Stucco bouse in the English inference, at Clifton, Mass. 

 Chapman & Frazer, architects 



28 The Country House 



not "bite off more than you can chew" is an old saying fit to be remembered. 



Consider as much as possible the working organs of the house, so that all who have 



anything to do with 

 it, either owners, 

 guests, servants or 

 tradespeople, shall 

 find what they want 

 without too many 

 steps or too much 

 trouble. Nor should 

 any of these conflict 

 in any way in work- 

 ing of the general 

 machinery. C o n - 

 sider the diverse 

 points between 

 which the most trav- 

 elling is done, and 

 bring them as mar 

 together as possi hie- 

 without conflicting 

 with something else. 

 It is not desirable that 

 your servant should 

 be obliged to climb 

 over the dining-room 

 table in order to 

 answer the front- 

 doorbell. Make your 

 plan simple and the 

 rooms i n natural 

 relation to one an- 

 other, and don't 

 have to go through 

 a room of a some- 

 what retired char- 

 acter to find one of 

 a more public na- 

 ture ; as, for instance, 

 through the library 

 into the living room. 

 \\ hen one is obliged 

 to encroach on any 

 / one function to per- 



form another it 

 bad planning. 



is 



