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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 1 910 



ning of the small 

 house, the same as 

 he does with a 

 house of more ex- 

 tensive proportions. 

 It is really a 

 greater art to de- 

 sign a small than a 

 large one, for the 

 reason that it re- 

 quires a deeper 

 study of those 

 primal conditions 

 that usually sur- 

 round the building 

 of a house of mod- 

 erate cost. This is 

 the main difficulty 

 which confronts 

 both the layman of 

 small means, and 

 the architect who is 

 to carry out the de- 

 sires of his client in 

 giving him all that 

 he possibly can for the amount he may wish to spend 



■ig- 



22 — The living-room 



the qualities that 

 make a home de- 

 lightful. 



It is quite ap- 

 parent from the 

 others illustrated 

 that it contains all 

 the characteristics 

 of the old Dutch 

 Colonial, combined 

 with all the best 

 improvements that 

 modern practice has 

 been able to give in 

 its development. 



There is a strong 

 tendency on the 

 part of each of the 

 owners of the 

 houses illustrated, 

 to develop the sites 

 upon which each 

 particular house is 

 built. The planting 

 which has already 



been done about the respective houses is an indication of this 

 The house illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 is, perhaps, the tendency and an evidence of the intention of bettering the 

 best example for use in showing the maximum of space, com- conditions of the house grounds now apparent over the en- 

 fort and appointments, at the least expenditure of money, tire country, particularly in the West. The color scheme of 



The price is 

 c e r t a i nly 

 small for a 

 house of 

 this charac- 

 ter. 



The house 

 designed by 

 Messrs. 

 Rogers and 

 Woodyat is, 

 perhaps, 

 one of the 

 most eco- 

 nomic and 



the house 

 and the style 

 o f architec- 

 t u r e in 

 which it is 

 designed 

 are not im- 

 portant fac- 

 tors in re- 



^^^HffiJ' g^i-J .to the 

 planting o f 

 the proper 

 trees, for 

 the green 

 foliage o( a 

 tree will always take care of itself; but it is an important 



Fig. 24 — Second floor pb.n 



best-arranged of the present series. The design is well 



executed in cement stucco, and combines many attractive matter to consider when Howering plants and shrubs are to 



features of this kind of combination. be planted and grown about the house, for the color of the 



The plans show 

 an unusual amount 

 of clever spacing in 

 a very small area. 

 The rooms are 

 neither too small 

 nor too large; 

 neither out of pro- 

 portion nor out of 

 keeping with the 

 house. There is 

 ample space for the 

 placing of the fur- 

 niture with proper 

 effect. 



The house de- 

 signed by Mr. Em- 

 bury presents all 

 the artistic skill 

 needed for the de- 

 velopment of a 

 structure 01 this un- 

 usual dignity, of 

 one containing all 



Fig. 25 — The dining-room 



flowers should blend 

 with the color of the 

 dwelling. It matters 

 not how perfect may 

 be the style and con- 

 st ruction of a 

 house, as the final 

 and flawless eftect 

 sought for will not 

 be consummated un- 

 til the home has a 

 proper setting, and 

 the only way to se- 

 cure this is to plant 

 trees, shrubs and 

 vines on the site 

 upon which the 

 house is to be 

 built. 



By this method 

 only can a har- 

 monious and an ar- 

 tistic result be ob- 

 tained. 



