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which its use demands. Another 
entrance of minor dignity is ap- 
proached by a flagging of rough 
stones quarried near by, and still 
another porch, enclosed and 
screened, is convenient and practical 
without being unduly obtrusive. The 
angle formed by the main building 
and a newly built service wing pro- 
vides space for a tiny rose garden 
surrounded by broad paths laid with 
stone, and these are surrounded by 
wide borders where grow the old- 
time perennials beloved of genera- 
tions of New England garden mak- 
ers. The house was originally 
built with kitchen and sitting-room 
facing the road—did not the in- 
habitants want to see the world on 
Old entrance-hall, Adden house 
parade ?-—and altering this arrange- 
ment and removing a part of the 
‘stack’? chimney constitute the chief 
structural changes demanded by new 
conditions. The space thus gained 
affords a dignified and spacious en- 
trance-hall. The old sitting-room 
now known as the “‘office”’ probably 
performs its old-time functions, and 
the living-room and the dining-room 
with the little hall between are al- 
most unchanged. 
The bedroom floor has been 
adapted to the needs of the family 
whose home the old house has be- 
come. One-half of the space is 
devoted to the nursery, with its 
wide, old-fashioned fireplace, ample 
closet space, bath and nurse’s room. 
The rest of the floor provides a large bedroom, with a bath and 
dressing-room of its own, and these two parts of the floor, while 
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The living-room, Adden house 
closely connected, are really completely separated—an arrangement 
which doubtless adds greatly to the comfort of the entire family. 
An architect may plan a new home or alteration to an old house 
with the utmost care and ever so wisely, and yet the entire effect may be 
ruined by careless furnishings or wall decorations. In this old house 
the original woodwork in its charming simplicity still remains—in fact, 
what little had been spoiled has been completely restored. All is white, 
and the handrails of the stairways are of mahogany of the simplest 
design; the fireplaces and hearths are of dark red brick with surfaces 
of some texture, and laid with white or gray mortar. 
The chimney-room fireplace, Adden house 
The wall coverings are in keeping with the character of the 
house itself—the halls are covered with paper divided into alter- 
