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A RUSTIC CABIN THAT IS MEANT FOR A WEEKEND COTTAGE OR A VACATION HOME
Published in The Craftsman, November, 1908.
FRONT VIEW OF CABIN, SHOWING DECORATIVE USE OF TRUSS IN THE GABLE.
THIS is another example of the cottages made of two wide boards with either heart built at Craftsman Farms and is some- shaped or circular piercing. These solid shut-what larger than the stone cabin shown ters provide ample shelter in severe weather. on page 81, as it contains a bathroom and a recessed porch which serves as an open air dining room, in addition to the living room, two bedrooms and kitchen provided in the smaller cottage.The walls are sheathed with boards eight or ten inches wide and seven-eighths of an inch thick. A truss of hewn timber in each gable, projecting a foot and a half from the face of the wall, not only gives add-
ed
support to the roof, but
forms a decorative feature
that relieves the extreme simplicity of the construc- The casement windows are all hung so they
will swing outward and are mostly small and set rather high in the wall. At the ends of the building these casements are protected by simple shutters, each one
31'
FLOOR PLAN.