The cheap cottage and small house : a manual of economical building (1913)
Allen, J. Gordon (John Gordon) 1885- · Letchworth, Eng. : Garden City Press · leaf 133
the most useful woods, though generous allowanceshould be made for shrinking. Deal is more used than anything for joinery work, and ii6 THE CHEAP COTTAGE is reliable and looks well just stained without any attemptto imitate anything rarer. Ordinary constructional timber, such as that in floorsand… … Fig. 8o.—Tliis photograph is of the garden front of the cottage illus-trated in Figf. 81 to 8;. The bay-window shown on the right is afeature ot t!ie living-roohi, and its Ruberoid flag roof fo-^ms a balcony above.Smooth plaster, distempered a cream tint, covers the walls, and old tilesare used on…
Architecture, Domestic
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