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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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"Wendelloaks" is particularly fortunate in its picturesque site, for which it has been designed 



"Wendelloaks": An Artist's Home 



By Margaret H. Pratt 



E think of an artist as a dreamer, with mind 

 way above the clouds, but this particular 

 artist has proved himself the most practical 

 sort of an architect in the planning of his 

 own home. 



Not only is the concrete house beautiful 



and artistic throughout, but the rooms and various time and 



labor-saving devices are exceptionally well planned, and the 



kitchen — the very heart of the home — is the quaintest and 



most unique feature of all. 



Here the artist's wife has no servant problem to cope 



with, for her steps in this little kitchen are as few as pos- 

 sible and everything is easy to her hand. 



The house sets back over 200 feet from the street 



amongst tall oaks with considerably over an acre of wooded 



lawn and deep ravine, in a thoroughly picturesque situation. 



In back of the house wind- 

 ing-paths lead to rustic steps, 



and down these to a rustic 



log bridge over the ravine, 



while in amongst the thickly 



wooded lanes are glimpses of 



bird fountains and lodges 



scattered here and there, and 



seats hewn from trees where 



in the deep recesses one 



might sit and listen dreamily 



to the bird music and breeze 



tunes and the ripple of the 



little brook as it patters gaily 



along through the ravine. 

 The house might well be 



classed as a bungalow, for 



The entrance-porch 



all the rooms except the study and the storage chamber are 

 on the ground floor. 



A well-thought-of scheme is the complete privacy of the 

 sleeping chambers and bathroom, for as will be seen by 

 the plan, these open off from a hall, and by closing the 

 doors of the living-room and the kitchen opening into the 

 hall, they are completely shut off from the rest of the house. 

 In most bungalows, these rooms are made to open directly 

 off the living-room. 



Two dear little evergreen trees, rather a relief from the 

 usual bay, flank the front entrance on either side, seeming 

 taller than in reality because of the deep concrete pots 

 which hold them. 



The large front porch and terrace have reinforced con- 

 crete floors and window boxes along the sides filled with 

 Geraniums and trailing creepers, while Roses climb on trel- 

 lises against the concrete 

 walls, all of which give a 

 bright and cheery look beck- 

 oning on the inside. 



All the windows are case- 

 ment, affording the maxi- 

 mum of sunlight and air. 

 The front entrance is directly 

 into the living-room, with 

 a coat closet in the small hall 

 opening off the right of the 

 living-room. 



The rough plaster with 

 deep warm tints is decorative 

 in itself, and in the bed- 

 rooms are to be found sten- 

 ciled friezes as a well bor- 



