AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



above, is on the south from. This porch, however, is wholly the surrounding hilltops and valleys. A Japanese bronze 

 reserved for house uses, there being no carriage road, nor fountain stands in the center of the semi-circle, or deck 

 even a path here, the entrance front being on the opposite porch, and many Japanese bronzes and vases decorate the 



side, where there is a porte cochere before a very simpli 

 doorway. The porches, which run along two sides of thi 

 house, are broad and spacious; one end on the main front is 

 inclosed with glass as a sun room; the double porch on the 

 south front — double in the sense of double floor space, and 

 not in height — is ample enough for an outdoor sitting-room, 

 and is a place of wondrous comfort and view-gazing over 



ch margins everywhere. 

 The house is of wood, shingled throughout, and painted 

 a dull pearl-gray drab. The trim, including the porch col- 

 umns and piers, the cornices, the friezes, window and door 

 frames and shutters are white, a white of a pure and intense 

 quality that forms an admirahle foil to the more somber 

 color of the house walls. 



riefly stated, the interior of the house contains a central a straight line, with a short right and left flight at the sum- 

 hallway; on one side is the living-room; on the other the mit before a recessed window beneath a low archway. The 

 dining-room, kitchen and service-rooms. The whole of the walls arc hung with a toned green tapestry paper. The 

 second story is used for sleeping and bath rooms, while the woodwork is white, and is limited to a low baseboard and 

 servants' rooms and storage space are provided for in the the simple door frames. The ceiling is simply plastered in 

 third story. white. Some choice old bits of furniture, a tall-case clock, 

 The hall runs clear through the house, from front to front, old table, antique mirror, are placed along the sides. Be- 

 The staircase is in the center, with white-painted balusters yond the stairs, beneath the archways on either side, is an 

 and mahogany handrail, turned out on either side in a grace- inclosed space that serves as a furnished withdrawing-r 



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The Agra Rug of the Dining. ti 



Antique Furaih 



The Living-room Is Finished With Natural Chestnul and Hung wilh Japanese Paper 



