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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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The library 



porch into the most attractive of genial Winter gardens. 



The second floor, as will be seen from a study of the 

 floor diagrams, has been arranged with direct reference to 

 the requirements of the family for whose home the house 

 was built. The rooms for the members of the household 

 and their guests are spacious and well arranged rather than 

 numerous, and each room or 

 suite of rooms is provided 

 with a bath of its own. As 

 in every really well-ordered 

 country home the rooms for 

 service uses and the bed- 

 rooms for the domestics are 

 placed where they form a 

 little world entirely to them- 

 selves. 



The architects of this 

 Montcla-ir country home 

 have been particularly fortu- 

 nate in arranging the win- 

 dows of the upper story in 

 such a way that they do not 



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destroy the beauty of the house's exterior. The space under 

 the roof of a house of this character may be utilized in 

 many ways, even if it be not required for servants'-rooms, 

 and of course to be really useful it must be lighted and ven- 

 tilated. Windows have been placed in the gable ends, and 



The living-room 



dormers, where they are necessary, have been designed in 

 such a way that they do not destroy or unduly break the 

 broad expanses of roof. The use of casement windows 

 everywhere makes the entire window space available for 

 ventilation during the warm days and nights of our trying 

 American Summer, besides giving a pleasing fenestration. 



The exterior of the house 

 gains much by reason of the 

 terrace which, surrounded by 

 its balustrade, extends 

 around the greater part of 

 three sides of the house, 

 where it is continued as an 

 architectural feature by the 

 hedge which encloses the lit- 

 tle circular garden. Another 

 adornment which lends 

 added beauty is the decora- 

 tive lattices or trellises which 

 are placed at various points, 

 and which encourage vines 

 and stud y to mount the walls. And 



then, of course, the beauty and interest of any country home 

 is dependent in a large measure upon the setting in which it 

 is placed, and here, with surroundings of smooth lawns, 

 carefully planned grounds, and well-selected shrubbery, 

 a beautiful home acquires added picturesqueness and beauty. 



Terrace of the Osborne house 



