December, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



449 



The Billiard Room Is Paneled in Green, with Rough Plastered Walls 



windows which extend to the floor, admits to the central hall. 

 This is a spacious apartment opening onto the ocean side of 

 the house. At each end is an arcade formed of low elliptical 

 arches, of which the middle one is much the widest, sup- 

 ported on wood columns. A high wainscot of paneled oak 

 is carried completely around the room; the upper wall is 

 finished with a plain white 

 surface. The ceiling is white 

 and beamed, with large 

 panels. The mantel is under 

 the arcade to the left. It 

 has brick facings within oak 

 columns supporting a frieze, 

 below which is a relief. On 

 the right the entire wall is 

 filled with a series of glazed 

 doors, curtained, separating 

 the hall from the dining- 

 room. There are handsome 

 Oriental rugs on the hard- 

 wood floor. The curtains at 

 the windows are red damask, 

 and the furniture, for the 

 most part, is covered with 

 red leather and velvet. The 

 stairs to the upper story rise 

 on the entrance front and 

 are carried across the en- 

 trance doorway by the plat- 

 form. The walls of the 

 upper hall are covered with 

 a diapered pattern. 



On the left of the hall is a 

 passage that leads to the li- 

 brary, situated in the furthest 

 wing of the house and on the 

 entrance front. It is charm- 

 ingly furnished In the Mis- 



sion style. The prevailing 

 color is green ; the hardwood 

 floor, the rug, the wainscot, 

 the upper walls, the wood of 

 the furniture, the velvet cur- 

 tains at the windows, the 

 beams and panels of the ceil- 

 ing, are all in beautifully 

 harmonized shades of green. 

 The chairs are covered with 

 a reddish brown leather; the 

 wainscot supports a shelf, 

 and a handsome copper elec- 

 tric chandelier depends from 

 the center of the ceiling. 



Behind this room, but not 

 connected with it, being en- 

 tered by a separate door 

 from the hall, is the drawing- 

 room. This is a sumptuous 

 apartment in pink and white, 

 very beautifully developed. 

 The walls have a low wain- 

 scot of wood, painted white, 

 and picked out with bands of 

 green. Above they are cov- 

 ered with white watered-silk 

 paper, with the same green 

 bands in the corners and mar- 

 gins, thus forming large 

 panel-like divisions. The 

 cornice is white and richly 

 detailed, and the ceiling is without ornamentation. The 

 wood mantel has facings and hearth of light mottled buff 

 Roman brick. The color of the room is supplied by the rug, 

 the furniture and the curtains. The rug is in two shades of 

 pink. The curtains are of white net with applique borders 

 of pink flowers and green leaves. The furniture is covered 



The Library Is a Mission Room in Vanous Tones of Green 



