July, 1917 
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On the front a long bow window, extending the height of the second 
story, is the unusual departure from the Colonial design which distin¬ 
guishes the house. It affords a light hall which can serve as sitting room 
or sewing corner. Plain panels are used instead of shingles on the upper 
spaces beneath the eaves. The little service porch is a convenient feature 
T HE service part isn't, after all, so bad. The 
kitchen door is on the street side of the 
house, but the porch to which it opens is re¬ 
cessed like that of an old farmhouse and shades 
and conceals the sometimes unhappy aspects of 
the kitchen. Across the end of the house a small 
staircase leads to the maid’s room in the second 
floor and under this staircase, other stairs go 
down to the cellar which can be entered from 
outside as well as from in, so that there is no open 
areaway to fill up with snow in the winter or 
dust and leaves in the summer. 
The maid’s quarters in the second floor are 
small but very complete, and with a house the 
size of this, there isn’t, after all, any real reason 
why the maid should get to the main rooms 
without going through the ground story. The 
owner has all the best of it; a good sized corner 
room, big bathroom and plenty of closets, with 
one small room next to it and a corner guest 
room on the opposite side; the latter two rooms 
connecting to a single bath which, by the way, 
ought to have double doors opening into each 
bedroom, for convenience’s sake. 
T HE outside of the house would be of wide 
shingles, painted white, with green blinds and 
a dull brown roof. The porches and piazzas 
ought to be paved with rough worn flagstones 
and borders of brick or of cut stone. I believe 
that with reasonable care the house can be 
erected safely under $7,500, although in these un¬ 
settled days it is quite difficult to make even an 
approximate estimate of the cost. 
It is the sort of house that nobody would want 
for himself, but everybody would be glad to have 
in the neighborhood unless you happen to be the 
sort of person who believes that a little house is 
a little house, and not a miniature replica of a 
big one. 
Upstairs provision is 
made for three bed¬ 
rooms and two baths 
in the main part of 
the house, and a 
maid’s room and 
bath in the ser¬ 
vice wing. Closets 
abound. Stair space 
is reduced to the 
necessary minimum, 
making the rooms 
of generous size 
The lower floor has 
a house depth living 
room and a dining 
room, both up two 
steps from the en¬ 
trance. A little 
study with a fire¬ 
place occupies one 
corner. In the other 
corner is the pantry. 
The service wing 
holds kitchen, closet 
and servant’s stairs 
