HOME BUILDING (^^ AND®* FURNISHING n >^ ■(K ([fnrneU Unionatty JGihrary 3tl|aca, 23sui fork BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF HENRY W. SAGE 1891 Cornell University Library The original of tliis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924015399821 HOME BUILDING AND FURNISHING HOME BUILDING AND FURNISHING BEING A COMBINED NEW EDITION OF "MODEL HOUSES FOR LITTLE MONEY," BY 7.ILLIAM L. PRICE, AND "INSIDE OF ICO HOMES," BY W. M. JOHNSON V. V V V* V* >. DouBLEDAY, Page & COMPANY, Publishers 34 Union Square, East New York Part I. Copyrighted, l8o5, 1896, l897f< JSqS Bv The Curtis Publishing Company Pdrt II. Copyrighted, 1S97, i8q8 Bv The Curtis Publishing Company Parts I. and //. Copyrighted, IOO3 El DouBLEDAV, Page & Company Published, March, igos CONTENTS PART I By William L. Price PAGE A S3500 to $4000 Stiburban House . . 3 A Model Sviburban House, Costing from 82000 to S2c;oo 19 A House for a Tliirty-foot-front Lot . 7,^ An S1800 City Briek House .... 47 A .Si 500 House for a T\venty-fi\-e-foot Lot 6i A .S2200 House for a Small Scjuarc I^ot 73 A House for a Thoiisand Dollars . . 87 A Model House for .$1000 to .$1250 . loi Three Model Small Churches . . . . 113 Comfort in Tent and Cabin .... 181 By Frank S. Guild. Remodelling the Front Door . . . . 127 What a Window Will Do for a Home . 153 CONTENTS— Con//n«^rf PART II By William Martin Johnson PAGE The Hall 5 The Li\'ing-rooin 21 The Cozy Corner 43 The Library and Book-shelves ... 55 The Dining-room 67 The Kitchen and Pantry 83 The Sleeping-room 87 The Bathroom 103 The Girl's Room . . 107 The Boy's Rooin 117 The Odd Rooiri 121 The Piazza .... . . 133 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PART I A Country House After the Style of the English Cottage Frontisfiece PAGE Plans for First, Second and Third Floors 5 Hall and Reception-room ..... 9 A Model Suburban House ..... 17 First and Second Floor Plans ... 22 Third Floor and Roof Plan .... 23 The Hall and Reception-room Com- bined 25 A House for a Thirty-foot-front Lot . 31 First, Second, Third Floors and Roof Plans 35 A Room in the Sitting-room .... 37 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS— Con/!nu^i/ PAGE An SiSoo City Brick House .... 45 View from the Parlor, Looking Toward the Hallway 52 A $1500 House for a Twentj^-five-foot Lot 61 First and Second Floor Plans ... 63 View of Parlor and Entrance Hall . 65 A $2200 House for a Small Square Lot 71 First, Second and Third Floor Plans . 75 The Attractive Bedroom 76 Fireplace in the Parlor 81 A House for a Thousand Dollars . . 85 First Floor Plan 90 Second Floor Plan 91 Attractive Dining-room with Casement Windows 93 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS— Conrin;/fi PAGE A Model House for Siooo to $1250 . . 99 First and Second Floor Plans . . . 103 The Large Bedroom 105 S2S00 to S3 200 Semi-Colonial Church . in Plan for Small Church 114 Plan for Small Church 116 Half-timber Church 117 Plan for Small Church 120 S800 to Si 200 Shingle Church . . 121 Front Doors 126 to 145 "Windows 151 to 171 A Unique Tent and a Cabin Costing from S200 to $300 179 Plans for Tents 1S4 Plans for Cabins 185 A Cabin that Can be Built for SSoo to $1000 1S7 Plans for Cabins 191 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS— Co«00 " 710 I'lnmliing, beater and range . . . 250 " 370 Painting, glazing, ami Iiardware . 300 " 320 $2200 §2800 The estimates for material and labor must vary considerably according to locality, — cost of the same depenle home. It is not so much space as arrangement that makes a good working plan, and many houses are built covering far more ground than the one shown here that do not really contain any more living room, although they may have more artistic possibilities and may l^e more imposing. The second floor contains three bed- rooms, and a bathroom, provided with a serviceable tub; other fixtures maybe added at no great increase of cost. A word as to tubs : a porcelain-lined tub is the cleanest and best, but its expense usually bars its use in a house of this class. If, however, the house is built House for a Thousand Dollars near a lai'ge city, one can usually get a second-class tub, which may be defective in some way, but will not lie any less serviceable than a number one tuli, or at times second-liand tubs may be had in good condition. In any case, put in a tub that stands on feet above the floor, and a copper-lined steel tub if you can- not afford a porcelain one. There is no third floor except a loft, which may be used for storage pur^joses or utilized as an extra bedroom in an emergency. The ceilings in the second floor are somewhat cut off by the roof, but only above head and furniture height, and in a way that, to my mind, does not disfigure the rooms. The cost of any house A'aries very much according to the nearness of lum- ber and sawmills. In many places the house described here, or even a larger one, may be built for less than one thousand dollars, but I liave endeavored to cover as large an ai-ea as j)ossil)le by stating an average price. Uf course, Model Houses rii^sT FLooiz Flan- more money may Ije spent on this or any other house than is absolutely necessary to make an ordinarily good, plain, and comf ortal )le d welling. Artistic interiors do not depend, as so many seem to think, on. elaljorate and 90 House for a Thousand Dollars highly finifslied woodwoi'k and ornamen- tation. In fact, more houses are ruined hy too nincli ornament than Ijy too little ; consequently we would do Avell to he guided somewhat by the Japanese in the treatment of our homes. Simple •wall 3ECOND ■ Flooz- Flan- 91 Model Houses treatment of plain, subdued colors, which we can a})proacli in our plain papers, is altogether admirable. If or- nament must be had, let