January, 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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forming deep 

 panels, which are 

 tinted a yellowish- 

 brown color. The 

 fireplace is built of 

 Harvard brick, 

 with a hearth and 

 facings of the same. 

 The facings of the 

 fireplace extend up 

 to the height of five 

 feet, at which point 

 they are finished 

 with a mantel shelf 

 on a level with the 

 plate rack. A door 

 opens in the but- 

 ler's pantrv, which 

 is furnished with 

 dressers, drawers 

 and sink. Another 

 door opens into the 

 kitchen, which is 

 provided with a 

 range, sink, dresser, 

 pot closet, and a 

 lobby large enough 

 to admit an ice box. 

 This service end of 

 the house is trimmed 

 with cypress, fin- 

 ished natural. The 

 stairway from the 

 kitchen leads to the 

 servants' room, 

 built over the 

 kitchen extension, 

 thereby isolating the 

 service end of the 

 house from the liv- 

 ing quarters of the 

 family. The main 

 part of the second 

 tloor contains three 

 bedrooms and a 

 bathroom, all of 

 which are treated 

 with a white painted 

 trim, with doors 

 finished in mahog- 

 any. The walls are 

 covered with striped 



The New England farm house is the style adopted for the exterior of the house 



The living-room is trimmed with English fumed oak and is provided with a two-toned 



green striped wall-paper 



wall-papers, in Co- 

 lonial effects. The 

 windows of each of 

 the bedrooms are 

 hung with white 

 madras curtains, 

 over which are hung 

 cretonne curtains of 

 Colonial design. 

 The bathroom has 

 a tiled wainscoting 

 and floor, and is 

 furnished with por- 

 celain fixtures pro- 

 vided with exposed 

 nickel-plated plumb- 

 ing. 



The cellar con- 

 tains a laundry, 

 fitted with porcelain 

 trays, a cold-stor- 

 age room, and a 

 steam-heating appa- 

 ratus, and fuel- 

 room. The living- 

 porch built at the 

 rear of the house, 

 provides a place 

 which is screened in 

 summer, and is en- 

 closed in glass in 

 winter, and used 

 for a sun-room. 

 This living-porch is 

 a very necessary ad- 

 junct to the country 

 house, for it pro- 

 vieies a place, which 

 may be furnished as 

 a room, and also a 

 place in which one 

 may sit in the win- 

 ter. Much planting 

 has been done about 

 the house and 

 grounds, softening 

 the lines of the 

 house, and the site 

 on which it is built. 

 The third floor con- 

 tains two bed-rooms 

 and a trunk-room. 



The dining-room 13 finisfied in Flemish oak with batten wainscoting 

 and plate rack 



Another view of the living-room showing the open fireplace built 

 of red brick 



