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at one end with 

 paneled seats at 

 either side. Brown 

 silk curtains are 

 hung at the win- 

 dows and the floor 

 is covered with a 

 moss green velvet 

 carpet. The dining- 

 room is trimmed 

 with white pine 

 treated with white 

 paint. The walls 

 are covered with 

 yellow burlap and 

 the floor with a 

 yellow velvet rug, 

 while the windows 

 are hung with yel- 

 low silk curtains, 

 making an harmoni- 

 ous and eftective 

 color scheme. The 

 kitchen is furnished 

 with every modern 



convenience. The second story contains three bedrooms, 

 a sewing-room and a bathroom, the last being treated 



Fig. 14 — The home of Vernon S. Watson 



ference in the four 

 houses illustrated, 

 is the contrast of 

 taste of four archi- 

 t e c t s, designing 

 their own homes, 

 each executed in a 

 different style, and 

 each constructed of 

 different kinds of 

 materials, but as a 

 whole, each is a 

 happy and success- 

 ful result of an in- 

 dividual taste. 



The four exam- 

 ples presented here- 

 with certainly do 

 show a better idea 

 of the tendency to- 

 ward a better and 

 more simple style of 

 small house than 

 has hitherto been 

 found in many of 

 the small houses built in this country, and a correct inference 

 from this is that the standard of domestic architecture is 



Fig. 1 5 — The first floor pla 



Fig. I 6 — The entrance porch. 



Fig. 1 7 — The second floor plan. 



with white en- 

 ameled paint, and 

 furnished with 

 porcelain fixtures 

 and exposed nickel- 

 plated plumbing. 

 The woodwork of 

 the second story is 

 painted white. 

 There is no third 

 story or attic to 

 this house, but the 

 sewing-room on the 

 second floor is 

 large enough for 

 the use of a servant 

 when one is re- 

 quired. The cellar 

 contains the heat- 

 ing apparatus, fuel 

 rooms and laundry. 

 The striking dif- 



Fig. 18 — Another view of Mr. Watson's home. 



slowly and steadily 

 improving. That a 

 house may be suc- 

 cessful depends on 

 many conditions, in- 

 cluding among them 

 an inspiration o n 

 the part of the 

 architect to design 

 a building that will 

 be harmonious to 

 the site upon which 

 it is to be built, and 

 at the same time to 

 design and plan a 

 dwelling provided 

 with every conveni- 

 ence that will meet 

 with all the neces- 

 sary requirements 

 of those who are to 

 live in it. 



