﻿172 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  May, 
  1907 
  

  

  reached. 
  The 
  wood 
  

   is 
  stained 
  a 
  soft 
  

   green, 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  

   open 
  fireplace 
  has 
  

   massive 
  granite 
  fac- 
  

   ings 
  and 
  the 
  usual 
  

   hearth. 
  Columns 
  of 
  

   birch 
  logs 
  separate 
  

   this 
  room 
  from 
  the 
  

   breakfast-room. 
  It 
  

   contains 
  an 
  attractive 
  

   built-in 
  china 
  cabinet. 
  

   Adjoining 
  is 
  the 
  but- 
  

   ler's 
  pantry, 
  while 
  

   the 
  kitchen, 
  servants' 
  

   hall, 
  and 
  their 
  de- 
  

   pendencies 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  

   basement 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   breakfast 
  and 
  dining- 
  

   rooms. 
  

  

  The 
  den 
  is 
  a 
  won- 
  

   derful 
  room 
  over 
  the 
  

   living-hall. 
  The 
  walls 
  

   are 
  faced 
  to 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  

   seven 
  feet, 
  above 
  which 
  

   the 
  studding 
  and 
  rafters 
  

   are 
  exposed 
  to 
  view. 
  The 
  

   intervening 
  spaces 
  between 
  

   the 
  rafters 
  and 
  studs 
  are 
  

   filled 
  in 
  with 
  birch 
  sticks 
  

   laid 
  horizontally. 
  The 
  

   fireplace 
  is 
  of 
  rough 
  brick, 
  

   with 
  the 
  facings 
  carried 
  

   up 
  to 
  nine 
  feet. 
  The 
  

   hearth 
  is 
  a 
  foot 
  above 
  the 
  

   floor, 
  and 
  is 
  laid 
  with 
  flat 
  

   cobble-stones; 
  on 
  either 
  

   side 
  are 
  wooden 
  desks 
  

   built 
  in. 
  

  

  A 
  short 
  flight 
  of 
  steps 
  

   conducts 
  to 
  the 
  chamber 
  

  

  The 
  House 
  is 
  Kept 
  Close 
  to 
  the 
  Ground 
  with 
  New 
  England 
  Accuracy 
  

  

  /*#!T 
  JZoofZ 
  

  

  floor, 
  which 
  contains 
  

   three 
  bedrooms, 
  the 
  

   woodwork 
  oi 
  one 
  of 
  

   which 
  is 
  stained 
  an 
  

   olive 
  tone, 
  another 
  

   yellow, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  

   red. 
  Here, 
  also, 
  is 
  a 
  

   completely 
  furnished 
  

   bathroom. 
  The 
  third 
  

   floor 
  contains 
  the 
  

   servants' 
  quarters 
  

   and 
  storage 
  space. 
  

   The 
  house 
  was 
  de- 
  

   signed 
  and 
  built 
  

   under 
  the 
  direction 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  Sherley, 
  who 
  

   is 
  an 
  expert 
  along 
  the 
  

   line 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  

   of 
  construction. 
  Mr. 
  

   Sherley 
  selected 
  the 
  

   proper 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  

   year 
  for 
  the 
  cutting 
  

   of 
  the 
  logs 
  for 
  his 
  

   house. 
  He 
  went 
  right 
  

   into 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  the 
  

   Maine 
  forests, 
  selected 
  

   the 
  trees 
  to 
  be 
  cut, 
  had 
  

   them 
  placed 
  on 
  sleds, 
  and 
  

   shipped 
  direct 
  to 
  Bar 
  

   Harbor. 
  If 
  one 
  wishes 
  

   to 
  build 
  a 
  log 
  house 
  and 
  

   retain 
  the 
  bark 
  after 
  the 
  

   house 
  is 
  built, 
  one 
  should 
  

   see 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  felled 
  at 
  

   the 
  proper 
  time. 
  Mr. 
  

   Sherley, 
  also, 
  brought 
  

   from 
  the 
  Maine 
  woods 
  

   men 
  familiar 
  with 
  log- 
  

   house 
  building, 
  and 
  in 
  

   this 
  way 
  secured 
  a 
  very 
  

   pleasing 
  result. 
  

  

  3ccw*aJFoo* 
  

  

  The 
  Living-room 
  of 
  " 
  Redruff 
  Farm 
  " 
  Has 
  a 
  Stone 
  Chimney 
  and 
  Contains 
  Some 
  Quaint 
  Furniture 
  

  

  