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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1907 



An Old Crane Swings in the Fireplace of the Living-room in Colonial Fashion 



The fireplace in the living-room was built out and faced 

 with rough stone laid with wide mortar joints and the whole 

 finished with a neat wooden mantel. The hearth is laid with 

 red brick. On one side of the fireplace bookcases have been 

 built in. The fireplace in the dining-room was left in its 

 original form, and finished with a single mantel and a row of 

 shelves at one side. The woodwork of both rooms was 

 painted a dark bottle green, while the walls were tinted in 

 harmony, with a lighter shade of green. 



The second floor is treated in the same manner, except that 

 the walls are tinted buff. It contains two bedrooms and a 

 bathroom. One of the 

 original bedrooms was 

 transformed Into an alcove 

 and the other into a bath- 

 room which Is furnished 

 with porcelain fixtures and 

 exposed plumbing. The 

 third floor, which Is reached 

 from two stairways, one on 

 either side, contains two 

 bedrooms, and a bath and a 

 trunk room. 



A cellar under the entire 

 house contains a heater, fuel 

 rooms and cold cellar. The 

 kitchen, which occupies the 

 old smoke-house. Is fur- 

 nished with a sink, laundry 

 tubs, dresser, store pantry, 

 and range placed Into the 

 old smoke fireplace. Be- 

 yond the kitchen are the 

 fuel rooms and the shed. In 

 which the icebox is placed. 



A feature of this estate is 

 the servants' hall and lodg- 

 ing rooms, which are con- 

 tained in the quaint little 

 building which is passed 

 along the drive on the way 

 to the house, thereby isolat- 



ing the domestic part of the 

 house entirely from the 

 house proper. This build- 

 ing is built of stone and 

 whitewashed. The boarded 

 entrance and the quaint 

 latticed windows are decided 

 architectural attractions. 

 On the first floor there is 

 placed the living-hall and 

 one bedroom and bathroom. 

 This living-hall is open to 

 the roof, and a staircase out 

 of it rises to the second 

 floor, which contains an- 

 other bedroom. 



The living-hall is painted 

 green, with tinted walls, 

 while the remainder of the 

 interior is painted white. 

 The bathroom is fitted up 

 with porcelain fixtures and 

 exposed plumbing. 



The old frame barns 

 were placed in good repair 

 and were given a coat of 

 whitewash. The grounds 

 were laid out with gardens, 

 both vegetable and floral; trees were planted here and there, 

 and shrubs were clustered in groups about the various cor- 

 ners, wherever they were required, until now the place is 

 pervaded with that delightfully restful atmosphere which is 

 so refreshing to the tired business man. 



Peacefulness and quiet are. Indeed, the most attractive and 

 the most valuable qualities of the country house. There 

 must, of course, be convenience and adaptation to modern 

 needs, and these differ widely from the essential character- 

 istics of the old time house. But the old time house is very 

 far from being a "back number" or unsuited to readaptation 



Green Painted Trim, Green Tinted Walls, and Simple Furniture Characterize the Dining-room 



