden buildings that the best taste should be consulted in this part of the work. We have thus given six designs, which will fully illustrate all that is essential or necessary to those who may contemplate either build- ing or improving their homes, and it may be that some one of these designs will answer the wishes and tastes of a large number of our readers. The designs cannot fail to be of great interest to any who will care- fully examine them, and be highly appreciated as showing what can be done in the line of utility, beauty and attractiveness without in- volving the builders in that heavy burden which so many, so many American homes carry — mortgages and liens. We are very much indebted to two well-known architects who have kindly made these designs and written the description in such a manner as to be free from the ambiguity which usually belongs to 394 ' THE HEARTHSTONE ; OR, LIFE AT HOME. plans of buildings. Those who can only build "air-castles" and have dreams of what a home should be, will find in these practical designs pleasing suggestions for thought; while to the families re- quiring and preparing to build houses, they can but be of value and interest.

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There being four sleeping-rooms, the house has a good deal of accommodation for one that can be built for a less sum than two thousand dollars, including cellar. No. 5 is a small cottage built at Orangeburgh, South Carolina. It contains no culinary department, that being in a separate building, a custom prevalent at the South. The building stands on posts and is enclosed at the outer line of the piazza with close open-work, screening the unsightly posts and affording ample ventilation. The gables of main roof arc carried out to form porticos at cither end, and the caves arc projected to form a piazza on cither side. Both arc cut away at each angle, but the floors are carried around full width. There is no other arrangement in architecture that will afford an equal amount of convenience in as good style at the same cost. FIRST STORy PLAN. (392) PLAN OF DESIGN No. a. Balconies can be added to second sotry windows with good effect. The interior is finished throughout with the natural pine of that latitude. The blinds are inside ; the roof of shingles. The exterior and roof should be painted sage green, with light, olive dressing, and black and vermilion chamfers. Do not undertake the latter unless some one of educated taste directs it; better leave them off entirely. With slight alterations this can be arranged for a family cottage in the North. The same style can be adopted in larger houses, dormers can be added, and a very commodious and pretentious house built for a comparatively small sum of money. No. 6 is the front elevation of a frame church and parsonage, which has been built at a cost of ;^ 15,000 on Long Island. The style of the buildings is such as to give a marked ecclesiastical effect, although the treatment is very free to suit the location and the material. The outlines are picturesque, but much of the pleasing effect of the building as actually erected is due to the painter's art in coloring in deep but quiet tones. Such a design could be totally ruined in the painting. It is therefore of the highest importance in wooden buildings that the best taste should be consulted in this part of the work. We have thus given six designs, which will fully illustrate all that is essential or necessary to those who may contemplate either building or improving their homes, and it may be that some one of these designs will answer the wishes and tastes of a large number of our readers. The designs cannot fail to be of great interest to any who will carefully examine them, and be highly appreciated as showing what can be done in the line of utility, beauty and attractiveness without involving the builders in that heavy burden which so many, so many American homes carry — mortgages and liens. We are very much indebted to two well-known architects who have kindly made these designs and written the description in such a manner as to be free from the ambiguity which usually belongs to plans of buildings. Those who can only build "air-castles" and have dreams of what a home should be, will find in these practical designs pleasing suggestions for thought; while to the families requiring and preparing to build houses, they can but be of value and interest.

The hearthstone; or, Life at home