﻿AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  January, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  Drawing-room 
  Is 
  in 
  Coral-pink 
  and 
  Ivory-white 
  

  

  white 
  'of 
  the 
  Egyptian 
  and 
  

   Roman 
  benches 
  and 
  settees. 
  

  

  This 
  piazza 
  very 
  wisely 
  se- 
  

   cures 
  the 
  one 
  thing 
  whose 
  ab- 
  

   sence 
  is 
  most 
  grievous 
  to 
  

   many 
  American 
  homes 
  — 
  that 
  

   is 
  privacy. 
  Our 
  homes 
  are 
  

   built 
  mostly, 
  not 
  to 
  live 
  in, 
  

   but 
  to 
  be 
  seen, 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  too 
  

   self-conscious 
  to 
  enjoy 
  the 
  

   publicity 
  we 
  court. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  

   this 
  cloistered 
  seclusion 
  tea 
  is 
  

   served 
  every 
  afternoon, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  real 
  

   charm 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  felt. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  extreme 
  southeast 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  piazza, 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  main 
  dining-room, 
  is 
  the 
  

   breakfast-room, 
  where 
  a 
  de- 
  

   lightful 
  fountain 
  plays 
  amid 
  

   ferns 
  and 
  palms. 
  The 
  hall 
  

   and 
  music-room 
  also 
  open 
  out 
  

   on 
  this 
  enclosed 
  piazza. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  is 
  a 
  

   wholly 
  classic, 
  Roman 
  room. 
  

   The 
  walls 
  are 
  paneled 
  in 
  

   ivory 
  white 
  and 
  gold, 
  se- 
  

   verely 
  finished 
  with 
  a 
  Greek 
  

   pattern 
  in 
  raw 
  sienna. 
  At 
  

  

  An 
  Enclosed 
  Piazza 
  in 
  Which 
  Effective 
  Use 
  Has 
  Been 
  Made 
  of 
  Replicas 
  of 
  Ancient 
  Statuary 
  

  

  