HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, iqio | 
finish is ivory white enamel. The stairway 
rail, treads and newel post are, however, of 
birch, stained mahogany color. The floors 
throughout are beech finished in light brown. 
A hot-water system heats the house. The 
radiators, usually an inharmonious feature, 
were treated to a coat of green paint, which 
was nearly all rubbed off before it became 
dry, giving a bronzed effect that is pleasing 
in tone and color. 
The electric fixtures in hall and recep¬ 
tion room are in dull brass, of a formal type 
that harmonizes with the Sheraton chairs 
and Colonial tables. In the living-room the fixtures are simple 
in style, in accord with the informal character of the room and its 
furniture; wooden arms or brackets, finished to match the other 
woodwork, project from the side walls; the electric bulbs hang 
from the brackets, shaded by glass globes of bell shape. 
The window curtains throughout the house are of plain madras, 
of a light tan color. They are made 
with a scant valance and hang in straight 
folds. 
Wall coverings are dispensed with in 
nearly all the rooms. In the reception 
room and hall the plastered walls are 
tinted a pale yellow, while in the liv¬ 
ing-room they are covered with golden 
brown burlap. The kitchen walls are 
painted green like the woodwork. In 
the sleeping-rooms the natural color of 
the plaster is as yet left untouched. 
The interior of the Taylor house is an 
example of the unspoiled work of an architect. The furnishings 
have not been allowed to interfere with the architectural detail, 
but harmonize with it. While the owners plan the completion 
of two or three unfinished rooms in basement and attic, and the 
painting or papering of some of the bedroom walls, these addi¬ 
tional features will cost no more than three hundred dollars. 
An unusual and ingenious arrangement of light¬ 
ing fixtures, where the bulbs and cords are 
suspended from wooden arms on the side 
wall woodwork 
On account of its size it was thought best to make 
the living-room higher by lowering its floor 
The location of the stairway gives an interesting 
balcony effect with a seat in the bay at the rear 
The Garage for the Country or Suburban Home 
ITS PRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE WAY OF FIRE PROTECTION, ACCOMMO¬ 
DATION AND EQUIPMENT, AND A WORD AS TO ITS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 
by Carleton Monroe Winslow 
Photographs by Waldon Fawcett and others 
T HERE was a time when the city man, if inveigled from his cus¬ 
tomary habitat into visiting his suburban or country friend, 
was invited sooner or later to inspect the stables, see the horses, 
and look over the vehicles and other paraphernalia of comfortable 
or uncomfortable country road 
travel. From this era we are 
passing to the newer one, that 
of garage, motoring and auto¬ 
mobile, which supplants in 
the conversation between host 
and guest, talk of carriage, 
horse and stable. In many 
country places the stable is 
still kept and the private gar¬ 
age is erected as an addition 
or extension to it, the new 
garage being built frequently 
as an entirely separate build¬ 
ing, and again in new places, 
particularly when the area of 
the lot is limited, the garage is 
planned as a part of the dwelling. The garage lends itself delight¬ 
fully as an architectural element in planning the group of build¬ 
ings of a country place or town house. The plan of having it 
but one story high subordinates it to the house. The garage 
should always be in keeping 
with the architectural style of 
the house, and its position on 
the lot carefully thought out 
as well as the problem of its 
relation to the landscape. 
The plan for the contem¬ 
plated garage is the first 
matter to think about, unless 
it is the site. It should not 
be too large to accommodate 
the number of cars that will 
occupy it, and the ease with 
which they are enabled to 
enter or leave it, as well as 
planning for easily accessible 
work-shop and bench, washing 
Provide in your garage for either a repair pit or a hoisting tackle 
