HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1912 
The dining-room’s single window was built out and made a fitting and useful place 
for houseplants of various kinds 
A tapestry paper in green tones contrasted well with 
the simple white enamel of the hall woodwork 
and commanded a delightful view of brook, mill pond, and dis¬ 
tant hills, had been little considered. Two small windows — one 
in the kitchen and one in the bedroom — were inserted here, the 
owners evidently preferring to sacrifice view to prescribed for¬ 
mula of arrangement, which seemed to demand that houses must 
be built parallel to the street line, with the best rooms at the front. 
In the process of remodeling, the original contour was left 
unchanged, additions 
being depended upon 
for development. A 
good-sized porch, 
with brick floor and 
high-backed settles at 
the sides, replaced the 
unattractive old-time 
entrance, and the 
long, monotonous 
roof line was relieved 
by quaint dormer in¬ 
sertions, which afford¬ 
ed light to the apart¬ 
ments evolved from 
the unfinished attic 
space. A brick-paved 
terrace was arranged 
at the left, just out¬ 
side the original par¬ 
lor. and at the rear, 
beside the shed space, 
an addition was built, 
running from about 
midway of the shed 
to the line of the 
chimney in the par¬ 
lor, and without a 
large covered piazza 
was added. To the 
kitchen ell, an addition of about four feet was made to provide 
space for a vestibule within the new back door, and also to secure 
extra space at one side of the room that a window might be 
inserted to render it lighter. 
Due attention was paid to the rear in the matter of window 
development, and here were laid out rooms which would be fre¬ 
quently used. In consequence of this re-arrangement, the interior 
was practically whol¬ 
ly changed. The shed 
was made over into a 
charming s e w i n g - 
room, opening at one 
side onto the piazza, 
and the new addition 
beside it was com¬ 
bined with the orig¬ 
inal little bedroom and 
a small portion of the 
parlor to secure space 
for a library. This 
made possible a pass¬ 
age by a door to the 
dining-room and sew¬ 
ing-room, and by a 
broad, open space to 
the living-room. 
The old-time par¬ 
lor showed two deep 
closets beside the fire¬ 
place. One of these 
was torn out, a win¬ 
dow being inserted in 
the outer wall, and a 
seat built beneath it, 
while the other was 
done away with to 
make the opening into 
By slightly reducing the height of the window casings the wall paper and molding were 
carried above them, doing away with the original cramped effect 
