HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, i 
9D 
small glassed-in court. The woodwork in 
the hall, as carried out in every other 
part of the house, is white. Above the 
wide Colonial doors and windows fan¬ 
shaped lights are used. The walls are 
wainscoted in white; above it a pale, gray- 
blue tone, showing tropical water scenes. 
In trees and water of subdued colors are 
life-sized birds with quiet red and green 
plumage. The same tones of green are in 
the furnishing. This soft green has been 
chosen for rugs and hangings, and the 
same color covers the mahogany chairs 
and long davenports. White window- 
seats disguise the presence of the radi¬ 
ators, and these, too, are covered with 
dull-green velours. The presence of two 
carved chairs done in old rose, on either 
side of a doorway, blends with the plumage 
of many of the wall birds, and furnishes 
At the end of the hall is a small court, with living-room adjoining. It was 
a bedroom when the house was only a cottage 
kept filled with pink geraniums. Green, Chinese willow fur¬ 
niture is used here, and the same tones of geranium pink 
occupy an inconspicuous place in wall pockets and rugs, and 
in the cushions on couch and chairs. 
The most impressive feature of the house is its great hall¬ 
way. After the fashion of old Southern houses, the hall 
runs the full length of the house, opening at the back into a 
Chinese willow furniture stained green and deco¬ 
rated with a geranium pink fabric is used on the 
porch 
just enough of a contrast to break the 
sameness of the furnishing of the great 
room. The hall might well be termed a 
room, for, owing to its arrangement, it 
can readily be used for living-room or 
music room. 
In widening the hall there arose the 
necessity for supporting-beams, which re¬ 
quired the presence of pillars. These in 
a manner divide the narrow cross hall 
that runs at the back, from the larger front 
one, giving to the latter a more roomlike 
seclusion. Before the latest additions 
were made, a hall of possibly one-fourth 
the present width ran the length of the 
house, with an open fireplace in the back. 
This fireplace was untouched in the al¬ 
terations. About its rough sandstone, 
bookcases are set in a white wooden man¬ 
tle, all adhering to the simplicity of the 
A corner of the hall looking into the dining-room. Above the wainscot is a gray-blue paper showing trop 
ical scenes. The furnishings and draperies are soft greens save the two big chairs that are upholstered in 
old rose 
