The country house; a practical manual of the planning and construction of the American country home and its surroundings (1905)
Hooper, Charles Edward, 1867- · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 148
d may effectually solve the problem. In suchcase it is wise, owing to the liability to scatter dirt through the house, to makeprovision for supplying the woodbox from the outside, when, as in the case ofthe window seat, it comes against the outside wall and is fixed. This is readilydone by making a… … 124 The Country House As to fireplaces in general, it is best to have them in all available rooms, in-cluding chambers. They are the best of ventilators, and in the late spring andearly fall serve admirably to remove the chill from the house. In this way theyserve to curtail, for a time at least,…
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