HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 1913 
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210 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
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This interesting 
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house; it will “float” and not look organic. 
Another feature that is often detrimen¬ 
tal to the outside appearance is the use of 
dormer windows. A plain roof, unbroken 
is usually to be preferred, and if the space 
requirements in the third floor make dor¬ 
mers necessary, it is well to keep them on 
the back of the house, if possible. So 
much for the exterior; now let us consider 
some of the crucial points in our interior 
arrangement. 
In the first place, the height of our 
ceilings is best kept down-—not over eight 
feet six inches. It not only tends to make 
rooms look larger but gives a sense of cozi¬ 
ness that is well worth having. If we get 
the height under eight feet, and beam our 
ceilings, we must, however, be careful 
to avoid a heavy look. The beams should 
not be given too much depth or be too 
close together. 
The horizontal feeling which results 
from a beam ceiling has a very subtle 
value of its own, and it is well to carry 
out the horizontal note in other ways. 
The tops of the bookcases, the paneling 
(if we have any) and mantel shelf are 
often made to line. An agreeable height 
for such a division is sometimes taken as 
two-thirds of the height of the room and 
a little more than half is found to be an 
attractive division. Exactly half would 
be very unfortunate, as neither the band 
above or below would predominate. 
The feeling against casement windows 
is passing — as it should. The idea that 
they are not tight never was true, less 
now than ever with the introduction of 
the metal weather strip. Care must be 
taken, however, with casements that open 
in, as it is harder to make them tight 
against the elements. The attractiveness 
of casement windows needs no plea, and 
they are a great aid to the designer, as 
the unit of light and air being small, can 
be more accurately apportioned to his 
needs. If casements are used with small 
sash over them, care must be taken that 
the transom bar does not come on a line 
with the eye. With the third floor win¬ 
dows, the tops will very often have to be 
lower than the eye. While this is unfor¬ 
tunate, it is not as objectionable here, as 
one naturally looks down. 
When casements open out, our awnings 
must be specially arranged, and blinds or 
shutters can only be used with patent 
closers operated from within, and then 
they cannot be locked from the outside. 
This is well to consider in summer houses 
where windows have to be shuttered up 
for the winter. 
Screens may either be hinged and 
opened in or the roller screen which is 
now coming into the market may be used. 
If our casements are lead, we must be 
careful not to slam our windows, as we 
will bulge the canes — as the leads are 
called. 
A new casement has recently come into 
the market, hinged in pairs to each other 
and pivoted at top and bottom in a slot 
so that the pairs (there may be several 
such in one window) may not only open 
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