House and Garden 
EXTERIOR VIEW OF “HILLSIDE 
English chintz, showing a garland design of deep 
pink flowers and ribbons. Bed covers, furniture 
covers, cusbions, etc., are made from this same 
material, contrasting agreeably with the plain green 
of the walls. Some good colored prints in white 
frames and bits of plaster are used decoratively. 
There is a second bath-room on this floor finished 
as in the one previously described. 1 be wall above 
the tiling, however, is painted in pale green. 
The floor above contains two family bedrooms, 
and here again the white enamel trim is used and 
furniture like that in the bedrooms described. In 
one of these rooms, from which there is an excellent 
view of Long Island Sound, the wall is covered with 
a paper showing an old-fashioned nasturtium design which 
is very quaint and attractive. 1 he window' hangings are 
double, the swiss used next the glass. The over-draperies 
being of plain cotton material matching the lightest shade of 
the nasturtium leaf. The bed covers are of the same mate¬ 
rial, and the toilet set of the washstand is in the same tone. 
The adjoining room has a general tone of ecru and brown 
with a paper of quaint old design, with hangings and rugs 
in the same coloring. 
The various pieces of f urniture used in 
the fitting of this charming house w-ere, 
as before stated, picked up from time to 
time while the house was in course of 
construction,—some in New York, some 
in Boston, some in Newburyport. One 
of the most interesting is a chair of 
Chinesedesign and French workmanship. 
There are two or three other antique 
pieces in the living-room as sbowm in First Floor Plan 
the photograph, among them 
is the Italian monks’ table, and 
the carved oak cabinet. The 
dining-room sideboard is a 
particularly interesting old 
piece, and the large collection 
of china and glass goes far to- 
w^ard making a complete and 
handsomely furnished house, 
as well as one which shows 
unusual ability expended in 
its designing and fitting. The 
hall has some antique pieces 
wdiich are not shown in the 
photograph. Two of these, a 
sofa and a consol table, of 
the Empire period match per¬ 
fectly, though purchased m 
different places. 
The floors of living-room 
and hall are covered with well 
selected and beautiful Orien¬ 
tal rugs, several of which are 
rare specimens. Indeed, as 
the house stands in its com¬ 
pleted state it is an excellent example of correct 
furnishing, where strictly period treatment is not 
adhered to hut where harmony of color and suita- 
hdity to environment are potent factors in its success. 
The lay of the land on which the house is set 
is an important feature in the picture, so com¬ 
pletely suited to it is the building. The soft silver 
gray tone of the shingled sides, and white trim of 
the house, show in exquisite contrast with 
the sloping green lawn and rich dark foliage of 
the surrounding trees. The high latticed fence 
marking and enclosing the drying space for 
laundry days is a feature which adds to 
rather than detracts from the picture. 
Second Floor Plan 
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