September, 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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bathroom has a tiled floor and wainscoting six feet in 

 height, and is furnished with porcelain fixtures and exposed 

 nickel-plated plumbing. The third floor contains a billiard- 

 room, a den, the servant's rooms and bath. The cellar con- 

 tains laundry, fur- 

 nace-room, store 

 room and f u e 1 - 

 rooms. 



The house built 

 for Dr. E. C. Pick- 

 ler, from plans also 

 prepared by Mr. 

 Jones, and illus- 

 trated in Figs. 10, 

 II, 12 and 13, is 

 of red brick laid in 

 white mortar. The 

 trimmings are 

 painted white and 

 the shingled roof is 

 stained a dull shade 

 of green. 



The hall is a cen- 

 tral one reached 

 from a paved vesti- 

 bule, is trimmed 

 with mahogany and 

 it has a paneled 

 wainscoting. O n 

 each side of the 

 front door the 

 wainscot opens so 

 that bookcases can 



be built in which are not seen when the doors are closed. 

 The staircase has a mahogany balustrade built with a 

 graceful sweep. 



The living-room is treated with white enamel paint. It 

 has a paneled wainscoting, above which the wall is finished 

 in pretty colored paper. The ceiling is light yellow between 

 the beams, which are painted white. 



Fig. 1 4 — -A brick house built for T. E. Cootey, Esq. 



The marble fireplace is finished with a mahogany mantel 

 and over-mantel in one panel extending to the ceiling. The 

 net curtains at the windows have over-draperies of ma- 

 hogany velour. French windows open onto the living-porch. 



The dining-room 



is trimmed with 

 mahogany, and it 

 has a paneled wain- 

 s c o t i n g , above 

 which the walls are 

 covered with a dull 

 blue paper. The 

 windows are hung 

 with net curtains 

 with over-draperies 

 of blue velour. 



The scheme of 

 the lower and upper 

 halls is dark brown. 

 The second floor is 

 treated with white 

 enamel paint, and 

 each room has a 

 d i If e r e n t color 

 scheme. The bath- 

 room is wainscoted 

 with tile to the 

 height of six feet, 

 and it has also a 

 tiled floor, porce- 

 lain fixtures and ex- 

 posed nickel-plated 

 plumbing. 

 The sitting-room in the second floor is finished the same 

 as the hall. The third floor contains a maid's room and a 

 store room. The cellar is provided with laundry, heating 

 apparatus and fuel-rooms. 



The brick house illustrated in Figs. 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 

 was built for T. E. Cootey, Esq., and from plans prepared 

 by architect Cecil Bayliss Chapman, of Minneapolis. 



Fig. 1 5 — The living-room of Mr. Cootey's house 



