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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
August, 1912 
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The Handicraft House 
(Continued from page 83) 
the most distinctive room in the house. 
Here Peter and Ruth Ann spend their 
play time. They spend it in what some 
people might call work; in stenciling, in 
drawing, in sewing, in metal working or 
in carving. Here is a drawing table, old- 
fashioned, and with leaves recently added, 
big enough to stencil draperies upon. 
Here is the sewing machine, a variation of 
the genius disguised as a chest and cov¬ 
ered with a piece of Frisian embroidery. 
Here is a cupboard for art materials, an¬ 
other with room in it for sewing. Here 
it was planned that Peter should have his 
cabinetmaker’s bench. A practical trial of 
this, however, sent the bench to the attic, 
where shavings, glue, and the noise of the 
saw and the plane are not obtrusive. Here 
the baby has a shelf for his toys, and here, 
best of all, is a big fireplace beside which 
tired players at the game of handicrafts 
may sit, enjoying a glowing fire and a cup 
of tea kept warm on the hob. 
The color scheme of the room was 
founded upon the primitive coloring of the 
Frisian embroideries and pottery among 
the decorations. The plastered walls are 
painted blue, a grayish blue attained after 
many experiments, for it is difficult to mix 
a water-color tint full of color, yet with 
enough atmosphere to keep it from jump¬ 
ing at the beholder. The fireplace, plas¬ 
tered like the rest of the wall, is tinted a 
warm ivory tone, as are the ceiling and 
frieze. The furniture, including Windsor 
chairs and a turned piece or so, is painted 
a scarlet that has plenty of yellow in it. 
The woodwork, of pine with a beautiful 
grain, is stained light gray, and the floor 
is a grayish green. Dull red cement, 
marked into squares, forms the hearth. In 
the motives used in decoration the play¬ 
room recalls one, at least, of the Seven 
Seas. For Peter spent his boyhood days 
on the shores of the North Sea or sailing 
on its waters, and the sea is his chief 
hobby, and the playroom built partly to 
gratify it. There are pictures of boats. A 
stencil above the mantelpiece, in Frisian 
coloring, shows a medieval ship on a 
stormy sea. A tapestry is planned with 
appliqued embroidery, showing North 
German towers and more ships. There is 
a sea library given up to tales of seafaring 
men and their adventures. Stowed away 
in a cupboard are sweetmeats and confec¬ 
tions from over seas—ginger from China, 
in big gray jars ; preserved fruits from the 
Fatherland, little baskets of figs from 
Italy, and other things that taste good 
with afternoon tea, and carry out the con¬ 
ceit that brings a breath of the sea into an 
inland room. 
Side by side with Dana’s “Two Years 
Before the Mast” and the tales of old 
Gloucester sea dogs are the garden books. 
Gardening is Ruth Ann's favorite hobby, 
and books about growing roses, vegetables 
and trees, pamphlets from Cornell Univer¬ 
sity and no end of magazine articles on 
her chosen subject, fill the bookcase to 
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