Convenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Convenient Houses, by Louis Henry Gibson


ARCHITECT AND HOUSEWIFE—A JOURNEY THROUGH THE HOUSE—FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSE PLANS—PRACTICAL HOUSE BUILDING FOR THE OWNER—BUSINESS POINTS IN BUILDING—HOW TO PAY FOR A HOME
BY LOUIS H. GIBSON ARCHITECT
NEW YORK: THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.

Copyright, 1889, By Louis H. Gibson.
C. J. PETERS & SON, Typographers and Electrotypers, 145 High Street, Boston.

When the reader is familiar with the writer’s general purposes, it is easier to understand the details of his work. This book is intended to deal with houses in a housekeeping spirit. In doing this, the architect has in mind convenience, stability, and that ideal of housekeepers, beauty of surroundings.
In carrying out this idea, the relation of architecture to good and economical housekeeping is first considered. Following this division is “A Journey through the House.” It begins at the porch, moves through the different rooms, and stops to consider the various details. This brings about not only a consideration of the general arrangement of a house, but such details as kitchens and pantries, plumbing, laundry, and heating.