AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



January, 1908 



The Mantel of the Billiard Room Is Brick ; the Walls and Curtains Are Green 



ordinary shutter would suf- 

 fice. These have been care- 

 fully designed for the 

 house, and are of two gen- 

 eral types. The small 

 shutters of both lower 

 stories have solid panels, 

 marked within by a narrow 

 band swelled to a curve at 

 the top. In the larger 

 windows these panels have 

 been confined to the lower 

 parts of the shutters, the 

 upper sections having blinds 

 of the usual type. The 

 point is of interest as evi- 

 dence of the intense indi- 

 viduality of the design. 



So striking is the exterior 

 of this house that one enters 

 the entrance doorway with 

 many pleasurable anticipa- 

 tions of what it has to show 

 within. And one is not 

 disappointed. The door 

 opens immediately into a 

 vestibule-hall, covered with 

 a groined vault. The walls 

 are covered with light buff 

 plaster, and have a low 

 wainscot of wood, painted 

 There is nothing else save the color. And this is so su- white. The door frames are simply molded and are also 



premely important that more than a passing word must painted white. This entrance passageway — for it is scarce 



be given to it. The house is built of stucco, colored an more than that — adjoins a longer passage to the right, where 



exquisite buff. The 



wood trim is 



painted white ; the 



shutters are green, 



the door French 



gray, the iron work 



black, the roof shin- 

 gles left to weather 



finish. The domi- 

 nant color is, of 



course, that of the 



walls. One need 



not wonder if any 



other color would 



have answered as 



well; it is sufficient 



that it is exactly the 



right color to have 



used. 



Hence there is 



no somberness to 



this house. It is 



alive with light and 



brightness, w i t h 



gentle soft color 



that, after all, is the 



crowning beauty of 



the house. A word 



as to the shutters. 



In a design which 



bears so much testi- 

 mony to the exceed- 

 ing care its architect 



—Mr. H. F. Bige- 



low, of Boston — 



has given it, no The Dining-room Is Papered in Soft Grays ; the Rug Is Deep Blue ; the Window Curtains Are Pale Blue Silk 



