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The box-bed is closed on all sides by panels of wood. One enters it by moving curtains, opening a hinged door or sliding doors on one or two slides. The bed is placed on short legs to prevent moisture due to a dirt floor. In front of the box-bed is often a large oaken chest, the same length as the bed.
Plank-frame houses are known from the 17th century with concentrations in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The carpentry consists of a timber frame with vertical planks extending from sill to plate. Sometimes there are studs at the doors but mostly the vertical planks replace the studs.
The vertical members of the frame are called stiles while the horizontal members are known as rails. A basic frame and panel item consists of a top rail, a bottom rail, two stiles, and a panel. This is a common method of constructing cabinet doors and these are often referred to as a five piece door.
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The unpainted windows and stairway banister have natural wood finishes that have darkened over time. The doors, stairway panels below the railing, and dining room wainscoting have the same 19th century oak graining. The wallpapers, picture railings, period furnishings, and potted ferns are in the same style as the Victorian features of the ...
Headboard: The solid or upholstered focal point of a bed attached at or to the head of the bed. [9] Platform: A boxed base for a mattress, sometimes a box spring and mattress. [9] Risers: Extensions made to raise a bed frame to add height to the bed. [9] Side rails: The support rails that anchor the headboard of the bed to the footboard. [9]
In some old houses, the little doors are designated storage space for a card table! These small spaces were meant to keep card tables—which almost everyone had in the 1950s—tucked away neat ...
A-frame Style Archived 2007-01-04 at the Wayback Machine from Picture Dictionary of House Styles in North America and Beyond on About.com, by Jackie Craven; A-frame Home - An A-frame home in the Hollywood Hills owned and restored by Nicky Panicci; A-frame House Website (archive) about an a-frame house located in Phoenix, AZ.
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