January, 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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Another view of the house showing the piazza enclosed for dining uses 



rooms. The hall 

 is trimmed with 

 fumed oak, with 

 the walls of rough 

 plaster, tinted an 

 orange yellow. A 

 moss-green carpet 

 is stretched over 

 the stairs, and 

 green velour velvet 

 portieres are hung 

 at the doors. The 

 living-room built at 

 the right of the en- 

 trance is especially 

 well provided with 

 windows, at its front 



First floor plan 



in winter, and 

 a breakfast-room 



while the walls of 

 rough plaster, are 

 tinted a yellowish- 

 brown tone. Soft 

 brown silk curtains 

 are hung at the win- 

 dows. The oval 

 ceiling and the buf- 

 fets built in at either 

 side of the French 

 window, at the end 

 of the room, are 

 attractive features. 

 The broad French 

 window opens direct 

 on to the living- 

 porch, which is en- 

 screened in summer, 

 The service end of 

 in all its details, is 



and rear, and also at either side of the fireplace. This closed in glass 



living-room has a fumed oak trim, finished with a forest- and is used for 



green effect. The walls are of rough plaster, and tinted a the house is most convenient 



grayish-green color. The ceiling is beamed, forming panels treated with white enamel paint, and has granolithic floors. 



of rough plaster, which are tinted in a lighter shade of the The second story is divided into sleeping-rooms, and 



same green color. The fireplace is built of Roman brick, a den. The latter has a white painted trim, with mahog- 



with facings extending nearly to the ceiling, and containing any finished doors, and rough plastered walls, tinted a soft 



a glass mosaic panel in the centre of its front. The furni- green. The owner's room, which is directly over the liv- 



ture of this room is also of fumed oak, finished the same as ing-room, has also a white painted trim, and yellow tinted 



the trim, and harmonizing .veil with the soft green rug with walls. The three guests' rooms are finished in French gray, 



which the polished floor is covered. with trim and walls and furniture alike. The bathroom has 



Directly to the left of the entrance is built the dining- tiled walls, ceiling and floor, and is furnished with porcelain 



rrjom, which is finished in a scheme of autumn colors. The fixtures, with exposed nickel-plated plumbing. The third 



woodwork is of fumed oak, finished in a soft green tone, floor contains the servants' rooms, storerooms, and bath. 



