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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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The garden 



The porch 



The "big room" occupies the west end of the house, it 

 opens out of the entrance-hall, which was the sitting-room 

 before the "big room" was added. The entrance-hall is 

 done in "mock paneling," — the molding is tacked on to 

 plaster, forming panels — and painted white. The fireplace 

 at the end is Sienna marble. 



Opposite the door into the "big room" two steps lead up 

 into the staircase-hall, which is separated from the terrace 

 by the vestibule, formerly the main entrance to the house. 



but now a cloak room. The walls are treated in half timber 

 style, with upright timbers enclosing plaster panels; below, 

 diagonal timbers help to produce the effect of a wainscot; 

 a touch of color is given by the Oxford shields which hang 

 from the tops of the panels — souvenirs of a canoe trip down 

 the Thames some years ago. 



Beyond is the dining-room. A long narrow room, with 

 a high wainscot of cypress, the rough plaster walls tinted 

 blue, and a gilt ceiling supported by dark oak beams; 



The fine proportions of the house are well expressed in the grouping of the gables 



