138 HOW TO MAKE A COUNTRY PLACE 



One of the motifs of Cliffmont, whose grounds join those of 

 Brier Cliff, is the outdoor dining room reached through the living 

 room, and well shaded by trees. The railed platform on which 

 it is built is protected by an awning and forms the roof of the 

 garage. Cliffmont boasts an exceptionally large lookout. 



The stairs climb upward at the back of the chimney from the 

 living room, and are side-settled at newel post. 



In Cliffmont, as in several of the other houses, a boudoir suite, 

 with its connecting rooms which make ideal living, occupies the entire 

 south front of the second story, with south, east, and west windows. 

 In the sitting room end, which is separated by columns, is a fireplace 

 and inglenook, settled and grilled. A connecting bathroom forms the 

 third member of the suite. 



BREEZEMONT. 



Misleading 20 x 30 foot Rooms. 



Breezemont in plan and location justifies its name. It has one 

 of the 20x30 foot living rooms that I have frequently built, but 

 no two of which looked the same size, owing to difference in height, 

 location, style, decoration and furnishing, which if arranged with 

 "malice aforethought" can be made to increase the apparent size of a 

 room twenty-five per cent. 



Balconies, windows and well-lighted bedrooms are among the 

 features of Breezemont, the largest bedroom facing all points of the 

 compass by means of a windowed alcove. 



Tree Basket Nest. 



A big buttonwood tree grows through the centre of the veranda 

 floor, and high in its branches is chain-hung a strongly framed, wire 

 basket-nest large enough for a children's playhouse. 



