October, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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green leather. There are windows on three sides of this 

 room, and, as the opening on to the hall is closed by glazed 

 doors, it is an extremely light and airy apartment. Electric 

 light is obtained from the central chandelier and from bronze 

 side lights applied to the wall panels. 



There is some space on each side of the stair well at the 

 entrance, but you may be sure it is not wasted. On the left it 

 contains the butler's pantry and a service passage to the main 

 doorway. On the right it is filled by the den. This is com- 

 paratively a small room, furnished in the Mission style. The 

 walls are brick-lined throughout, with sandstone corners and 

 door and window frames and small carved panels in the upper 

 part. The larger part of one end is occupied by the fireplace 

 and chimney. Its salient feature is the great upper panel, per- 



is obtained from a central chandelier and from side lights of 

 gilt bronze. The curtains are similar to those in the other 

 rooms, and great glazed doors separate it from the hall. 



In planning a handsome seaside house such as this, one of 

 the chief problems to be solved lies in the position and dispo- 

 sition of the kitchen and service departments. Here is a 

 house the whole of whose exterior, except the entrance front, 

 commands a view of the sea ; even from the side windows 

 lateral views could be had of almost equal extent with the 

 magnificent outlooks from the sea front itself. Obviously 

 none of the outer space could be spared for even so essential 

 a matter as the kitchen; everything of this sort must be re- 

 served for family use. 



In most instances the problem would have been incapable 



The Dining-room Is Paneled in Oak with Upper Walls of Imitation Caen Stone 



fectly plain in the center with a surrounding border of 

 wreaths. The fireplace is lined with gray brick, and has a 

 hearth of red brick. The ceiling is plain, but is slightly 

 domed; from the center depends a bronze electrolier. 



The dining-room occupies the whole of the north end of 

 the house. Like the living-room, it is lighted by windows on 

 three sides. A hooded mantelpiece and fireplace occupies the 

 center of the longer wall : it has red brick linings and a hearth 

 of blue-green tiles. The room has a high dado of oak in 

 panels which rise about half way to the ceiling. The 

 upper part of the walls is finished in imitation Caen stone, 

 disposed in large rectangular blocks. There is a narrow band 

 of foliage and flowers at the top. The ceiling is paneled, 

 with two great cross beams and numerous transverse beams, 

 somewhat closely set, with plain white plastered panels be- 

 tween them. The carpet is green, and the handsome oak fur- 

 niture is supplied with seats of green leather. Electric light 



of any solution but the deliberate appropriation of such 

 precious outlooks for this very essential and utilitarian pur- 

 pose. Seashore property is invariably flat, and there is no 

 space for the kitchen basement that is sometimes deemed as 

 desirable in country regions as it often is convenient in the 

 city. Mr. Lehman was fortunate, however, in owning land 

 that was actually somewhat elevated at the spot chosen for 

 the house. A depression was, therefore, made for a kitchen 

 yard and service entrance, and both kitchen and service de- 

 partments were placed in a basement, which, owing to its 

 situation, has an abundance of light and air. Entrance to 

 these important parts is gained through a double doorway 

 contrived in two of the panels of the dining-room wainscot. 

 The doorways are doubled, so that one may be used for 

 entrance and one for exit : a collision of servitors is obviously 

 avoided. The butler's pantry is immediately without, with 

 stairs to the second floor, and hence to the servants' rooms. 



