Here’s the smallest cottage in the book. It is really minimal, but it can sleep four if a daybed is used in the dining corner. The details show how a folding table could be made to fit into the wall at this point. By using this arrangement, you will be able to pull the daybed out without trouble.

The fireplace is optional. It will cut down on your closet space. Perhaps you would prefer to use a Franklin stove standing out in the room.

Note the use of a corner storage box between the corner couches and the storage space under the beds. This is easy to make and will give you a surprising amount of dead-storage area. You might line the corner unit with metal so that you can safely store things in it during the winter without fear of rodents destroying the contents.

Construction Outline

Foundation: Piers made of 8-by-8-by-16-inch block. Top block poured solid and bolts put into place to receive sill.

Flooring: Sills drilled to take bolts and then placed on pier foundation. Tighten bolts. Spike inner width of header to sill. Lay out floor joists and spike them to inner width. Nail down flooring. Install door and window sills and lay sole around outer edge and under partitions.

Wall Framing: Lay out wall sections A and C on the floor. When completed, tip into place and use temporary bracing to hold in vertical position. Frame walls B and D.

Roof: Place roof joists in place and lay roofing boards. Coat roofing boards with asphalt cement. Place a layer of 15-pound roofing felt over. Use cold type of roof mastic and brush over felt. Start laying selvage edge of roofing material at end A. Follow directions on the roll.

Side-wall Finish: Use l-by-6- or l-by-8-inch tongue-and-groove siding nailed at top, bottom, and at herringbone bridging.

Vents, Doors, and Other Openings: Follow details on preceding pages or in last section of the book.

Insulation: Medium- or full-thickness Fiberglas or equivalent stapled between roof joists. Use medium thickness in side walls.

Finish interior to suit. Install mechanical and electrical equipment as desired.

Materials List

Concrete for footings ½ cu. yd.
Block for piers depends upon depth
8 anchor bolts ½ m x 8 in.
  6    2x6    10 ft. long sill and  door sill
  2    2x6     12 ft. long header over double doors
10    2x4     14 ft. long cut in half for rear wall
22    2x4     16 ft. long cut   for  other wall   framing   and partitions
  6    2x4     10 ft. long plates and  headers  (window)
18    2x8     14 ft. long floor joists
16    2x8     16 ft. long rafters
  8    2x8     10 ft.  long header (girder)
  I     4x4      8 ft.  long door post
80 lineal ft. of I x 8 fascia board
60 ft. I x 2  14 ft. long doorstops
400  board  ft. of flooring
450 board ft. of roofing  boards
600  board  ft. of tongue-and-groove siding   (vertical)
800  board  ft. of tongue-and-groove  boards  (interior finish)
or 800 sq. ft. of 3/8 in. plywood
280 sq. ft., plus waste, material for ceiling
2 pairs of 2 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. single-panel doors
I  2 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. interior (bath)  door
I pair of wood or steel sliding doors, opening  5 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in.
1,100 sq. ft. of roofing material (3-ply built-up) and mastic
800 sq. ft. medium-thick insulation
3 cellar sash  (about 16 in. x 33 in.)
60 sq. ft. of 3/4 in. plywood for counter
3 ft. x 5 ft. piece of 5/8 "• waterproof plywood for table
Electric wiring: 110-220 volt, 3-wire system
Plumbing: piping, pump, tank, water heater, water closet, basin, shower, and single sink
Septic tank
Stove or range
Refrigerator

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