If You're Going to Live in the Country

About this eBook

Author

Ormsbee, Renee Richmond Huntley, 1887-

Credits

Produced by Mark C. Orton, Diane Monico, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

NA: Fine Arts: Architecture

Subject

Dwellings

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17804

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17804

Release Date

February 20, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.IF YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY — IF YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY
2. 2.BY THOMAS H. ORMSBEE AND RICHMOND HUNTLEY — DECORATIONS BY FRANK LIEBERMAN — THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY
3. 3.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.INTRODUCTION
7. 7.WHY LIVE IN THE COUNTRY?
8. 8.CHAPTER I — Why Live in the Country?
9. 9.SELECTING THE LOCATION
10. 10.CHAPTER II — Selecting the Location
11. 11.SHOPPING FOR PROPERTY
12. 12.CHAPTER III — Shopping for Property
13. 13.CALL IN AN ARCHITECT
14. 14.CHAPTER IV — Call in an Architect
15. 15.BUILDING VERSUS REMODELING
16. 16.CHAPTER V — Building versus Remodeling
17. 17.LOOKING AN OLD HOUSE IN THE MOUTH
18. 18.CHAPTER VI — Looking an Old House in the Mouth
19. 19.NEW SITES FOR OLD HOUSES
20. 20.CHAPTER VII — New Sites for Old Houses
21. 21.THE SMOKE GOES UP THE CHIMNEY
22. 22.CHAPTER VIII — The Smoke Goes up the Chimney
23. 23.THE QUESTION OF WATER SUPPLY
24. 24.CHAPTER IX — The Question of Water Supply
25. 25.SEWAGE SAFETY
26. 26.CHAPTER X — Sewage Safety
27. 27.DECORATIONS AND FURNISHINGS
28. 28.CHAPTER XI — Decorations and Furnishings
29. 29.THE FACTORY PART OF THE HOUSE
30. 30.CHAPTER XII — The Factory Part of the House
31. 31.PETS AND LIVESTOCK
32. 32.CHAPTER XIII — Pets and Livestock
33. 33.TIGHTENING FOR WINTER
34. 34.CHAPTER XIV — Tightening for Winter
35. 35.KEEPING HOME FIRES IN THEIR PLACE
36. 36.CHAPTER XV — Keeping Home Fires in Their Place
37. 37.WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
38. 38.CHAPTER XVI — When Things Go Wrong
39. 39.WORKING WITH NATURE
40. 40.CHAPTER XVII — Working With Nature

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