December, 1909 
height being broken by a paneled wooden mantel-shelf. The 
bay window, placed at the side of the room adjoining the 
fireplace, is furnished with a paneled seat. French windows 
at the rear of the living-room open on to the living-porch. 
Low bookcases are built-in at either side of the French 
windows. The dining-room is trimmed with oak and has 
paneled walls to the height of seven feet, finished with a 
plate-rack. A sideboard is built-in at the side of the room, 
with leaded-glass doors, and the cupboard above the coun- 
ter-shelf and drawers and cupboards below. The wall 
space above the plate-rack is painted a light yellow color. 
The ceiling is beamed. The butler’s pantry and kitchen 
are trimmed with maple, and each is fitted up with the 
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covered with a sloping shingled roof. The trimmings are 
painted white. The entrance-porch is placed at the front 
of the house and forms an access to the small lobby, which 
is, in reality, a part of the living-room. This lobby is, 
however, screened from the living-room so as to prevent 
the cold winter draughts from sweeping into the house, and 
at the same time gives some privacy to the living-room. This 
living-room is trimmed with oak. It has ceiling-beams. The 
walls are of rough plaster tinted écru. The inglenook 
has a broad opening covered with a Dutch hood, while in 
the recess is built a fireplace of red brick and finished with 
a mantel. Paneled seats are built on either side of the 
opening. The dining-room is also trimmed with oak finished 
Fig. 6—Another view of Mr. Cleveland’s house showing the other side 
best modern fixtures. The second story contains the sleep- 
ing-rooms, all of which have white painted trim. One of 
the bedrooms has an open fireplace. One of the bedrooms 
has a yellow-striped paper finished with yellow-rose border, 
while another has gray walls with bands of pink roses 
forming a panel, and the third has blue-striped paper. The 
bathroom has a tiled floor and wainscoting, and is fur- 
nished with porcelain fixtures and exposed _nickelplated 
plumbing. There is one room and a trunk-room in the attic. 
The laundry, store-room, furnace-room «nd fuel-room are 
placed in the cellar. Mr. Bowen also designed the house 
built for George H. Mars, at Kenilworth, Illinois, illus- 
frated im Figures 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23. The house 
is quite distinct from the others illustrated in this series. 
It is constructed of stucco, for the exterior walls, 
and is tinted a soft yellow, while the entire building is 
in a dark Flemish brown. It has a batten wainscoting 
from the floor to the height of seven feet, at which point it is 
finished with a plate-rack. ‘The walls are of rough plaster, 
and the spaces between the batten below the plate-rack is 
painted a Delft blue, while the space above the plate-rack 
is painted a mustard-yellow. The ceiling is beamed. The 
kitchen and its appointments are most complete. [he second 
floor, containing four bedrooms and a bathroom, has a white 
enamel trim, with floors and doors stained and finished in 
forest-green. [he bathroom has a tiled floor, and is fur- 
nished with porcelain fixtures and exposed _nickelplated 
plumbing. The house is heated by a hot-water system, 
placed in the cellar. ‘The cellar also contains the fuel-rooms 
and an instantaneous hot-water heater. 
Special study has been given to the planning and the de- 
signing of the kitchens of the houses illustrated, both by 
