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A SMALL SHINGLED HOUSE THAT SHOWS MANY INTERESTING STRUCTURAL FEATURES
EXTERIOR VIEW FROM THE FRONT.
Published in The Craftsman, February, 1907.
WE have suggested the use of shingles for the walls of this plain little cottage because they seem the best adapted to the peculiarities of its construction. They should, however, be laid in double course, the top ones being well ex-posed and the under ones showing not much over an inch below. This not only gives an interesting effect of irregularity as to the wall surface, but adds much to the warmth of the house. All the lines of the frame-work are simple to a degree, but the plainness is relieved by the widely overhanging eaves and rafters of the roof, the well-proportioned porch, which is balanced by the extension to the rear, the heavy beams which
run entirely around the walls with a slight turn of the shingles above and the effective grouping of the windows. The little house is