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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1910 



room and the dining-room, with a china closet in the dining- 

 room, and bookcases in the living-room. 



The fireplace in both of the rooms is built of pressed 

 brick, with red 

 tiled hearths. The 

 trim throughout the 

 interior is of 

 cypress, stained 

 and finished in a 

 soft brown color. 



The living-room 

 and the dining-room 

 are well provided 

 with windows for 

 obtaining light and 

 ventilation. 



The walls of the 

 entrance-hall and 

 the living-room are 

 covered with a Jap- 

 anese grass cloth in 

 its natural silvery 

 tone. It is an ex- 

 cellent treatment for 

 the walls, for it 

 forms a perfect 

 background 



on which to hang pictures. The walls of the dining-room 

 are covered with a two-tone yellow striped paper which 

 blends harmoniously with the color tone of the living-room. 



The kitchen is planned for convenience and opens direct 

 from the dining-room, which is not a bad idea, where labor 

 saving in housekeeping is desired. 



First floor plan 



The kitchen is furnished with a range, an enameled sink, a 

 cupboard with closets and drawers built in below the counter 

 shelf, and shelves above the last enclosed with glass doors. 



The walls of the 

 kitchen are painted 

 a soft yellow which 

 carries out the gen- 

 eral scheme of the 

 house. This color 

 scheme is one that 

 always suggests a 

 sunny effect on the 

 dullest days, is one 

 that is easily kept 

 clean by giving the 

 wall a washing oc- 

 casionally, and is, 

 consequently, one of 

 the most desirable 

 colors to use. The 

 kitchen has two en- 

 trances, one at the 

 rear, and one at the 

 side of the house; 

 the latter built in 

 connection with the 

 cellar stairs. This 

 is an admirable feature, as access to the cellar is obtained 

 without going through the house, and by this arrangement 

 the usual outside entrance Is omitted. 



The front bedroom on the second floor Is treated with 

 white enamel; that over the dining-room In mahogany fin- 

 ish, and the one over the kitchen with apple-green paint. 



Second floor plan 



A House of Modern Design Costing $3,200, Complete 



house livable. There 

 Is absolutely no 

 waste space, and 

 every room Is of 

 good dimensions In 

 spite of the fact that 

 there are nine rooms 

 in a given area of 

 thirty-two feet in 

 width and twenty- 

 eight feet in depth. 



The exterior of 

 the building is of 

 rough hewn clap- 

 boards, stained a 

 soft brown tone, 

 while the remainder 

 of the building is 

 covered with a 

 cement stucco. This 

 house could just as 

 well be built of con- 

 crete, or of clap- 

 boards or shingles. If 



HE house forming the subject of this 

 article, while of no particular style of 

 architecture, may be regarded as an ex- 

 ample well adapted for a suburban or a 

 country site. It Is one of modern design 

 and of moderate cost and combines all 

 the essentials which go to make a small 



A modern house built of boards and stucco 



a frame house seemed more in keeping with the sur- 

 roundings. 



In the use of field stone for underpinning and chimneys an 

 effective and an inexpensive material is found, for In 

 many places this can be picked up on the property or 

 selected from old stone walls which are so prevalent In the 

 eastern states. This underpinning Is backed up with a con- 

 crete wall. 



The broad vesti- 

 bule and the hall, 

 are trimmed with 

 cypress, and so are 

 the living- and the 

 dining-rooms. 



A feature which is 

 worthy of note in the 

 plan Is the separa- 

 tion of the entrance 

 hall from the stair- 

 case hall by a sliding 

 door glazed with 

 leaded glass, which 

 enhances rather than 

 cuts off the view and 

 which has been 

 proved very satlsfac- 

 t o r y , particularly 

 since there is no rear 

 stairway. 



The hall is finished 

 in a dull green stain 



