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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
M A Y, 1912 I 
vince myself thoroughly that the 
house when built would satisfy me 
in every respect and from every 
point of view, I had a carboard 
model made in full color with every 
detail shown: the fence, the trees, 
all were before me in miniature. I 
studied the model, and after making 
minor changes, tinally arrived at a 
satisfactory result, though, in the 
matter of arches over the gateways, 
I found I must give them up or sac¬ 
rifice some tree branches. It seemed 
an ideal condition to be able to build 
the house as it should be, in the open, 
and to have magnificent trees for 
shade in summer as well as a sunny 
forecourt for the cultivation of 
flowers. To further retain the spirit 
of privacy which we have all admired 
in the rural English home, the entire 
lot is surrounded by a whitewashed 
paling fence, about five hundred and 
fifty feet with borders of flowering 
plants inside.'’ 
The house is charming viewed 
from without, with its high-pitched 
roof lines and its rough-cast plaster 
walls. The rough, thick, variegated 
A large cherry tree supports one corner of the arbor 
and forms a picturesque end to the rear balcony 
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slates give touches of color revealing- 
gray, red and purple tones in pleasing 
contrast to the warm cream tones of 
the rough walls. The window trims 
and cornices are ivory, and form a 
good setting for the brown \’enetian 
blinds which are in every window. 
The porch is built on somewhat orig¬ 
inal lines, jutting out from the house, 
so as not to darken any of the prin¬ 
cipal rooms. 
Planted on either side with shrubs, 
and with dwarf trees in clioice gar¬ 
den pottery on either side of the en¬ 
trance, it makes a delightful outdoor 
living-room. The back piazza is 
equally pleasing. Other pieces of 
garden pottery are tellingly placed, 
while a pergola alongside supports the 
upper balcony and forms a kind of 
double porch. At the extreme end 
of the garden is a beautiful arbor of 
Italian design, constructed entirely of 
polychrome cement, with modeled 
satyr heads supporting outlookers and 
trellis. 
The three-casement bay windows of 
the dining-room and the bedrooms, 
and the circular casement bay of the 
The plans show a pleasing combination to obtain all the light possible and at the same time employ an economy of window space. Although the 
rooms are not cut up, there are several of those interesting nooks and corners that provide a real homelike feeling 
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To get a comprehensive idea, a model was made in full color. By this 
means the necessary changes could be made before it was too late 
The walls are of rough-cast in a warm tone, combining well with the 
gray, red, and purple of the slates; the trim is ivory 
