Page:Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal, Volume 1, 1869.djvu/371

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1868.J Descriptions. 305 site the Dining-Boom door. K K are the front and side Verandahs, suffi- ciently broad to afford ample shade and protection to the rooms. The project- ing portion of the Porch, over the Entrance Doors, has an open Balcony, or Logona, above it, with the Windows opening down to the floor. This com- pletes the description of the first story. On the second floor there are six Chambers similarly marked A, all of medium size, except the one immediately over the Dining-Room, which is large, with the Window at the end of it open- ing on to a Balcony, above the Bay- Window below. B is a Boudoir, and C the Main Hall, from which all the prin- cipal Chambers are entered. I) is a Passage with the Private Stairs, at the end of which is the Bath-Boom E and Lavatory F, fitted up with all the modern conveniences. The whole of the Chambers are furnished with Ward- robe-Closets, and Chimney -Breasts, for mantels. In this design, much care has been bestowed on one branch of the internal arrangement of a dwelling, overlooked in nine cases out of ten, and seldom, or never thought of, until the omission can no longer be remedied. We refer to the arrangement of the rooms, so as to obtain proper wall-surface, piers, &c, for the several requisite pieces of furni- ture. This should invariably be borne in mind, in the distribution and location of the doors, windows, chimneys, (fee./ as a little foresight, at the outset, when