September, 1905 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



167 



A Successful Small Suburban House 



Englewood, New Jersey 



MERICANS of modest means have at last 

 found out that it is quite possible to produce, 

 with a little care and thought, an attractive 

 house of small dimensions and small cost, 

 as has been demonstrated by the artistic 

 house illustrated herewith, and which was 

 built for Aymar Embury 2d, at Englewood, N. J. 



In selecting the design for the house it was thought best, 

 since the original settlers of what is now called Englewood 

 were Dutch, that a design of semi-Dutch architecture be 

 adopted. 



The house, as will be seen from the illustrations, was car- 

 ried out on these lines; it is constructed of stucco of a soft 

 grayish color for the first story, and shingles for the sec- 

 ond storv, while the whole is crowned with a Dutch roof 



The entrance is into a small hall, from which rises an 

 interesting staircase of excellent design. The small seat be- 

 side the stairway is a good feature. The walls are wain- 

 scoted and the ceiling is beamed. The living-room extends 

 from one end of the house to the other, insuring good light 

 and ventilation. The extreme rear of the room is provided 

 with a large open fireplace, furnished with facings and hearth 

 of Harvard brick, and a mantel of good design; the left side 

 and front are pierced with a cluster of windows, and the 

 right hand side of the room is taken up partly with a book- 

 case built in, partly by a screened wall for the staircase, while 

 the remaining space is occupied by the opening into the hall. 

 This living-room has walls covered with crimson burlap, and 

 the whole finished with a wooden cornice. The ceiling is 

 beamed. This room, as well as the remainder of the house, 



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iving-Room 



covered with shingles, which are stained with a mossy green 

 effect. The shingles in the second story, which are painted, 

 are laid wide, as the old Dutch shingles were made, and 

 which produce a much more satisfactory result than having 

 the shingles laid closer together, as is usually the case. The 

 piazza has a floor paved with Dutch unglazed tile, and the 

 roof is supported on massive stucco columns. 



The plan called for a large living-room, dining-room and 

 kitchen on the first floor, with a goodly number of rooms and 

 bath on the second. As a house of this size only required 

 the services of one maid, a butler's pantry was considered 

 superfluous, and from practice it has been found much more 

 convenient to do without the pantry, and to have the maid 

 bring the dishes directly to and from the kitchen. 



is trimmed with North Carolina pine and stained a Flemish 

 brown. This North Carolina pine takes the stain beautifully, 

 and when stained in wax, as in this case, a color and graining 

 of such fine quality is produced that it is quite equal, if not 

 superior, to oak, and at the same time very much less ex- 

 pensive. The room as a completed whole is very artistic, 

 and with the floor covered with many richly colored rugs, 

 and furnished with the plain, simple furniture of the mission 

 character, is all that can be desired. 



The dining-room is finished and treated much as the living- 

 room, except that the general tone and scheme is of Indian 

 character. The walls are covered with an Indian paper of 

 very rich design and color, and this is enhanced by the beau- 

 tiful Indian lantern which is suspended over the dining table. 



