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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



January, 1913 



brown leather would be in place. There is one other bit of 

 furnishing that could well be added to this room, and that is 

 a built-in seat in the projecting west window, if placed below 

 the casing. This could then have a flat cushion of leather or 

 of velour and a few cushions in varying tones of brown and 

 rose. This would add a cosyness to the room, which dining- 

 rooms too often lack. The halls and stairways of this 

 house can be in solid color. In the small room adjoining 

 the entrance in the basement-entrance story of the house, of 

 which no plan is shown, the wooden settle now seen in the 

 photograph of the living-room may find a suitable place by 

 the open fire. Here may be very naturally established a 

 smokers'-den or servants' sitting-room. A few wicker 

 chairs, a round-topped table, some leather or linen-covered 

 cushions, and a rug for the floor. The curtains could be 

 of scrim at the diamond-paned windows. This would make 

 a cosy lounging-nook. 



THE BED-CHAMBERS. 



The northeast bed-room, which has a connecting door 

 with the southeast bed-room, may be appropriately fur- 

 nished in walnut. The wall-paper can be yellow, or the 

 walls may be plain-tinted plaster, yellow in tone. A walnut 

 bed, dressing-table, chiffonier, small writing-desk, chairs 

 and a cheval glass would be suitable furnishings here. The 

 floor-covering might be a large domestic rug in golden 

 brown tones with yellow bands in the border. To exclude 

 the brightness of the early morning light the windows need 

 dark shades, and over-curtains of chintz with white muslin 

 curtains against the glass. 



SOUTHEAST BEDROOM. 



This room, having southern light, may have one of the 

 colder colors on the walls, we will say green ingrain paper 

 of a light shade. The floor rug may be a domestic rag rug 

 of mixed tones in green and pale yellow at the ends. The 

 heavy curtains of large-flowered chintz or taffeta with a 

 green lining will be found an agreeable shield against the 

 strong early morning sunlight, while the white muslin be- 

 neath them may have a sprig of green color in it. The 



furniture of this room may be of stained oak in light brown 

 or green. Some -willow chairs, a chiffonier or small dress- 

 ing-table as the individual taste may prefer will be needed. 

 Probably, if this were a child's room, a study-table with 

 open shelves for books will also find a place, as here the 

 "young person" frequently has to prepare lessons. A 

 willow writing-desk suitable for such a room would cost 

 about $20. 



SOUTHWEST BEDROOM. 



This little room, which would probably be the guest- 

 room, may have delicate shades of French gray on its walls, 

 and on the floor a rug of soft texture of the same gray, with 

 bands of blue woven in for the border. The bed and 

 dressing-table will also be of French gray painted wood 

 with a cane-seated rocker and a straight chair of the same 

 finish. For the window, white muslin with white linen hav- 

 ing a small printed vine-like pattern in blue running up and 

 down would make suitable over-curtains. As the room is 

 low-ceiled, the curtain if made with a narrow valance 

 at the top and reaching to the floor would add to the seem- 

 ing height of the room. 



THE BATHROOM. 



The bathroom will need a rug. A coral-colored bath- 

 rug for the tiled floor will supply a bit of warmth, and a 

 white enameled stool will also be found convenient. At 

 the window simple white muslin curtains will be needed. 



SERVANTS'-ROOM. 



As this is a northwest room, a warm tint of brown will 

 be found agreeable for the walls. The windows should 

 have simple white muslin curtains, the floor a simple rag 

 rug of rich dark-blue with bands of buff at the ends. The 

 bed and dresser and wooden rocker may be of pine 

 varnished in natural color. 



THE LOGGIA. 



Having completed the furnishings of the inside of the 

 house, we must not neglect the useful balcony or loggia 

 extending across the southern end of the building and pro- 

 ( Confirmed on page 31) 



Few houses, large or small, are so fortunate in their sites 



