January, 1906 MVE iweeAN HOMES AND GARDENS 1S 
marble dressers, porcelain sinks and other 
equipments. All these rooms are ample in 
size and thoroughly well adapted to their 
uses. 
The large space that Mr. Hoffman has 
for disposal in his ample grounds gives 
him unusual opportunity for the develop- 
ment of a country estate in immediate prox- 
imity to Newport. Subsidiary buildings 
are extensive and ample for every possible 
demand that might be put upon them, in- 
cluding the stable, automobile shed with 
an individual electric plant from which 
automobiles may be directly charged and 
from which the lighting of the house is 
obtained. ‘There is a large vegetable gar- 
den laid out in parterres, with paths and 
hedges, and the whole place has been 
brought up to a high degree of cultivation. 
A formal garden, for which a fine archi- 
tectural setting has been designed, is in 
process of development and growth. 
It is easy to understand and appreciate 
the merits of this fine place. The scale on 
which it has been developed is large enough 
to insure dignity in whatever was done. In 
the architectural treatment the architects, 
Messrs. Hoppin, Koen & Huntington, of 
New York, developed a fine feeling for the 
Georgian style, to which they gave a thor- 
oughly successful interpretation. The 
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‘“*Armsea’’—A Bedroom with Striped Paper in the New Paneled Style 
is a Cheerful Apartment 
lovely situation of the house adds immensely to its superb bined aided and helped in producing a notable architectural 
proportions and beautiful detail. In short, everything com- success. It is an eminently dignified and beautiful dwelling 
“Armsea”—The Boudoir is Treated in Blue, White and Old Rose. The Furniture is White with Blue Lines. The Walls are Paneled 
