May, 1906 
cream color. ‘The 
gables are beamed, 
forming panels, 
which are filled in 
with a similar stuc- 
co. The beams 
and all trimmings 
are of cypress and 
are stained a soft 
brown, except the 
window sash, 
which are painted 
ivory white. The 
roof, covered with 
shingles, is stained 
a brilliant red. 
ihe porch, 
while placed at the 
front of the house, 
extends along one 
side so that the front door opens from the side. The hall 
opens into the parlor, dining-room and kitchen, the openings 
PVee nenes Nr OMES AND GARDENS 
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a re [ 
6—The Exterior of the House yShingled and Stained Brown 
Ww 
1 
ducing an antique 
effect. A hall of 
this design needs 
the simplest furni- 
ture, for its hand- 
some woodwork 
and wainscoting is 
sufficient. A good 
Oriental rug, an 
oak side table, and 
two hall chairs are 
all that is necessary 
to complete its fur- 
nishing. 
The ‘parlor; or 
living - room, is 
trimmed with oak. 
The walls are covy- 
ered with a deep 
crimson decora- 
tion, warm in tone and in harmony with the dark trim. The 
fireplace has a very handsome mantel and facing of Indiana 
Coveren Porcn. 
DINING RooM 
being very broad and without doors, except to the kitchen, lime-stone of Gothic design. This room occupies the entire 
which has a double door to prevent the kitchen odors from 
permeating the air 
of the rest of the 
house. This hall is 
treated: in the 
Gothic style, and 
has a quaint stair- 
case, on the land- 
ing of which is a 
cluster of small 
windows. A pan- 
eled wainscoting, 
six feet in height, 
extends around the 
walls of this hall, 
above which — the 
walls are covered 
with russet leather. 
The woodwork 
and stair-case are 
of - oak, finished 
with an old Eng- 
lish treatment, pro- 
7—The Characteristics of the Swiss Sale are Showa in the Overhanging 
Roof and Its Gable Ends 
front of the house, which is made possible by the entrance 
being placed at the 
side of the house. 
The dining- 
room is_ treated 
with white enamel 
trim. It has a ma- 
hogany rail ex- 
_tending around 
.*the room; the 
* * wall-space under 
fhe rail being 
_-painted with white 
@namel paint, 
while the surface 
above is covered 
with a_ tapestry 
‘wall decoration in 
black and green, 
all quiet and good. 
At the side of the 
dining-room, and 
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