A Well-Planned Country House 
this passage a small stairway leads 
to a basement lavatory. The en¬ 
trance to this den is convenient, 
when the owner comes in from a 
ride, to brush off superfluous mud 
before going into the sitting-rooms. 
The wrought iron hardware 
throughout the house is especially 
attractive; the latches on the doors 
and the electric light fixtures are 
well designed. 
The dining-room is a very success¬ 
fully treated room; the beams on the 
ceiling run in an opposite direction 
to those of the hall. The cypress 
woodwork is stained Flemish oak 
finish. The wainscoting is seven 
feet high, divided in large panels 
filled with golden brown leather 
paper, and are capped with a plate 
shelf leaving a narrow frieze hung 
with gold and reddish burlap. 
The sideboard is built-in, and is 
made in a very decorative design 
with little closets above of leaded 
glass. The fireplace is flanked on 
one side by the pantry door, and on 
the opposite side by a built-in glass 
closet. The south bay window looks 
out upon the terrace, while on either 
side of the sideboard are French case¬ 
ments also opening upon the terrace, 
where it returns on the east side of 
the house facing the formal garden. 
A feature of the house is the practical 
way in which furniture is built in 
wherever possible; a most economical 
plan and one that insures furniture 
being of suitable design to its sur¬ 
roundings, besides making use of all 
available space. The rest of the fur¬ 
niture in the dining-room matches 
the sideboard and the glass closets, 
the chairs being covered with shaded 
brown leather. The rug, also a re¬ 
production, is in tones of red in a 
Bokhara design. 
On the opposite side of the hall is 
the living-room, occupying the same 
relative position to the hall as the 
dining-room. This room has a brick- 
paved ingle-nook facing the doorway 
to the hall; on either side of the fire¬ 
place are low window seats, with high 
paneled backs, over which are case¬ 
ment windows with leaded glass. 
Around the room are bookcases with 
leaded glass doors, corresponding to 
THE DINING-ROOM 
THE STAIRCASE 
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