HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 
1914 
There is a considerable decorative quality in the window disposal, which does not 
conflict with utility. Such shutters have the added value of awnings 
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Recessed tympanum arches in the doorways and lower windows give a simple decora¬ 
tive quality in their shadow lines. The architectural ornament is well chosen also 
not resulted, I think, in 
a better house either ar¬ 
tistically or in general 
plan, nor has it pro¬ 
duced a house of in¬ 
creased value to anyone 
except ourselves; hut it 
has resulted in a house 
that fits the require¬ 
ments of our family and 
of our mode of life al¬ 
most perfectly. 
The sleeping balcony 
is sunny; has the choic¬ 
est view, and is at the 
same time sheltered 
from the storms. I t 
opens from and is equal¬ 
ly available to a bedroom 
and the upstairs sitting 
room, and has a water¬ 
proof floor of cork com¬ 
position, which is warm 
to step upon. 
The butler’s pantry is 
commodious; has a sink 
set high enough to avoid 
stooping over it, and has some of the shelves arranged with double 
doors, one set opening into the pantry and the other opening into 
the kitchen. This saves 
steps when the dishes 
are needed in the 
kitchen. 
The kitchen has a con¬ 
crete floor covered with 
linoleum, through which 
an ant, much less a 
mouse, can find no way. 
The kitchen closet has a 
window with a marble 
slab beneath for mixing 
pastry, and the rear 
porch is guarded and 
fitted with netting so 
that it can be used as an 
out-door pantry in the 
fall and spring. 
Soiled clothes have a 
comfortable and speedy 
passage through a chute 
with openings on two 
floors into a well-venti¬ 
lated and light bin in the 
laundry. The hot water 
passes from the kitchen 
boiler through an auto¬ 
matic gas heater that adds any heat necessary to bring it to a given 
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Sloping ground increases the cost of foundations, but gives light to basement rooms, and here provides 
enough extra space to be used for a garage beneath the dining-room 
