Chapter D: Deafening Division Walls, 231

Decay Caused by Moisture, 122

Depressing Effect of Horizontal Lines, 128

Designing, Difficulties in, 63

Developed Homestead, 40

Disconnected Verandas, 105

Dispensing with Carpets, 219

Distance from Street to Build, 142

Dormer-windows, Hooded, 129

Dormer-windows, Triangular, 129

Dormer-windows with Pediments and Columns, 221

Double Doors, 222

Double Front House, 115

Drudgery of Housework, 113

Durable Wash for Rough Work, 21

Dwelling may express Progressive Character, 10

E.

Earth-finish Against Foundations, 92

Economical Form of House, 98

Effect of Angles in Exterior, 17

Entire Story Under Supervision of Mistress, 160

Errors in Bracing, Reliable Angles, 79

Exterior Plastering, 25

F.

Facing Two Approaches, 209

Family Entrance with Private Stairs, 210

Fancied Necessity for Cornice Supports, 77

Farmers May Reduce Cost of Building, 158

Faults of Wood and Paper Linings, 16

Finishing the Rear, 148

Fireplace-heaters, 27

Five Houses on Four Lots, 64

Formula for Making Stearate of Lime, 42

Foundations in Sandy Ground, 69

Fountain, 204

Frame and Brick Sections, 201

Frame Cross-walls and Foundation, 231

Framing-in of Braces, 79

French-roof Style, 83

Frontage Eastward, 122

Frontage Southward, 154

Frontage Westward, 141

Front and Vestibule Doors, 222

Front Hall Dispensed with, 129

Furnace, 221

Furring-off Walls for Plastering, 114

G.

Gas in Isolated Dwellings, 225

Gas-pipes, 202

Good Taste in Building, 135

Grading, 132

Graining, 226

Grates and Registers, 216

Ground-plans Affecting Outside Dress, 225

Gutters, Old and New Methods, 31

H.

Half Stone Walls, 147

Hall, Contents not Exposed to St., 84

Halls, Windy and Cheerless, 192

Hard-wood Oiled, 219

Head-room Over Stairs Utilized, 66

Heater, Portable, 185

Heaters, Fireplace, How to Set, 194

High Foundations, 99

Hooded Compared with Mansard Style, 50

Houses Cheap as Lumber and Nails Can Make Them, 12

House for Dwelling, with Office, 134

Houses Set too Low, No Cure, 142

House-work Without Intrusion, 223