July, 1 910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



263 



wide white molding. 



The inviting entrance 

 porch, with its odd curved 

 roof supported by plaster 

 columns, opens without any 

 preliminary of hall or ves- 

 tibule to the large living- 

 room, finished in keeping 

 with the bungalow idea, 

 and occupying the entire 

 extension part of the build- 

 ing. It is open to the roof, 

 showing the rafters ex- 

 posed to view, and which 

 are stained a soft golden 

 brown. Its walls are 

 sheathed with matched 

 cypress, stained like the 

 ceiling, while the floor, of 

 maple, is stained and pol- 

 ished and partly covered 

 with rugs of warm, rich 

 tints. Long French win- 

 dows, built at each side of the room, are 

 hung with portieres, repeating in tone the 

 color scheme of the floor coverings, while 

 the broad, partly latticed windows, be- 

 neath which extend low wide seats fitted 

 with covers which lift 

 up disclosing convenient 

 storage space, are shaded 

 by simple muslin dra- 

 peries. 



The feature of the 

 living-room is the great 

 open fireplace at one end 

 of the room, and built of 

 red brick laid in white 

 mortar, which is ex- 

 posed and extends to the 

 roof. A narrow mantel 

 of cypress is placed on 



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A plate rack is a feature of the dining-room 



the chimney breast. To the 

 left of the room great glass 

 doors connect with the en- 

 closed veranda or sun- 

 room, which is finished in 

 white wood. Its windows 

 opening outward, are so 

 arranged that the room 

 can be converted into an 

 outdoor living-room during 

 the summer season. In the 

 corner at the side of the 

 doorway is a large built-in 

 bookcase, extending to the 

 height of the room. Other 

 book nooks are liberally 

 provided between the 

 rafter spaces, which are 

 finished at the wall edge 

 with a molding, sufficiently 

 broad to serve as a shelf. 



Back of the living-room 

 is a small hallway, from 

 one side of which ascends a broad stair- 

 case to the sleeping rooms in the second 

 story. To the left opens the dining-room, 

 finished in white wood. Its ceiling is plas- 

 tered and its floor of hard pine is stained 

 and polished. The walls 

 are partly covered with 

 a dad*^ of rose design 

 edged with a broad 

 white wood finish, above 

 which rises a plain field 

 of plaster left untinted. 

 The kitchen is a long 

 narrow room with buff 

 tinted walls and floor of 

 spruce. It is equipped 

 with every modern con- 

 venience, and numerous 

 space-saving devices. 



The sun room is an attractive acquisition to the house 



