﻿December, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  457 
  

  

  contains 
  some 
  very 
  

   good 
  pieces 
  of 
  an- 
  

   tique 
  furniture 
  of 
  

   the 
  Colonial 
  period. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  

   has 
  a 
  white 
  painted 
  

   trim 
  and 
  green 
  

   tinted 
  walls. 
  The 
  

   fireplace 
  is 
  built 
  of 
  

   brick 
  and 
  the 
  man- 
  

   tel 
  is 
  of 
  Colonial 
  

   style. 
  French 
  win- 
  

   dows 
  open 
  onto 
  the 
  

   piazza, 
  one 
  corner 
  

   of 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  

   warm 
  weather 
  for 
  a 
  

   dining-room. 
  

  

  The 
  butler's 
  pan- 
  

   try 
  is 
  fitted 
  with 
  

   drawers, 
  dressers 
  

   and 
  butler's 
  sink. 
  

   The 
  kitchen 
  and 
  

   laundry 
  are 
  trimmed 
  

   with 
  yellow 
  pine, 
  

   finished 
  natural, 
  

   and 
  each 
  is 
  fitted 
  up 
  

   complete. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  five 
  

   bedrooms 
  and 
  two 
  

   bathrooms 
  on 
  t 
  h 
  e 
  

   second 
  floor, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  being 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  with 
  porce- 
  

   lain 
  fixtures 
  and 
  ex- 
  

   posed 
  nickelplated 
  

   plumbing. 
  The 
  trim 
  

   of 
  the 
  entire 
  floor 
  is 
  

   painted 
  white, 
  and 
  

   the 
  walls 
  are 
  tinted 
  

   in 
  one 
  tone 
  for 
  each 
  

  

  room. 
  

  

  The 
  servants' 
  

   rooms 
  and 
  storage 
  space 
  is 
  provided 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  floor. 
  A 
  

   cemented 
  cellar 
  under 
  the 
  entire 
  house 
  contains 
  a 
  furnace, 
  

   fuel 
  room 
  and 
  storage 
  space. 
  Messrs. 
  Lord 
  & 
  Hewlett, 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  City, 
  were 
  the 
  architects 
  of 
  this 
  pleasing 
  house. 
  

  

  A 
  Small 
  Porch 
  Suffices 
  for 
  the 
  Entrance 
  

  

  This 
  fact 
  in 
  itself 
  

   at 
  once 
  discloses 
  a 
  

   special 
  interest 
  in 
  

   this 
  house, 
  for 
  the 
  

   dwelling 
  built 
  by 
  an 
  

   architect 
  for 
  h 
  i 
  s 
  

   personal 
  use 
  invari- 
  

   ably 
  has 
  a 
  special 
  

   attractiveness 
  to 
  the 
  

   observer 
  of 
  houses. 
  

   And 
  why 
  not 
  ? 
  That 
  

   houses 
  are 
  imper- 
  

   fect 
  and 
  seldom 
  

   what 
  they 
  ought 
  to 
  

   be 
  is 
  a 
  circumstance 
  

   known 
  to 
  all 
  women 
  

   and 
  even 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  

   men. 
  It 
  is 
  needless 
  

   to 
  inquire 
  into 
  the 
  

   reason 
  for 
  this; 
  it 
  

   simply 
  remains 
  as 
  a 
  

   fact 
  patent, 
  prac- 
  

   tically, 
  to 
  every 
  one. 
  

   But 
  when 
  the 
  ar- 
  

   chitect 
  starts 
  in 
  to 
  

   build 
  his 
  own 
  house 
  

   the 
  very 
  minimum 
  

   of 
  error 
  and 
  incon- 
  

   venience 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   looked 
  for. 
  If 
  ever 
  

   a 
  person 
  who 
  builds 
  

   a 
  house 
  knows 
  

   houses 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  ar- 
  

   chitect, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   quite 
  natural 
  to 
  con- 
  

   clude 
  that 
  there 
  will 
  

   be 
  little 
  to 
  criticize 
  

   in 
  the 
  house 
  he 
  has 
  

   built 
  for 
  himself. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  very 
  ob- 
  

   viously 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  

   charming 
  house 
  

   Mr. 
  Lord 
  has 
  built 
  for 
  his 
  own 
  use 
  at 
  Water 
  Witch. 
  The 
  

   employment 
  of 
  simplicity 
  as 
  the 
  keynote 
  of 
  the 
  design 
  is 
  

   masterly, 
  for 
  nothing 
  could 
  be 
  simpler, 
  nothing 
  more 
  re- 
  

   strained, 
  nothing 
  quieter. 
  And 
  the 
  result 
  is 
  satisfying. 
  

