The house has been remodeled and en¬ 
larged from its original Colonial shape and 
size without entirely losing the old atmos¬ 
phere. Wide verandas and a judicious 
growth of box have given a livable air 
to both the house and its surroundings 
You can often catch the spirit of a house 
from its door. This house was to hold a 
collection of Colonial furniture. The door 
conveys that idea. Note the lights beside 
and above the panelled door, and the old 
lanterns that have been put to modern use 
Look at the frontispiece and you can stroll 
up the box-bordered path to this view of 
the b ricked porch, where the steps are 
old millstone and the roof a grape arbor. 
This is consistently fitting a house to its 
setting and fitting the setting to a house 
Th e success in furnishing a modernized 
Colonial farmhouse dining-room depends 
upon the merit of the individual pieces 
and their arrangement in the room. Here 
the merit of the antiques is undeniable and 
their disposition seemly and comfortable 
The mantel treatment in this room and 
the one next form an illuminating contrast. 
Here the mantel garniture is informal, 
varied, whimsical almost, in its prim bal¬ 
ance of samples, lamps, mirrors and vases. 
The tiles give an added note of interest 
In the parlor (parlor is the word for a 
Colonial farmhouse), there is the same 
home-made atmosphere in the rag rugs 
and embroidered portieres, but the mantel 
and its garniture have been kept strictly 
formal as is proper in this type of room 
