November, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



29.3 



The Library or Living-room is Trimmed with Oak, Finished in Flemish Brown 



is Applied above the Wainscoting 



and generous proportions and its soft green finish harmon- 

 izes well with the light-colored furnishings and wall decora- 

 tions of the room. 



The library, or living-room, is placed at the rear of the 

 den and hall, and is separated from both the latter by a 

 combination of doors and arches. This library is trimmed 

 with oak and is finished in Flemish brown, soft and mellow 

 in its color-scheme. The walls have a high paneled wain- 

 scoting and a plate-rack. The wall space above the plate- 

 rack is decorated with Japanese grass-cloth and finished 

 with a wooden cornice. The ceiling is tinted in harmony 

 with the autumnal color-scheme of the furnishing and 

 decoration of the room. A 

 large, low window fills one 

 side and is provided with 

 a paneled seat which is up- 

 holstered in a soft brown 

 velour, and piled high with 

 cushions of artistic cover- 

 ings. The broad open fire- 

 place, at one end of the 

 room, built of brick, has a 

 dressed Indiana limestone 

 facing, a hearth of brick, 

 laid in herring-bone pat- 

 tern, and a plain, simple 

 mantel-shelf supported on 

 carved brackets. Placed 

 between two archways it is 

 quite the feature of one 

 side, while the wall space 

 opposite is utilized for 

 bookcases which are built 

 in on either side of the 

 French windows which open 

 onto the living-porch. 



The dining-room on the 

 right of the hall and ex- 

 tending through the depth 

 of the house, is finished in 

 the Colonial style. The 

 walls have a high paneled 



wainscoting, above which 

 tlu- space is covered with 

 crimson burlap and finished 

 with a wooden cornice. The 

 whole of the trim is painted 

 white. The length of the 

 room is somewhat lessened 

 by the white painted pil- 

 asters with which it is di- 

 vided — these pilasters sup- 

 port beams which extend 

 across the ceiling. The 

 front wall of the room 

 is occupied by a cluster of 

 small-paned w i n d o w s , 

 placed over a scat, at either 

 side of which there are 

 built-in china closets with 

 leaded glass doors. A sim- 

 ilar treatment of wall space 

 is used at the opposite end 

 of the room, except that 

 the windows are of French 

 style and open onto the ter- 

 race and garden at the rear 

 of the house. The fireplace 

 is built of brick, with a 

 hearth and facings of sim- 

 ilar brick and a mantel of Colonial style. 



I he butler's closet, kitchen, laundry, and all service 

 quarters are trimmed with North Carolina pine. 



The second story is reached from the stairway, placed in 

 the front hall. This floor is treated with white painted 

 trim and attractive and artistic wall decorations. All of the 

 rooms have well-fitted closets, and three of them have open 

 fireplaces, furnished with tiled facings and Colonial mantels. 

 The two bathrooms throughout have a white enamel treat- 

 ment and are furnished with porcelain fixtures. Messrs. 

 Winslow and Bigelow, of Boston, were the architects of 

 the house. 



Japanese Grass Cloth 



The Dining-room, Extending through the House, Has French Windows Opening onto the Garden 



