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HOW TO MAKE A COUNTRY PLACE 



that which fronted our .stone bungalow, Heartsease. As a rule, a 

 stone house sheltered by trees and with small windows means damp- 

 ness. We avoided these conditions as far as possible by having but 

 one story of stone. The second, banded with timbered stucco, 

 gave a low effect, and it was windowed galore. The interior was 

 columned and alcoved, settled and grilled, second floor rooms so 

 arranged as to corral southwest breezes and cooled by an attic with 

 windows facing north, south, east and west. A well lighted basement 

 was secured by placing the house on a side hill. 



SEA BOULDERS, OUR REAL, SHORE BUNGALOW. 



Some years later we succumbed to the craze for a modern 

 bungalow directly on the shore and sturdy workmen began to build 

 the rocky foundations of Sea Boulders. In laying water pipe for one 

 of the houses a quantity of golden-hued rock was brought to the 

 surface, which, mixed with the brown and green stones that skirted 

 the sound, made an ideal color scheme for the chimney and foundation 

 walls as well as stalwart quoins. Sea Boulders, frequently called by 

 indulgent friends the "bungalow ideal," was built directly over the 

 sea, down to sub-rock and iron-anchored in the ledge. The waves that 

 at times dash head high against its solid walls and roll under its 

 supporting arches can never move nor shatter the massive stone work. 

 There is a brass yacht rail on one side of the dock, also on the veranda, 

 fitted with galvanized iron mesh to keep children or grown-ups from 

 tumbling off, and an arrow sawed from a quarter inch brass plate 

 set in the cement floor of the veranda settles definitely the usual con- 



