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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1908 



adapted to its purpose of emphasizing the main doorway and 

 of giving character and beauty to the house. The house is 

 projected forward the space of a single window to give it 

 greater projection. The doorway is hospitable in size and 

 round arched. 



The extension for the portico gives the hall the shape of 

 a very flat T. There is a shallow vestibule, paneled in wood 

 painted white, and separated from the hall by a curtain of 

 claret-colored velvet. The vestibule does not consume all the 

 space of the arm of the T of the hall, which has, therefore, 

 an extension on the entrance side. It is a very charming 

 room, with a wainscot of wood painted with white enamel 

 and reaching to the ceiling. Above the base wainscot are 

 panels filled with green and white tapestry 

 paper, the pattern consisting of groups of 

 cattle and other rural scenes. A more de- 

 lightful combination than these green and 

 white panels and the white frames and 

 borders would be difficult to imagine. 

 The ceiling is white, and the hardwood 

 floor is covered with Oriental rugs. The 

 window curtains are of claret-colored vel- 

 vet, with bands of gold braid, and the 

 furniture is chiefly covered with the same 

 rich material. It is lighted by lamps in 

 pairs, attached to the walls. The fire- 

 place is at the left end; it has a carved 

 stone facing and a paneled overmantel, on 

 which is hung a large old mirror in a gilt 

 frame. At the right end are the stairs, 

 with a low platform that leads to the 

 dining-room, while the stairs to the second 



mottled green and white marble, applied to a broad but 

 shallow chimney breast, paneled to the ceiling, with a built-in 

 mirror over the shelf. On each side are low bookcases of 

 whitewood built in. Much of the furniture in the room is 

 old, and is chiefly covered with sage green. 



There are two small rooms on each side of the hall opening 

 on to the entrance front. That on the right is the music- 

 room. It is paneled in white, with let-in panels of pink 

 watered-silk paper. The cornice is similar in type to that of 

 the drawing-room, and the ceiling is white. The window 

 curtains are of pink over white sash curtains. The furniture 

 has pink coverings. 



The den is on the left of the hall, and is treated in blue 



The Terrace and Sun Room on the Lake Front 



story ascend on the right. The room is directly lighted only 

 on the side facing the entrance, where the great windows 

 open on to the inner porches. 



In the extreme left-hand corner a door leads to the draw- 

 ing-room, which occupies the whole of the further end of the 

 house, and is lighted by windows on three sides. It has a 

 low paneled wainscot of wood painted white, a narrow cor- 

 nice of the same material, then a deep cove and a narrow 

 band on the edges of the otherwise perfectly plain white 

 ceiling. The walls have a latticed paper of pale pink and 

 yellow roses, a paper much more delightful on the walls than 

 when reproduced in a photograph. There is a large light- 

 colored rug on the floor. The window curtains are of sage 

 green velvet with borders of silver bands. The mantel is of 



The Open Porch Above the Lake 



and gold. It has a low wainscot of 

 wood, painted blue, above which the 

 walls are treated in gold, with a blue 

 cornice and white ceiling. The mantel 

 is of wood, painted blue, with facings of 

 red brick. The furniture is covered with 

 blue material; there is a blue and white 

 rug on the hardwood floor, and the win- 

 dow curtains are blue, with white sash 

 curtains. The color scheme of this room 

 is so very unusual as to be absolutely 

 novel, and yet, while possessed of some 

 elements of difficulty, it has been worked 

 out with complete success and in a very 

 charming way. 

 A short flight of steps leads to the platform just without 

 the dining-room door. Like the drawing-room, this reaches 

 from front to front, but as the service rooms and kitchen are 

 beyond, it is necessarily lighted only on the two ends. This, 

 however, owing to the situation of the house, gives it sun- 

 light practically the whole day long, and, being treated in 

 light colors, it is an extremely brilliant and beautiful room. 



The woodwork is painted white, and includes a high 

 paneled wainscot. Above it is a broad frieze with paper 

 having a vertical design of water-lilies in pale blue and 

 yellow. The mantel is of wood painted white, with a paneled 

 overmantel; the facings of the fireplace are red brick. On 

 the longer sides of the room pilasters built against the wain- 

 scot rise to the ceiling and support the simple beams carried 



