THE design for farm cottage, illustrated in frontispiece for Nov., is made entirely of brick, with slated roof, and built on somewhat inclined ground, so that the cellar in the rear is mostly out of ground.

The foundation and cellar walls are of stone, laid in mortar, and are twenty inches thick. They extend no higher than the grade line, so that the rear cellar wall is mostly of brick, 12 inches thick. The cellar extends under the whole house, is eight feet high in the clear, and the bottom is cemented. Having a northern exposure, it offers conveniences for dairy purposes, and is principally used as such.

Above the basement, the walls are of brick, 16 feet high, being 12 inches thick in the principal story, and eight inches thick above that. A verandah extends along a portion of the front of the house, and from it opens the front door.

The hall is seven feet wide, and contains the staircase to the cellar and the chambers. On the right of the hall is the parlor, 14 by 17 feet, having a bay-window projecting from it, and behind the parlor is a bedroom, entered from the hall; this bedroom is 14 feet square. On the left of the hall is the kitchen, 14 by 16 feet, with a pantry opening out of it on the left and a scullery on the right, besides two closets. The pantry is fitted up with shelves and drawers, the closets with shelves, and the scullery has a pump and sink; This story is nine feet in the clear. The second story has three bedrooms, of the same dimensions as the rooms below. They all have a five-foot breast, and are 8½ feet high in the center of the room. The timber used in this cottage is hemlock; the floor beams are 3 by 8 inches, 16 inches apart, and cross bridged; the rafters are covered with hemlock boards, and the floors are laid with pine floor-plank, except in the kitchen and pantry, where' hard pine has been used.

The windows are all mullioned windows, having eight lights to each sash, hung with cord and weights in the usual manner.

The doors are all four-paneled, inch and a-quarter thick, with mouldings on the exposed side.

The inside trimmings are plain throughout, the bases being 6 inches high, beveled, and the architraves 4$ inches wide, the windows having stools and apron.

The walls are furred off with inch tunings, and lathed and plastered, and hard finished throughout. There are no cornices and no stucco-work, except a bead around the arch of the bay-window. The scullery and pantry are of wood, being, like the verandah, enclosed.

The inside wood-work is stained with umber, and the outside is painted and sanded. Cost, near New York, about $3,500. A similar design in wood could be built in the country for $2,500. Possibly either for a less price, if labor and materials are cheap.

Design For Cottage #1

The illustration of cottage, which appears in our frontispiece this month, is taken from a design by C. Arthur Totten, architect of this city, and is intended for a small cottage, or suburban residence. The exterior appearance of the house is decidedly tasty, while the interior arrangement is exceedingly convenient and sensible. A wide hall runs through the house, having a door in the rear, the main entrance being from a veranda. To the right are the dining room, 12 by 12 feet; and kitchen connecting, 12 by 11 feet. To the left is the parlor, 12 by 12 feet, with a large closet and storeroom behind. The china closet is in the hall under the stairs. On the second floor are three bed rooms, of same size as the rooms beneath; and in the front part of the hall is a large closet for linen. The roof should be of slate, in fancy patterns, and the siding laid in perpendicular lines for the upper part of the gables, the ends being cut in an ornamental pattern. The gables over the dining room and kitchen are filled in with a timber arch and brackets, the edges chamfered, the framing below showing half timbered. The gable over the parlor is obtuse, with ornamental brackets and panels, as before. The gables have finials, and dining room window, a projecting hood, with supporting brackets.

The chimneys are carried up with projections in pressed brick. The effect of the whole is exceedingly pleasing, and the estimated cost of the building is only $2,200.