AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
The studio of Mrs.’Alice Barber Stephens 
March, 1909 
sketches and ornaments as 
individual taste may require, 
are matters of quite secon- 
dary importance. These 
lesser features are not want- 
ing in the Stephens’ studios, 
yet the satisfaction their 
skilled owners take in them 
is surely and chiefly for 
their workmanly avail- 
ability. Naturally enough, 
in this home of artists, they 
quite dominate everything. 
An artist’s home is not 
only a place where artists 
live, but a home that is 
artistic in the truest sense. 
One follows naturally from 
the other. An artist must 
be artistic, and the artist’s 
home must, therefore, rep- 
resent the artistic tempera- 
ment in every aspect. This 
means household _ taste, 
which is something quite 
apart from household deco- 
ration. A study of a home 
like the one here described 
and illustrated will help to 
make these statements clear. 
