December, 1911 
room, the central feature of the house, a room which opens 
directly to the right as one enters, as will be seen from the 
accompanying plan of the ground floor. 
This living-room has a high wainscoting of cedar, both 
in the bay and in the inglenook beside the chimney. The 
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walls above it are finished in rough cast plaster, while the 
ceiling is beamed and stained; the floor is quartered oak, 
kept waxed and polished, with rugs in tones of brown and 
gray, with here and there a touch of deep orange and black, 
to assist in carrying out the harmony existing between the 
furnishings and those seen in the cedar trim and in the plas- 
ter. Ihe bay is occupied by a wide semicircular seat, the 
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The plan of the upper story 
outlook from which is on the harbor. The cushions of this 
delightful lounging place are in sort of tones of brown, 
matching the stain of the cedar and woodwork, whose mold- 
ings are in thorough accord with -the prevailing notes of 
design in the furnishing. The inglenook, which is thor- 
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oughly cozy and homelike and also secluded in the sense 
that it does not interrupt passage through the room from 
hall to dining-room, is carried out in much the same manner 
as the fitting of the bay. This inglenook flanks a fireplace 
of generous proportions, faced with bricks which are brown 
in tint; the wide hearth is built of gray fieldstone, split 
into slabs of irregular shapes and fitted together with mor- 
tar for the joints. The surface of these slabs of fieldstone 
has been smoothed, but is not polished. The same material 
has been used for the floors of the verandas and porches 
of this house, with excellent effect. The brickwork of the 
chimney-breast extends practically to the beamed ceiling, 
with no suggestion of any mantel. Instead, a chimney-nook 
in the upper left-hand corner permits of the introduction 
of a square shelf, upon which is usually placed a tall vase 
of good design, filled with the flowers of the season. 
The large and airy dining-room is entered by a doorway 
to the right of the chimney. This room occupies the whole 
The stairway is lighted by attractive casement windows, which help to 
flood the hall with light 
front corner of the house and commands an excellent view 
of the harbor and the beautiful sunsets for which this spot 
is famous. The furnishings of the dining-room are similar 
to those already noted, although somewhat more severe in 
design than those to be found in the living-room. The 
dining-room furniture is of the mission type. The room is 
well lighted, and has a beamed ceiling with rough plaster 
walls, and the floor of quartered oak is kept waxed and 
polished and covered with a large rug somewhat like the one 
in the living-room, both in color and design. The draperies 
at the casement are made of simple muslin and add a crisp 
freshness and the note of daintiness required to complete 
the homelike feeling of the room, which without them 
would be perhaps too severe. The walls of the dining- 
room are tinted a sort of gray, and long French windows 
lead out from it to its veranda. The doorway leading from 
the center of the hall to the left as you enter the dining- 
room passes through the pantry, which is five feet ten inches 
by twelve feet in size, and lined with conveniently placed 
