Country Cottage Homes..Landscaped In A Rustic Setting
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Country Cottage Homes may be built of wood, brick or stone, and if
suitably surrounded with tasteful landscaping, it will make a
snug, pretty, and attractive home. One can, by the exercise of
appropriate taste, produce the right kind of an impression in a house of
this character.
It should become a part of, and belong to the acres
which surround it; it should be an indispensable accessory to the place
itself, and the grounds should be laid out and landscaped in such a
manner that the whole combination impresses all with harmonious beauty.
A rustic country cottage house is in itself a beautiful object;
but there is a certain charm in association which can not be widely
departed from; hence a purely rustic house without rural surroundings is
destitute of the chief elements which compliments it's beauty.
In constructing country houses there are several conditions to be
observed, such as adaptation, accommodation, and expression. By
adaptation is meant not only the arrangement of the main structure, as
to the form and material, to suit the locality and character of the grounds,
but a fitness that respects the habits and condition of
the occupants and the purposes of a country home.
There is a growing demand for architectural designs from the simple country cottage to
the more elaborate and costly country villa.
Let it be considered, that in building our country houses, we are not simply
providing for ourselves, but for our children, we are constructing a
homestead.
The appeal of living in the country are for those who enjoy the seclusion, the
comparative freedom from restraint, the pure, sweet air, the broad, open
sunshine, and the numerous other rural advantages which are essentially
denied them in their city homes.
A potential country dweller is drawn to green lawns
and sloping hill-sides, of waving trees and cool streams. And they would
wish that their children should become familiar with the same wholesome
associations, and be moved by the same attachments and inspirations.
Let it be said "country living isn't for everyone". Some folks prefer the city hustle,
concrete and crowds as contrasted to fresh air, fresh milk, butter and eggs, fruits,
flowers and birds are luxuries only country living affords.
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