18 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS January, 1909 
to accommodate three horses. The stalls 
are fitted up with ornamental iron trim- 
mings, and are supplied with patent feed 
chutes. 
The carriage room is fitted with har- 
ness closets inclosed with glass doors. The 
walls and ceilings are ceiled with North 
Carolina pine, stained and finished with 
forest-green effect. 
The second story contains the coach- 
man’s quarters and ample storage room for 
feed. The garage is built so as to be con- 
The stairs and living-room 
as the introduction of a gaudy, conspicu- 
ous, unartistic object which has no right 
place in a well designed and artistically 
arranged home. 
It is not the question of money in the 
furnishing of an artistic house, but the 
wealth of good taste which we may have 
in selecting the proper color scheme and 
the necessary objects of furniture and 
decoration; for anyone with good taste 
can accomplish very much more in house- 
hold decoration than one who simply 
has money to spend. ‘The stable and 
garage are built at one end of the estate, 
from which a road leads to the street di- The library with its built-in bookcases 
rect, and indirectly to the house and then 
to the street. The stable is thoroughly equipped with all the nected with the stable, but it has a separate entrance. It is 
necessary features. It has a large carriage room and a stable fitted with a workbench. 
