September, 1913 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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First floor plai, 



the bay, which is not too distant. 

 A reception-room is located on 

 the right of the hall, and it is 

 unusually attractive ; the ceiling is 

 heavily beamed with chestnut, 

 that has been finished in silver, 

 thoroughly rubbed in the open 

 grain of wood and then wiped off. 

 All window casements and doors 

 are treated the same; the walls 

 are in sand finish in natural tone, 

 which is a soft cream; the light- 

 ing fixtures are in the craftsman 

 style of hammered metal finished Balcony in the living-room 



in old silver; tae furniture, finished as the woodwork, has wood" tile in verdure £ 

 cushions of deep poppy-red stuff; while the walls and floor and comfortable nook 

 are covered with old Indian blankets and rugs. It is at Autumn evenings, when 



Second floor plan 



once a striking and artistic treat- 

 ment and forms an appropriate 

 background for a collection of 

 Indian and Mexican curios. 



The living-room is of the studio 

 type and rises to the roof rafters, 

 with music-room on the left, 

 under balcony bedrooms and 

 dining-room on the right under 

 the balcony and off of the last the 

 second story lounging-room. 

 Here is built in between case- 

 ment stairs and fireside seat a 

 large open fireplace of "rook- 

 ;reen that forms a most delightful 

 in which to gather on the cooler 

 an open fire is needed to just take 



Entrance roadway of the home of Dr. E. D. Smith 



