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The living-room 
room at the height of the top of the buffet. 
The wall space below the shelf is treated 
in a soft buff tone, while the wall space 
above the shelf is covered with a large- 
figured paper in golden brown, blue and 
green. 
From the dining-room the extensive 
vista through the hall and the living-room 
to the living-porch is one of unusual range 
and fascination. 
The pantries and kitchen are treated in a 
sanitary manner, and are equipped with 
all the best modern conveniences. 
The owner’s suite and guest-rooms oc- 
cupy the second floor of the house. 
The sleeping-rooms are treated with 
white enamel paint for the trim, while the 
walls of each room are finished in one par- 
ticular color scheme. The bathrooms have 
tiled wainscoting and floors, and are fur- 
nished with porcelain fixtures and exposed 
nickel-plated plumbing. 
The house contains ample storage space 
and two bedrooms in the third story, and 
The dining-room 
The fireplace in the living-room 
heating apparatus, fuel-rooms and laundry 
in the cellar. 
Considerable cultivation is in evidence 
about the house, and the lines of the build- 
ing have been very much enhanced by the 
beauty of the growing shrubs and plants. 
The approach to a house is the introduction, 
and the closely-clipped hedge at each side 
of the walk presents an inviting appearance 
in advancing from the street. 
The ground plans are simple and permit 
the laying out of a lawn in front with a few 
bushes, which with the low hedge and sey- 
eral choice trees give just the effect needed 
for setting off the dwelling. In the rear 
there is more horticultural elaboration, as 
will be seen in the engraving, where there is 
some approach to a massing of plants and 
bushes, which with the low hedge and se- 
verity, which is the most pronounced, is the 
garden square built on the highest part ot 
the roof of the living-porch at one end of 
the house. 
In selecting a dwelling of this type of 
stucco construction, the example presented 
in the illustrations was found and studied 
by the writer, and it impressed him with the 
value of the free style shown in the archi- 
tect’s work. Still another striking feature 
was the diffusion of colors, a scheme car- 
ried out in this instance in a way which 
furnishes many pleasant effects in the gray 
stucco and greens of the outside and in the 
tints of brown, yellow and blue of the in- 
terior. ‘The last colors, while infusing the 
ceilings, walls and the like with warmth 
and life, also contribute a tone to the in- 
side, which is in pleasing contrast to the 
gray of the rough cement construction and 
the opposing shades of the roof, the half- 
timber and the trimmings. In addition to 
the architectural points which work in 
stucco can achieve, he was also impressed 
by the practical plan of the dwelling and its 
effective ventilation. 
