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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



November, 19 lo 



these add immensely in the creating of the picturesque en- 

 semble which is the keynote of the whole work, and which 

 was the end looked forward to from the very beginning. 



The modest entrance door that opens from the little 

 front porch, admits immediately to the hall. This is the 

 central apartment of the house and one of the most import- 

 ant; the living-room opens from it on the right and the 



The staircase in the hall 



dining-room on the left. Directly in face, as it is entered, 

 are the stairs to the second story, rising with double plat- 

 forms, one of which is directly above the garden door. The 

 walls are finished throughout with cypress, stained the color 

 of weathered oak, and arranged in long vertical panels that 

 reach from floor to ceiling. The floor is laid with hard- 

 wood, on which are spread numerous beautiful Oriental 

 rugs, and the ceiling has exposed beams, yielding large 



The living-room 



square panels that are plastered in light buff. The fireplace 

 is on the left, and adjoins the doorway to the dining-room; 

 it is built of common red brick, with wide black joints, 

 and has a tiled hearth; facing, lining and chimney breast 

 are all alike of this material. The room has small electric 

 lights in the ceiling as well as side lights against the walls. 

 The dining-room repeats the woodwork scheme of the 

 hall, but is relieved by a brilliant frieze of peacock pattern 

 on a white ground. Both floor and ceiling are treated in 

 the same manner as the hall, but the rug, furniture, and 



The living-room from another point of view 



The fireplace in the hall 



window draperies, as well as the shape and destination of 

 the room, give it an intense individuality of its own. It is 

 lighted from the two ends, with the bay window on the 

 front and three smaller windows on the opposite end. The 

 design and material of the fireplace are similar to those of 

 the fireplace in the hall. 



Beyond is the very extensive series of the service-rooms, 

 consisting of the butler's pantry, kitchen, refrigerator 

 room, servants-hall and back stairs to the second floor. A 

 rear porch is open only on the garden side and immediately 



