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Feb 2024

51m 44s

Cottages; or Hints on Economical Buildin...

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Let’s relax with more advice about building cozy cottages, decorating with simplicity and style, and how to dig a well that doesn’t fill with poisonous sewage. Which…seems like a good idea, really.

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