  

  How 
  to 
  Arrange 
  Window 
  Curtains 
  

  

  By 
  Ada 
  Walker 
  Camehl 
  

  

  ! 
  WINDOW 
  should 
  be 
  treated 
  with 
  careful 
  

   thought 
  and 
  consideration. 
  When 
  you 
  have 
  

   arranged 
  a 
  shade 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  regulate 
  the 
  light 
  

   and 
  to 
  insure 
  privacy, 
  and 
  have 
  draped 
  a 
  

   pair 
  of 
  white 
  curtains 
  over 
  a 
  pole 
  in 
  a 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  graceful 
  fashion, 
  do 
  not 
  content 
  your- 
  

   self 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  all 
  decorative 
  possi- 
  

   bilities 
  of 
  window 
  furnishing 
  have 
  been 
  exhausted. 
  Win- 
  

   dows 
  present 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  difficult 
  problems 
  to 
  the 
  home- 
  

   builder 
  — 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting; 
  for 
  the 
  power 
  

   of 
  window 
  treatment 
  for 
  adding 
  to 
  or 
  detracting 
  from 
  the 
  

   charm 
  of 
  a 
  room 
  is 
  manifold. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  the 
  furnisher 
  must 
  decide 
  which 
  of 
  two 
  

   plans 
  she 
  wishes 
  to 
  follow 
  : 
  whether 
  to 
  treat 
  the 
  window 
  as 
  a 
  

   wall 
  decoration, 
  so 
  arranged 
  as 
  to 
  shut 
  out 
  prying 
  eyes 
  or 
  a 
  

   disagreeable 
  outlook, 
  and 
  still 
  furnish 
  light 
  for 
  the 
  room; 
  

  

  or 
  whether 
  to 
  bring 
  into 
  the 
  room 
  a 
  beautiful 
  landscape 
  or 
  

   tree 
  or 
  bit 
  of 
  lawn, 
  and 
  to 
  let 
  the 
  window 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  frame 
  

   for 
  the 
  outdoor 
  picture. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  plan 
  admits 
  of 
  two 
  treatments 
  : 
  first, 
  that 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  problem 
  is 
  to 
  secure 
  privacy 
  in 
  a 
  room 
  which 
  looks 
  di- 
  

   rectly 
  upon 
  the 
  walls 
  or 
  windows 
  of 
  a 
  nearby 
  house; 
  second, 
  

   that 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  outlook 
  is 
  from 
  a 
  high 
  apartment 
  upon 
  

   ugly 
  chimneys 
  and 
  roofs. 
  If 
  your 
  window 
  opens 
  upon 
  a 
  

   bare, 
  uninteresting 
  wall, 
  hang 
  dainty 
  net 
  of 
  muslin 
  curtains 
  

   next 
  to 
  the 
  panes 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  fall 
  in 
  graceful 
  fulness. 
  These 
  

   may 
  be 
  edged 
  with 
  lace 
  or 
  a 
  ruffle, 
  but 
  simple, 
  plain 
  net 
  is 
  

   always 
  in 
  good 
  taste. 
  To 
  my 
  mind 
  nothing 
  is 
  prettier 
  for 
  

   inside 
  curtains 
  than 
  ruffled 
  point 
  d'esprit. 
  Hang 
  these 
  upon 
  

   a 
  small 
  brass 
  rod 
  or 
  upon 
  picture 
  wire, 
  if 
  economy 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   considered, 
  and 
  leave 
  a 
  narrow 
  heading 
  of 
  the 
  curtains 
  above 
  

   the 
  rod. 
  These 
  curtains 
  may 
  hang 
  straight, 
  or 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  

  

  