SIXTY SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL AND EFFECTIVE FEATURES 

 THAT WE HAVE USED 



Ambry 311 



Astronomical-domed ceiling- in 



children's play room 228 



Bath tub 4'x4'xl'2" for children 231 

 Bookshelves extending- across a 

 room without a break in 



book line 219 



Burglar-proof staircase 226 



Cellar floor, walls, and ceiling 



white marbleized 225 



Clerestory, plate glass, with 



fireplace and wide overhang 234 



Coal saver (in use for 25 years) 232 



Cold grapery of inexpensive de- 

 sign 249 



Concealed lawn barriers, ex- 

 tending vistas 243 



Conservatory as entrance vesti- 

 bule to the house 312 



Crater garden 150 



Crow's nest in the hemlocks.. 134 



Doors, four in one, fifteen feet 



wide 277 



Electric light in chimney for 



ventilation 231 



Entrance steps and stairs over 

 cellar stairs with glass 

 risers for lighting cellar... 113 



Fernery under stairs in place of 



a boxed-in closet 183 



Feudal drawbridge and moat. . 244 



Fireplace in porte cochSre and 

 porte coch&re coachman's 

 nook with stone settles.... 124 



Fireproof filing cabinet room, 

 10'xlO'xlO', of cement, de- 

 tached from house 303 



Flambeau-wall-fireplace 222 



Ford of concrete with stepping- 

 stones at side 71 



Freak fireplace connecting with 

 two rooms, and with sepa- 

 rating reredos 320 



Guest stair, concealed 225 



Hall lavatory stolen from base- 

 ment 152 



Hanging balcony held firmly 



through two partitions.... 146 

 Hobbed fireplace opening 10'8" 174 

 Hole-in-ground greenhouse . . . 247 

 House enlarged yet not en- 

 larged 158 



Imprisoned wild garden 311 



Lintel, verdure - crowned (a 



large wardian case) 325 



Map of escape carved in foun- 

 tain rim centreing the maze 244 



Mirage rooms 230 



Moat and drawbridge 244 



Norman feudal tower used as 



pole-centred fire escape.... 140 



Overhang of eight feet lower- 

 ing and cooling house 171 



Partition wall of leaded glass 

 extending to ceiling over 

 an arched entrance to ceil- 

 ing 193 



Partitioning the entire house in 



a day 328 



Porch closet for books, wraps, 



and toys 229 



Porte coch&re wire glass roofed 

 to prevent shadowing of 

 rooms (Appendix) 



Recessed balcony in hall over 

 staircase, giving height and 

 light to stairway below.... 197 



Rest room 234 



Secret rooms 229 



Settle cut in ledge at entrance. 132 



Sleeping jog (not a room) 228 



Sound-proof, isolated room for 



reading or writing 124 



Stalking lion stair rail 179 



Steps and buttresses cut from a 



solid block of granite 216 



Sub-cellar, or favissa, of uni- 

 form temperature the year 

 around, well drained and 

 ventilated 237 



Telescopic room 270 



Telescopic window 216 



Throated mantel hood, a metal 

 frame, bulged over plaster 



of side wall 233 



Toddlers' garden 61 



Trussed transom window bar. . 144 



Ventilating corridor for kitchen 



odors 223 



Veranda or house, if vine-clad, 

 to be oiled rather than re- 

 painted 312 



Veranda roof-eye large enough 

 to light first floor rooms.. 



(Appendix) 



Veranda with burlap covered 

 walls over smooth cement, 

 above wainscot and plate 

 rail 239 



Veranda with ivy-covered ceil- 

 ing 115 



Yacht studio on land.. . 282 



