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Of the four floors in this house these plans show the layout of rooms 
on two. Each floor was designed to accommodate one family. The 
meals are prepared in a community kitchen on the ground floor 
and sent up to the apartments by dumbwaiter 
FROM A BROWNSTONE HOUSE 
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real home, had made a good investment 
and had lowered the cost of living in an 
appreciable degree. 
The old house was 19' x 48' on a lot 100' 
deep. Four families had to be accom¬ 
modated in comfort and in a degree of 
spaciousness. It was finally decided that 
an addition 14' wide and 34' long was 
the necessary solution. 
The original brownstone front of the 
house was to be retained, the old sash in 
front used, and the original floor levels 
unchanged. The floors throughout are 
new. The alterations were to be made 
without the services of an architect. 
We began our alterations by taking 
away the front stoop and entering on the 
street floor. The deep, low room on the 
left of the front door we made into a 
sitting room, alcove bedroom and bath. 
With its neutral walls, old marble mantel 
painted black, flower boxes in the sunny 
windows, bright chintz curtains and a few 
pieces of old Colonial furniture, make it a 
charming room. Behind this suite we left 
the old kitchen very much as it was 
except, of course, for new paint, plumbing 
and linoleum; and in the adjoining exten¬ 
sion put in two servants’ bedrooms, a bath 
and sitting room. The flight of stairs to 
the next floor was short and narrow, so 
we took away the heavy old wooden 
balustrade and sub¬ 
stituted a delicate 
iron rail. That with 
a plain blue stair 
carpet and gray 
scenic wall paper 
transformed a com¬ 
monplace hall. 
The arrange¬ 
ment of rooms on 
the next floor can 
be seen best from 
the plan. Here the 
extension involved 
an inside dark room 
and how to make 
use of this dark 
space caused us 
much considera¬ 
tion. We finally 
evolved the scheme 
of building an al¬ 
cove into the 5' 
court. This alcove 
just allowed a small 
table where we 
could have day¬ 
light for breakfast 
and luncheon. For 
dinner, the dark 
dining room an¬ 
swered as well as a 
room flooded with 
daylight. 
Besides the din¬ 
ing room this apart¬ 
ment had a large living room, two 
masters’ bedrooms and bath, a maid’s 
room and kitchen. All of these rooms 
had the sun part of the day, and three of 
them have open fireplaces. In fact all the 
living rooms and dining rooms throughout 
the house have open fireplaces. These, 
with an excellent steam heating plant, 
made us extremely comfortable. 
On the second floor the arrangement 
was entirely difl'erent. The front room 
was made into an informal sitting room 
with an alcove bedroom shut off by a pair 
of old Italian damask portieres. Bath and 
dressing rooms were in the center and the 
large rear room of the old house was the 
dining room. The original windows were 
taken out and the openings made into 
simple arches leading into a little loggia 
with a large window in the extension. 
Here were placed a small table and chairs 
used for breakfast and luncheon. For 
dinner, of course, the main dining room 
was perfect, as artificial light had to be 
used anyway. The rest ol the extension 
was given over to a bedroom and a large 
library. The rear hall rooms on both 
floors were made into kitchens or pantries 
as one cared to use them. 
The top floor apartment had no exten¬ 
sion, but had the charm—and comfort in 
summer-—of a roof garden. Here the 
kitchen and bath 
were in the center 
of the house and 
lighted by sky¬ 
lights. A long nar¬ 
row hall with 
arches overlooked 
the stairs, and with 
its black and white 
tiled floor, made a 
unique feature. 
As all the alter¬ 
ations exceeded the 
estimate by less 
than ten per cent, 
and as the entire 
operation of the 
establishment cost 
considerably less 
than was expected, 
we found ourselves 
permanently set¬ 
tled in our own 
apartments and 
living far more 
comfortably than 
we had in the 
quarters we had 
rented in expensive 
apartment houses. 
On the top floor 
the long narrow 
hall was broken, 
by arches over¬ 
looking the stairs 
