Together with its out-buildings

Together with its out-buildings

Together with its out-buildings

A wooden country house, together with its out-buildings, should always be of a cheerful and softly-toned color - a color giving a feeling of warmth and comfort; nothing glaring or flashy about it. And yet, such buildings should not, in their color, any more than in their architecture, appear as if imitating either stone or brick. Wood, of itself, is light. One cannot build a heavy house of wood, as compared with brick or stone. Therefore all imitation or device which may lead to a belief that it may be other than what it really is, is nothing less than a fraud - not criminal, we admit, but none the less a fraud upon good taste and architectural truth.