382 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS October, rort 
A superb stairway in remodeled Thomas house Library and living-room of remodeled Thomas house, contains two fireplaces 
unfortunate that no closet room could be found here, an whole being roofed over with a tin roof supported by four 
omission too often occuring in rooms planned for the use fluted columns. Low-hanging awnings keep out the mid- 
of servants, though in the case of a remodeled house of this day sun rays, and a cool bank of miniature evergreens be- 
sort it would, perhaps, have been sees hind a silver birch suggests se- 
dificult to arrange it otherwise. | | clusion, as does the vine-covered 
All the floors in the Thomas i | pergola terrace adjoining the 
house were newly constructed 7 ‘ oe tT. me house on the west side. The 
and covered with polished hard- chimneys on this remodeled 
wood strips. Although no period house are well placed, and the 
is carried out in the furniture of two chimneys on the west side 
the various rooms, these acces- cop eee have been retained but made at- 
sories to the house are in accord orcad Penege| (Game Ny [fr amis eet tractive by being cemented and 
with its non-period exterior, and 
there is a sense of home feeling 
about the entire place that more 
than compensates for lack of 
more precise selection in the mat- 
ter of the furnishings. 
The piazza of the Thomas 
house is decidedly well arranged, 
although it may seem to intrude upon the general lines of 
The rectangular base of 
this piazza is broken by a circular outward swing, the 
the house directly attached to it. 
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finished off with a darker band 
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Altogether the Thomas house 
is one of the thoroughly success- 
ful examples of the remodeled 
farmhouses of the sort, an ex- 
ample of careful planning, result- 
ing in a dignified country home 
having the aspect of comfort and refinement and individual 
charm, a hint of the courageous element in architecture that 
opens a breadth of suggestion to the home-builder of to-day. 
