July, ror2 AMERICAN 
fashioned effect here welcome. 
At the left of the hall are 
living-room andlibrary. The 
living-room faces the street 
and the six windows which 
overlook the entrance are 
placed in a shallow oriel or 
bay window and are ar- 
ranged with small panes in 
casements which open out- 
ward, as such windows 
should. The living-room also 
has a fireplace of very spa- 
cious and hospitable dimen- 
sions and a French window 
opens upon a broad veranda 
which -is screened by tall 
growing shrubbery and flow- 
ering vines. Beyond the liv- 
ing-room is the library or study, which is placed upon a 
somewhat lower level than the living-room, so that one de- 
scends two or three steps in entering it. At the far end of 
the room are casement windows closely grouped—the walls 
are lined with bookcases which extend almost to the ceiling. 
A study or library should of course possess a literary atmos- 
phere to a marked degree, and this is here accomplished by 
the shelves filled with books in bindings of many colors and 
other volumes upon an old-fashioned study table. Old 
chairs, some of them covered with leather, are grouped 
about and help to supply the note of comfort without which 
. 
A delightful vista is presented from the broad porch-terrace situated between the bays of the living-room and the dining-room 
HOMES AND GARDENS 
eect of We house in the Fall Ae year 
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\/ any library is merely a roon 
{filled with books. 
| Opposite the living-room 
is the dining-room, where 
more casement windows 
look out across the lawn 
and where another window 
reaching to the floor opens 
upon a small porch planned 
for the serving of meals 
out-of-doors. This veranda 
is screened with wire netting 
and is very close to a stretct 
of woodland into which a 
glimpse is given. The white 
woodwork of the dining- 
room includes a narrow 
shelf or plate rack which 
is carried around the room 
at the top of the doors and windows, and upon this narrow 
shelf are various old plates and tiles placed against the 
plaster frieze. The walls are covered with an old-fashioned 
flowered paper which creates a background for mahogany 
furniture of a very simple Sheraton pattern adorned with 
narrow strips of inlay, and the tints of both the furniture 
and wall covers are emphasized by the dark-toned rugs 
which cover the floor. In all of these rooms the lighting 
fixtures are side lights of brass with the electric bulbs 
covered by cut glass shades of a most attractive pattern. 
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