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CRAFTSMAN CABINETWORK
TWO RUSTIC SEATS AND
THREE CRAFTSMAN CABI-
NETS FOR HOME WORKERS
WE are supplementing our regular
        designs for cabinetwork this month
        by offering two plans for rustic
        seats. These would be delightful
if placed near either one of the Crafts-
man bungalows shown in this department,
but, of course, it would be absurd to at-
tempt to restrict their usefulness to any one
type of surroundings in such arbitrary
fashion. The designs we offer on these
pages are mainly intended to be suggestive,
although we planned them carefully so that
they may be copied safely to the smallest
detail. We are glad, however, to get let-
ters, as we very often do, saying that our
readers have found suggestion in the de-
signs we publish, and that they have been
successful in constructing a piece of furni-
ture or metal work that is practically
their own conception, but the idea of which
was suggested by some design given in this
magazine.
  Although these outdoor seats or lounging
places are primarily adapted to use in the
country, in the grounds of a vacation home,
they could very easily be made suitable for
use in suburban life, if there are trees
within easy reach to furnish the material.
Or if they are constructed on a farm which
includes a wood and a stream of some sort
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either seat would afford much real pleas-
ure, placed comparatively far away from
the house, beside a brook or on a hilltop,
where it could be made the point of in-
terest for many a charming walk, and offer
the housewife a place to rest or read or
sew, away from the sounds and closed-in
atmosphere of the house.
  Design No. i shows a covered seat made
in the form of a hexagon, with one of the
sides left open to serve as an entrance. It
is large enough to seat several people com-
fortably. As illustrated here the propor-
tions of this design should approximate 8
or io feet wide, 8 feet high under the
eaves, and the roof should have about a
4-foot pitch. Six uprights should be set on
rocks and connected with frame at top and
bottom. The frame at the top should set
on top of the uprights, and the roof on top
of this. Then strips should be extended
from the top frame of one upright to an-
other. These strips should be halved in the
center, thus keeping all the uprights in
place, so that the weight of the roof will
not cause them to separate. These corner-
pieces extend from the top point of the
roof past each corner upright. The under
parts of these corner strips in the roof are
notched, and fit over the tops of the strips
that connect with the tops of the uprights.
Holes should be bored in the uprights and
the strips, and wooden pins driven through.
The point of the roof is connected to a
finale. Strips should then be extended from
the corner roof pieces to -the lower frame
of the roof. These strips should be made
of branches of trees split in half. Under-
neath is another
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