August, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



33i 



The stairs to the second story are placed 

 on the opposite wall from the entrance and 

 rise direct from the living-room. The pro- 

 jection for the semi-inclosure of the stair- 

 way forms a break by which an inglenook 

 is obtained. This inglenook has seats on 

 either side with bookcases built over the 

 same. The fireplace is built of rock-faced 

 stone laid in a unique manner with wide 

 white mortar joints. 



The dining-room is treated with a white 

 painted trim, and the walls below the plate 

 rack are covered with a white and green 

 paper, while the walls above the plate rack 

 are covered with a yellow and green wall 

 paper. At one end of the dining-room 

 there is a seat, on either side of which is 

 built a china closet with doors glazed in 

 lattice design. 



The butler's pantry is fitted with 

 drawers, dressers and cupboards complete. 

 The kitchen and laundry are trimmed with 

 yellow pine, treated natural, and are fitted 

 with all the best modern appointments. 



The second story is treated with white 

 enamel paint throughout. Mrs. Roberts' 

 room, which is in the front of the house, 

 has an open fireplace of brick. The walls are covered with 

 a wall paper in crimson poppies on a white ground. Mr. 

 Roberts' room adjoining is finished with a dark green wall 

 covering. The guest room at the rear has a wall covering 

 in blue and white stripe. The two bathrooms on this floor 

 have tiled wainscoting and floors, and porcelain fixtures and 

 exposed nickelplated plumbing. 



A cemented cellar under the house contains the heating 

 apparatus, fuel rooms and store room. 



The real merit of this little house is clearly apparent. It 

 is essentially a modest dwelling, designed with a care and 

 feeling that has lifted it out of the category of ordinary 

 houses, and made it one of real beauty and interest. It is 

 utterly unpretentious, yet amply sufficient for every demand 

 its owners may make of it and for every use to which it 

 may be put. 



The accomplishment of these ends is worthy of the warm- 

 est praise. It is good work well done. It is work worth 

 doing in a worthy 

 way. No one 

 would, of course, 

 describe this house 

 as great or impor- 

 tant — it is much too 

 modest for such re- 

 sounding words — 

 but it is well de- 

 signed, well built, 

 and, in its own way, 

 admirably carried 

 out. 



The Dining-room Has White Trim and Walls of Green andiWhite 



The design was worked out with a due regard for the 

 needs of the proprietor and for the landscape background. 

 Had the structure been the palace of a multimillionaire, it 

 could not have been more painstakingly planned. 



It is no slight task to design a small house in an interest- 

 ing way. The architect, like many another, must look after 

 the income side of his affairs, and the commissions from the 

 designing of small houses are too often wholly inadequate; 

 so inadequate, indeed, that few architects can afford the 

 time and interest they demand. This is the real reason why 

 so many of our small houses are such highly unsatisfactory 

 works of architecture — this and the fact that good architec- 

 ture costs good money like any other good thing. This 

 house, therefore, is notable in representing a high grade of 

 workmanship in a type of dwelling from which it is too 

 often absent. 



Messrs. Mclllvane & Roberts, of Philadelphia, Pa., were 

 the architects of this house of delightful character. 



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The Entrance Porch Is an Outdoor Living-room 



