The living-room fireplace, flanked by spacious built-in-seats, is constructed of the exterior brick, varying in tone from a bright red to a dark, 
bluish gray, put together with ordinary gray mortar 
Through this deliberate curtailment of other rooms, the living Sincerity and a feeling for beauty in the choice and use 
room is spacious, plenty of room for a big table and desk, for a of materials are marked characteristics of the construction, 
large fireplace with inviting seats built around it and a In building chimneys, garden walks and terrace, hard fired 
settle in front, for the for¬ 
eign books and prints that 
line the walls. In spite of 
its size, seventeen by twen¬ 
ty-six feet, it is a homelike 
place of cottage type, low 
ceiled and comfortable, the 
long horizontal lines of 
casement windows help¬ 
ing this effect, while ad¬ 
ditional light and air are 
given by glass doors at 
either end. 
On the second floor the 
owner's suite consists of a 
large dressing room and a 
smaller sleeping room, fur¬ 
nished with windows that 
make it practically an 
upper porch. Nursery, 
guest room, sewing room 
and bathroom complete 
the plan, and servants’ 
rooms are finished in at¬ 
tic space. 
i, Bench; 2, sun-dial; 3, brick pavement; 4, arbor vitae; 5, climbing rose; 6, standard 
rose; 7, pedestal ornament; 8, summer house; 9, small fruits; 10 coldframes; 11, hotbed; 
12, seed beds; 13, hollyhock; 14, cherry; 15-18, Northern spy apple; 19, chestnut; 20. Bart¬ 
lett pear; 21, Clapp’s pear; 22, champion peach; 23, Crawford late peach; 24, Crawford early 
peach; 25, plum; 26, red Astrachan apple; 27, Pumpkin sweet apple; 28, Baldwin apple; 29, 
McIntosh apple; 30, mother apple; 31, butternut; 32, grape arbor; 33, flowers; 34, lilies; 
35, hardy shrubs; 36, grass. 
brick was used. In the 
living room fireplace there 
is no veneer of differ¬ 
ent material toned to 
the manufacturer’s 
ideal of lifeless uniform¬ 
ity, but the exterior 
brick, varying in tone 
from a bright red to 
a dark bluish grey, is 
frankly used with excel¬ 
lent effect, put together 
with ordinary gray mor¬ 
tar. The roofing slate 
is unusually varied in 
color, ranging from 
pale gray into orange 
tones, the variation 
caused by the oxidation 
of the iron in the com¬ 
position. Though per¬ 
fectly durable, this slate 
lacks monotony and is 
inexpensive. Chosen 
partly because of its cost, 
