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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1910 



The interior of the living-porch 



The exterior of the living-porch 



First floor plan 



Second floor plan 



of these. The carpet is a deep plain blue. The furniture, with bluish white brick. 

 which has been expressly manufactured for this room, is hall, also open into this 

 in gray enamel, with cane seats covered with blue velvet closure. They mount to 

 cushions, with small 

 lambrequin-like back 

 cushions, also in 

 blue velvet. The 

 dining table was not 

 ready when the ac- 

 companying photo- 

 graph was taken, 

 but has since been 

 put in place. It is 

 circular in form, in 

 gray enamelled 

 wood like the 

 chairs, and deco- 

 rated, on the top, 

 with a carved bor- 

 der. The mantel of 

 imitation Caen 

 stone is at the far- 

 ther end of the 

 room and is simply 

 designed in the 

 style of the apart- 

 ment. The over- 

 mantel encloses a 

 panel of tapestry. 

 The fireplace is lined The billiard room 



The stairs which rise from the 



room, and form a part of its en- 



an open platform which is actually 



in the dining-room. 



The stair wall is 



covered with a pa- 

 per in two shades 

 of yellow brown, a 

 coloring admirably 

 adapted to harmon- 

 ize with the colors 

 of the walls of the 

 rooms that open 

 into it, and at the 

 same time quite 

 cheerful enough to 

 give light and color 

 on its own account. 

 The upper hall has 

 the same covering, 

 and here again is 

 in agreeable contrast 

 and harmony with 

 the bedrooms which 

 open into it. 



On the opposite 

 side of the hall, as 

 you enter it, is a 

 triple opening with 

 square columns such 



