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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 19 10 



Fig. 16 — Another view of Fig. 15, showing the living-porch at the rear of the house 



Colonial as his prototype, bringing it up along the lines of 

 the progressive movement in order that it may meet all 

 modern requirements. The first story of the house (Fig. 

 19) is constructed of cement stucco, while the second and 

 third stories are covered with shingles painted white. The 

 roof is also covered with shingles, and stained a deep red- 

 dish-brown tone. A feature of the house is the wooden 

 shutters hung at the win- 

 dows. The entrance is 

 direct into the hall, 

 trom which an ornamental 

 staircase ascends to the 

 second story. The walls 

 are paneled, and the whole 

 i s finished i n Flemish 

 brown. The walls of the 

 living-room (Fig. 22) are 

 covered with a Japanese 

 grass cloth, while the pan- 

 els in the ceiling, formed by 

 the beams, are covered with 

 a similar grass cloth in gol- 

 den brown. The woodwork 

 is finished in a Flemish 

 brown. The fireplace is 



built of red brick laid in red mortar, with its facings ex- 

 tending to the mantel shelf. 



The dining-room (Fig. 25), opening both from the hall 

 and the living-room, is treated with white enamel. It has 

 a paneled wainscoting finished with a plate rack, above 

 which the wall space is covered with a green figured de- 

 sign on a white background. A door opens from the din- 



Fig. 1 7 — First floor plan 



ing-room into the butler's pantry, which is fitted up com- 

 plete with dresser and sink. Another door opens direct 

 into the kitchen, which is provided with all the very best 

 modern appointments. There are four bedrooms on the 

 second floor, all treated with white enamel paint; there are 

 also two bathrooms, which are wainscoted with tile, and 

 furnished with porcelain fixtures with exposed nickel-plated 



plumbing. The attic con- 

 tains the servant's room 

 and bath, and trunkroom. 

 The laundry, heating ap- 

 paratus and fuel-room are 

 placed in the cellar. This 

 house has a fine setting fur- 

 nished by nature, which 

 has been greatly aided by 

 judicious planting, and 

 showing the good results of 

 the desire to increase the 

 beauty of one's surround- 

 ings. 



As a whole, the class of 

 houses illustrated herewith 

 is not only representative 

 of the best dwellings that 

 are being built throughout the country, but it is the expres- 

 sion of the very best thought given to the small house of 

 to-day. It shows that the desire of the laymen is to secure 

 a house, even of small dimension, which will express an 

 individuality that will be distinct from its neighbor, and 

 besides indicates the increasing desire of the architect to 

 put a personal distinction into the designing and the plan- 



