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recover the original hall. Then a paper in soft grays, a pas¬ 
toral design of cows and sheep, was put on the walls downstairs 
and up. When this was done, the hardwood floor stained light 
green; the hand-made woodwork painted white; an old settee, 
half-moon table and rag rug in position, the effect was all that 
could be desired. 
The partition which divided the kitchen into two small 
rooms was removed; the walls colored yellow; a white enameled 
sink introduced; and blue lineoleum was selected for the floor 
— a paradise for a maid! 
All of the ground-story floors were relaid in hardwood and 
were stained green to match the hall. The ceilings are very low, 
and the wall papers odd and truly old-fashioned. 
The dining-room, with its flood of daylight, has perhaps the 
most charm of any room in the house. The crane and copper 
kettle are there; the old andirons with brass knobs; and also 
The living-room of the Hubon camp opens up to the roof, with a 
gallery around three sides 
the brass “footman,” an old English institution for keeping one’s 
breakfast warm. 
In the living-room, where the floors are also bright green, 
is more old English furniture, upholstered in large-figured Eng¬ 
lish chintz. The paper is a green and white stripe. 
A tiny library opens off the living-room, and is connected 
with the hall by a small passageway under the stairs, with 
closets to delight any housewife’s heart. One of these closets 
Mr. W. P. Hubon’s camp near Salem, Mass., built of weathered 
shingles at a cost of $1100 
had to be sacrificed in order to secure a stairway to the 
cellar through the house. Originally the Old Red House, 
like most of those of its day, had the cellar stairs only from 
the outside. 
Six bedrooms were contained in the second story, and their 
old-time battened board doors, with iron latches, were left as 
they were. The floors, being of wide irregular boards, were 
covered with plain Japanese matting. The papers on the walls 
are reproductions of simple Colonial styles. In the large front 
room there is a good open fireplace and cupboards. The small¬ 
est bedroom was converted into a linen closet with plenty of 
wide shelves; another was turned into a bathroom; a third into 
a sewing-room. The others, with draped four-poster beds, and 
a few other pieces of old furniture, have made charming rooms. 
In the attic, which had never been finished in any way, two good- 
size rooms were secured by covering the rafters with smooth 
boards and building wooden division walls. 
Surely this is a successful solution of the summer home prob¬ 
lem for two women worn with business cares, for their families 
and friends; and surely a home worth possessing, not only for 
the comfort it gives, but as an investment. 
The stairway leading to the two upper bedrooms and dormitory, and 
the great stone fireplace 
A bay-window and seat occupies the side of the living-room opposite 
the fireplace 
