"THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS AN ARCHITECT HAS ARE THE ERASER IN THE DRAWING ROOM AND THE SLEDGE HAMMER ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE" - FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
Those who built these old buildings, whether of stone, brick, logs or frame, had certainly a keen sense of proportion. Often the simpler the house the more interesting the arrangement of small wall cupboards, boxed in stairs and the ingenious use made of space that in the larger houses would be wasted.