قراءة كتاب Convenient Houses With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper, Architect and Housewife
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Convenient Houses With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper, Architect and Housewife
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Cellar.—Fuel Departments.—Furnace Conveniences.—Coal-bins.—Cement Floors.—Light in the Cellar.—A Cellar-closet.—Outside Cellar-door
A Low-cost Laundry.—Blue Monday.—Basement Laundry.—Low-cost Conveniences.—Inexpensive Laundry Fittings.—Hot and Cold Water Arrangements.—A Labor-saving Laundry.—A Place to do Fruit-canning
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.—Bath-room.—An Attic.—Attic Closets.—Attic Rooms
Plumbing.—Is Plumbing entirely Safe?—Completeness in Plumbing Apparatus.—Labor-saving Plumbing Apparatus.—Sewer Connections.—Soil Pipe.—A Trap.—Accidents to Traps.—Frequent use of Plumbing Apparatus Desirable for Safety.—Water-closets.—Simplicity in Plumbing.—Drain Connections.—To keep Plumbing Apparatus from Freezing.—Cistern Water Supply.—Grease Sink.—Flushing of Drain.—Bath-tub
Heat and Ventilation.—Common Heating Arrangements.—Present Methods generally Unsatisfactory.—Ideal Conditions.—Proper Amount of Moisture rarely attained.—A Furnace defined.—Methods of Reaching Best Results.—Supply of Proper Amount of Moisture.—Removal of Foul Air.—Supplying Fresh Air with Proper Moisture from Stoves.—Steam and Hot-water Heating.—Direct and Indirect Radiation.—Low-cost Heating Apparatus
Heating Devices as we find them.—Furnace Estimates.—Combination Hot Air and Hot Water.—Dish-warming Arrangements.—How to get a Good Heating Apparatus
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.—Fret-work and Portières.—Spindle Work.—Simple Forms of Good Decoration.—Wood-carving.—Door and Window Casings.—A Conservatory.—Stained Glass.—A Cabinet on the Mantel.—Tinted Plastering.—Frescoing.—Safety in the Selection of Colors.—An Attractive Sitting-room.—The Parlor.—A Reception-room.—Parlor History.—The Ideal Parlor.—The Library.—A Place of Quiet and Rest.—Library Furnishings.—The Dining-room.—Social Relations of the Dining-room.—Dining-room Decorations.—Conservatory and Dining-room.—A Wood Ceiling.—Beauty in Bedrooms.—Quiet
and Light
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 House Beautiful than Ugly.—Architectural Education.—Charles Eastlake’s Book.—Vulgar Architectural Revivals.—The Growth of the Artistic Idea.—Beauty a Matter of Refinement
Evolution of a House-plan.—Respectable Dimensions for a Moderate Price.—Six Plans.—Costs from $1,500 to $2,600
A Small Pocket-book and a Large Idea.—Ambition, Dollars, and a Good House.—The Growth of the Housekeeper’s Ideas.—Points about the House.—$2,900
“We know what we want.”—A Convenient Plan.—Meeting the Wants of People who build
Two Good Rooms in Front.—The Combination Pantry.—Too much Cellar a Burden.—$2,500
Sitting-room and Parlor in Front.—A Connecting Vestibule.—A Central Combination Stairway.—Good Rooms in the Attic
A Compact Plan.—An Isolated Reception-room.—Combination