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Our homes and their adornments, or, How to build, finish, furnish and adorn a home, containing practical instructions for the building of homes, interior decoration, wood carving, scroll sawing, house painting, window hangings, screens, curtains, window gardening, incidental decorations, decorative-art needle-work, and economic landscape gardening; to which is added a household compendium of new, practical and valuable recipes, the whole being designed to make happy homes for happy people (1883)

Varney, Almon C. (Almon Clother), b. 1849 · Detroit, Mich. : J.C. Chilton · leaf 118

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e has followed our former plans, he will do so, asshown in Figs. 6 and 7. This consists of an upright partadded to his former erections. He now, of course, hasmeans sufficient at his command, and will call in the aid ofa practical architect. He can build this last part two storieshigh if he wishes,… … Plan, Fig. 5, K, living room, 12x14; B, bed-room, 8x9;P, pantry, 8x8; W, S, wood-shed; V, veranda. 110 OUR HOMES AND THEIR ADORNMENTS. Plan, Fig. 6, L, living-room, 12x13; K, kitchen, 12xl4; D, dining-room, 9^x12; B, B, B, bed-rooms, 9x8, and8x8; S, P, summer pantry, 8x8; P, pantiy, 8x8;…

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