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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 19 13 



the base of the windows are 

 plastered. From the base 

 line of the windows upward 

 the walls are of cedar 

 shakes, except the gables, 

 which are of 1x12 inch 

 boards and battens. The 

 exterior woodwork is 

 stained a dark brown, and 

 the roof, which is shingled, 

 is stained a light green. 



The interior is particu- 

 larly well arranged, and the 

 prospective home builder 

 will do well to study care- 

 fully the accompanying 

 floor-plan drawings. The 

 front door opens into a sort 

 of reception-hall, or entry, 

 7x17 feet, in size, with a 



Interior of the living-room 



built-in window seat in the opposite end. A broad arch con- 

 nects this entry with the large living-room. The living-room 

 contains a spacious fireplace with a mantel of pressed brick, 

 and in a corner at one side of the fireplace there are built-in 

 bookcases. The stairway leads from the living-room, al- 

 though a small hall provides access to it from the rear 

 rooms. Sliding doors separate the living-room from the 

 dining-room and a sunroom. In the last are two built-in 

 bookcases, and in the first an excellent buffet with china 

 closets on each side constitute the prominent features. Access 

 to the pergola is had from the sunroom and from the rear 

 porch. On the second floor there are three bedrooms, two 

 boudoirs, a small screened-room, a bathroom and several 

 closets and storages, besides the already-mentioned loggia. 

 A hall leading from the stairway landing extends to the 

 three bedrooms and bathroom. The boudoirs and roomy 



closets, as well as the entire 

 second- floor arrangement, 

 will meet the approval of 

 every woman, and the 

 screened-room in the rear 

 affords an appreciable out- 

 door sleeping place. 



The woodwork of the en- 

 try, living-room, dining- 

 room and sunroom consists 

 of mahoganized birch, and 

 the floors throughout the 

 first floor are of oak, except 

 in the kitchen and the ser- 

 vant's-room, which are of 

 pine. The floors of the sec- 

 ond floor are of maple, ex- 

 cept in the screened-room 

 and the bathroom, pine be- 

 ing used in the former and 

 White cedar is used for the finish in all 



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tile in the latter 

 of the rooms except the entry, living-room, dining-room and 

 sunroom, and in the kitchen, pantry and bathroom the 

 wainscot is white enameled. 



Recognizing that the home is primarily woman's realm, 

 the designers of the house here illustrated have catered 

 particularly to her likes, and surely the arrangement, to- 

 gether with the numerous built-in features, should bring 

 forth appreciation from every one who can only afford or 

 cares only for a medium-priced home. 



The house is substantially and warmly constructed, and 

 is heated from a furnace. Not only for California and the 

 Far West is the chalet type, adapted to the bungalow or 

 cottage dwelling, well worth the home-builder's considera- 

 tion, but as a style suited to other parts of the country it de- 

 serves more attention than it has appeared to have received. 



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