May, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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3 — The Tea Cart Has a Special Usefulness in the Porch Dining-room 



gleam of yellow to give de- 

 light to the eye. 



Although this is the en- 

 trance to a somewhat mod- 

 est home, yet the arrange- 

 ment is a little more formal 

 than our other examples. 



A cosy little nook, which 

 speaks for itself, appears as 

 No. 5. A pretty effect is 

 gained by the flower beds 

 leading down to the low 

 stone wall. 



Many country homes are 

 now supplied with a separate 

 v^eranda that is used for a 

 breakfast-room. Indeed 

 there is no more delightful 

 way of beginning the day 

 than by having your first 

 meal in the open air with 

 the birds singing around you 

 and glimpses of blue sky and 

 golden green stretches of 

 lawn through the waving 

 trees. At first a fad and 

 fancy, the veranda breakfast 

 is now almost a necessity. 

 The suburbanite now enjoys 

 this reposeful meal as long 



tremely tasteful furnishings; in simpler 

 homes of wealth and fashion it is often both 

 correctly and attractively arranged; while, 

 again, in more modest cottages and villas 

 it is frequently bright and cosy. But in any 

 shape the veranda is a welcome addition, and 

 can be as charming as it is useful. 



Take, for example, Nos. i, 2, and 7 of 

 the accompanying illustrations, which are 

 not beyond the reach of the ordinary af- 

 fluent pocketbook. No. i would be more 

 attractive if it were supplied with a balus- 

 trade to give a sense of security and cosi- 

 ness; but this defect is in a measure remedied 

 when the bamboo curtains are dropped. 

 The rug, tables, chairs, and potted plants 

 render this a very homelike retreat. 



No. 2, from a house at Atlantic High- 

 lands, is more elaborate. It is both spacious 

 and cosy, making one long to lounge in one 

 of the easy chairs idly gazing across the sea, 

 or, still better, to dream away the starry 

 summer night. 



No. 7, perched high above a beautiful 

 landscape of rolling hills, is securely framed 

 in by a stone balustrade adorned with potted 

 plants and creepers. The long bench below 

 the window is plentifully supplied with 

 cushions, and an electric bulb furnishes light 

 when needed. 



No. 6 is very pleasing, not only on ac- 

 count of its proportions, but its floral adorn- 

 ment. The long boxes contain masses of 

 blossoms, and are kept filled with seasonable 

 flowers. We are beginning to appreciate 

 what beautiful effects can be produced by the 

 simplest garden flowers when arranged in 

 -a blaze of red, a mist of blue, or a 



masses- 



4 — A Double Veranda, the Inner Part Enclosed Within Doors and Screens, the Outer 



of the Usual Type 