it be very small in quantity and very good in quality. In the treatment of the woodwork of our rooms we would do well to take anothe]' lesson from the Japanese. In section it is simple in the extreme, — usually merely flat, thin bands, designed to shoAv the grain, which the Japanese accent by eating out the soft parts with acid or fire, and never cover with coat after coat oi varnisli or paint to hide its beaut)', as we do. Why should we go on painting and varnishing, and inciden- tally speiKling our money, because our fathers did, or the varnish-makers tell us we sliould? There is notliing more beautiful than an (ipen-grained or large-figured wood, like chestnut, cypress, or even hemlock, withiiut filler or paint, merely sand- papered to a smooth surface and waxed to bring out the grain. Such woods .q2 o O 1 a House for a Thousand Dollars are sometimes stained to suit the color scheme. Of course, wood-work that is to be spLashed with Avater, as in bath- room and kitchen, naist be varnished or painted. The exterior of this liouse is designed to be of slringies above and German sid- ing belo-n' ; the porch posts and brackets of yellow pine, oiled, or painted to match or contrast Avith tlie side walls ; the I'oof and upper side walls should not be painted, but may be stained, if one objects to the natural gray of the shingles. It is almost impossible to itemize the cost of so small a house as the one herein described Avithout giving a bill of materials, Avhich eA^ery carpenter would insist upon Avorking out for himself any- hoAV. I shall therefore content myself by placing its cost at the round sum of one thousand dollars for the complete house, without Avall papering or outside work, such as fencing, grading, walks, or shrubbery of an}- soi't. 95 A MODEL HOUSE FOR *1000 TO 11250 IT CAN BE BUILT ANYWHERE IN AMERICA FOB ONE OF THESE FIGURES • VIII A MODEL HOUSE FOR #1000 TO *12rj0 This plan for a model house is de- signed to fill the requirements of tliose persons who desire a small, attractive seaside house, or a country home, for summer use at a low cost. A house of the sort desired may be built after the accompanying plans in many places where lumber is cheap, or at the sea- shore where it may be put on piles or brick piers, for from one thousand to twelve hundred and fifty dollars. This estimate includes a small cellar, but makes no allowance for a heater. The same pjlans and general outline may l^e carried out in a cheaper form with full foundations and small heater, in most sections of tlie country, for the same price, provided the details are so modified as to be stock Avork, in which 101 Model Houses case the windows would have to be of stock size and have both sashes alike, either in one liglit or to fit glass sizes ; all mouldings Avould have to be abandoned, and simple square wooden posts substituted for turned columns. It is only liy making concessions to local customs in building, that one may hope to obtain a good-sized, convenient house at a low figure, but any of these plans maj' be so modified. It is for this reason tliat all detail drawings furnished with these plans are marked subject to changes, to suit stock moulding on agreement with owner. The builders in any special locality will naturally bid higher on a st5'le of work to which they have not laeeu accustomed. For the seaside or countiy a cottage should liave a low, nestling look, not the aggressive, perky gables and turrets common in such places. To accentuate this I have dubbed off the gables and carried down the main roof to cover the porcli, — a plan which will give an appearance of additional shcltei\ 102 ^-^ 1 ■ z t 1 I c J] i ^ 8 i- a ■ House for Jiooo to I1250 The porcli sliould be a deep one with an inner comer, as sliown, — one which will give shelter from both sun and wind. The narrow galleiy so often running around such houses is practi- cally worthless as a sitting-porch, and is usually ugly in itself, and made more so by jig-saw A\'ork. Keep everything as plain as you can, both inside and outside of this kind of a house. The plan for tlie interior obviates the common defect of having to eo tlu'ciicch eitliei' the living-room or dining-room to reach the kitchen, and by the arrange- ment of stairs and pantry cuts off the kitchen, with its noise and smell, from the living part of the house. The stairs going up from a small entrance diall with a large window at the top helps materi- ally in keeping the upper floors free from such annoyances. Both the dining-room and parlor have three open sides, and even the kitchen has a good cross draught ; and tliough the cliimney is in the centre of the house, the kitclien flue is so isolated 104 Model Houses by closets tliat it will be found no source of annoyance. The second floor lias three rooms : a bathroom, with full bath fixtures, could be put in at slight additional cost. There is a balcony opening from the main room, wliicli gives slieltercd cor- ners, and affords an oppoi'tuuity for hanging a hammock. The roof of such a house should Ije of shingle, and left to become gray in sun and rain without the aid of stain or paint. The walls should be clapboard or German siding, painted Colonial yel- low, witli wliite posts and trimmings. The interior may be of cyjn-ess. The additional cost of using g(jod- sized, carefully turned porch p(.)sts and good mouldings is worth while if it can be afforded. It often costs less than the brackets and fiills ^\•hich are usually put into cheap construction. As an in- vestment it alwa3-s pays, for there is less to keep in repair. 107 THREE UOIWAj SMALL CHURCHES RiVNGING IX C COMFORT IX TENT AND CABIN By BaUTOX ClIEYNEY DRAWINGS AND PLANS BY W. L. PKICE fen ^'^^^ ■ i^StS ■- s s » ^ ^ S ■f=. •= « o p g rt S :-• E *^ „^ 1^- 5l -a 3^