82 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
View of the living-room, the most striking features of which are the 
great brick fireplace and the beamed ceiling 
in appearance. Glazed doors lead from the living-room 
into the dining-room. ‘This room is also constructed with 
casement windows. A study of the plans of this house will 
disclose its many points of interest, and while complete in 
every detail, its design has been so skillfully worked out 
and its furnishings so tastefully chosen that there is no over- 
crowding apparent anywhere. 
In carrying out the plans of this design for his own house, 
the architect has been free from the demand often made 
upon him by the speculative builder, who, having merely 
transient ownership in view, is not willing to meet the re- 
March, 1912 
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dining-room, which is lighted by a shower drop, simple 
and attractive in design 
A view of the 
quirements of the more thorough workmanship and finer 
sense in devising the planning of a house that, on the other 
hand, lends encouragement to the architect who is per- 
mitted freer rein. Fortunately, the architect of this house 
has found himself free to work out his conception of a small 
home, producing, as he has, a suburban house that embodies 
the units of good taste in design, convenience in plan, and 
which gives adequate attention to sanitation. The skill with 
which the architect of this house has felt his way in working 
out his conception points to the fact that one need never be 
discouraged by the restrictions of the small suburban plot. 
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