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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



January, 1908 



wall covering in a two-tone 

 green. The ceiling and 

 frieze is tinted a cream 

 white, in harmony with the 

 white painted trim. Be- 

 yond and connecting with 

 the living-room, by glass 

 doors, is the sunroom, 

 treated with a low wain- 

 scoting painted white and 

 white painted walls. Green 

 wicker furniture with tur- 

 key-red upholstery, and red, 

 white and green colored 

 cretonne draperies over the 

 window, completes the 

 room. 



The dining-room, to the 

 left of the hall, is a hand- 

 some room, with its white 

 painted trim and mahogany 

 doors. It has a wainscot- 

 ing of panels to the height 

 of five feet, above which 

 the walls are covered with 

 mustard-colored paper and 

 finished with a dentalled 



cornice, intersecting with the beams which cross the ceiling. 

 A china closet, with leaded glass doors, is built in one corner 

 of the room. The cluster of three latticed windows, draped 

 with soft muslin curtains, is a good feature for a sideboard 

 window. The butler's pantry, with double acting doors, 



The Trellises of the Exterior Are a Distinctive Feature 



good closets and bathroom. There is the owner's suite, con- 

 sisting of two bedrooms and a bathroom, besides two guests' 

 rooms and bath and two servants' bedrooms and bath placed 

 over the kitchen extension and reached by a private stairway 

 from the kitchen. All the bedrooms have white enameled 



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separates the dining-room from the kitchen. This pantry is 

 well fitted with dressers, inclosed with glass doors, closets 

 and a butcher's sink. The kitchen is fitted complete and with 

 the most sanitary fixtures, and includes also a store pantry 

 and a lobby large enough to admit an ice-box. 



The second floor is divided into bedrooms furnished with 

 all the necessary appurtenances; plenty of good-sized rooms, 



trim and a wall covering in one particular color scheme. 

 The bathrooms have tiled wainscotings, porcelain fixtures 

 and exposed nickelplated plumbing. 



The cemented cellar, under the entire house, contains the 

 heating apparatus, fuel rooms and laundry. Mr. James 

 Burton, of Boston, Mass., was the architect of this very 

 interesting type of the old Colonial house. 



