To: vdjor AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Things one could long for in the country
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:00:13 -0400
On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:03 PM, VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
... my wife (then girlfriend) told me that her favorite decorating
style was library.... the house we are rehabbing will have more
bookshelves than bare walls.
I've mentioned the book by Rex Roberts: "Your Engineered House",
written in the late 50's or early 60's (and later revised by Charlie
Wing). Rex believed in bookshelves below most windows. His reasons
were: love of reading, the books themselves, and their insulation
properties. (His not-so-good insulation method was a single layer of
aluminized building paper in all outside walls. the gas heat he used
was quite cheap back then, apparently.
Roy
Roy Morgan
k1lky AT earthlink.net
529 Cobb St.
Groton NY, 13073
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