November, 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



419 



overlooks the tennis court. 

 Adjoining is the spacious 

 clothes yard, enclosed with 

 a high fence, with vertical 

 members only, and large 

 cement piers, surmounted 

 with balls. Every conven- 

 ience that modern skill sug- 

 gests for this portion of the 

 house is here supplied in 

 liberal sufficiency. 



As in most country 

 houses the living-room is 

 the most important of the 

 house. It is a vast and 

 cheerful apartment three or 

 four steps below the other 

 portions, and is lighted by 

 windows on three sides, 

 windows of various shapes 

 and sizes that bring into 

 the interior of the house 

 the delightful picturesque- 

 ness which is so marked a 

 quality of the exterior. 

 There are no completely 

 paneled walls here, and no 

 beamed ceiling. The wood- 

 work is Japanese Cedar, 

 with a paneled dado of 



A glimpse of the garden through the pergola 



perhaps three feet in 

 height above which the 

 walls are plastered and 

 covered with gray grass 

 cloth. A narrow wood 

 band at the summit forms 

 the cornice. The ceiling 

 is finished as a solid sheet 

 of plaster, broken over by 

 the dependent electric 

 lights. 



The fi r e p 1 a c e is of 

 gray brick, with a paneled 

 overmantel finished as a 

 couple of cupboards. The 

 inner window curtains 

 which hang over thin 

 white curtains, are of gray 

 green. The furniture, for 

 the most part, has cushions 

 in shades of gray corduroy. 



The second floor is, of 

 course, given up to sleep- 

 ing quarters. Space is pro- 

 vided for four bedrooms 

 for the owner's use, and 

 three bathrooms. In the 

 service wing are three 

 maids' bedrooms and a 

 bathroom. 



The dining-room is furnished in a handsome manner 



