Feb 



ruary, 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



55 



Flemish brown, blending 

 well with the two-toned 

 grayish-brown wall cover- 

 ing. The staircase is of 

 ornamental character, and 

 has yellow pine treads, 

 with brown-stained risers 

 and balustrades. To the 

 right of the hall is built the 

 living-room, which is also 

 stained and finished in 

 Flemish brown. It extends 

 the entire depth of the 

 house, and at the rear end 

 of which is built a bay- 

 window furnished with a 

 paneled seat. Opposite the 

 entrance to the living- 

 room is built the fireplace, 

 provided with buft-brick 

 facings and hearth, and a 

 paneled mantel. A panel 

 wainscoting to the height of 

 the mantel-shelf extends 

 around the room, and is 

 finished with a plate-rack. 

 The wall space above the 



The fireplace in the Hving-room 



plate-rack is covered with a 

 Japanese wall-paper in two 

 tones. The ceiling is 

 beamed. 



French windows open 

 from the living-room to the 

 living-porch, which is built 

 at the side of the house, 

 thus insuring the privacy to 

 the family which is so neces- 

 sary in a country house. 

 Opposite the living-room is 

 built the dining-room, 

 which is finished in mahog- 

 any. There is an open 

 fireplace, provided with 

 white brick facings and 

 hearth, and a Colonial 

 mantel. The reception- 

 room, to the left of the en- 

 trance, has a white painted 

 trim, and walls covered w ith 

 a white and gray paper. 



Messrs. Rossiter and 

 Wright, of New York, 

 were the architects of this 

 house. 



The house rests in a group of pine trees 



