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COUNTRY IIOUSES. <br />[Fig. Jf. .xenon of Porch.] <br />COITAGE CASEMENT WINDOW. Ilaving shown in Fig. 8, a <br />cottage window with rising sashes, Ave here give a casement <br />window, suitable, in size and proportion, for cottages of this <br />class, and adapted in construction to vertical -boarded wooden <br />cottages. <br />One of the glaring sins of our couIltry carpentry is the <br />want of character in the windows of our wooden houses. To <br />give character to a window, the dressings should have some <br />boldness and weight of substance, otherwise it looks like a <br />mere hole in the wall. A. piece of window frame an inch or <br />DESIGNS FOR COTTAGES. <br />83 <br />two wide, seen on the outside of the building, is not sufficient to <br />produce any impression on the eye at the distance of fifty rods. <br />The wooden cottage window should therefore have a dressing, <br />not less than 3 or 4 inches wide, and in some cases they may <br />be still bolder. <br />The. window here shown is one designed especially for this <br />style of building before us. The hood over the window may <br />be adopted or not, but it adds beauty and force to the win - <br />[Fig. 17. Casement Cottage Window.] <br />