August, 1915 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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an almost golden effect in 
the light. Hung loose and 
bound at top and bottom or 
by galloon fastened along the 
seams, nothing is 
more effective for 
wall covering 
than burlap. 
Upon this was 
stenciled in vary¬ 
ing soft browns a 
bold design of 
horse - chestnut, 
the pattern giving 
a sense of open¬ 
ness and freedom 
to the space. In 
the reception- 
room the fireplace 
has a facing of 
colored cement, 
which connects in 
color its copper 
hood and the soft 
crimson of the 
roses, forming a 
quiet-toned sten¬ 
cil upon the walls 
—a daring at¬ 
tempt, yet entirely successful. 
Another craftsman home is 
still in process of building. 
The structure of the house is 
complete and the grounds, 
comprising about an acre, laid 
out, but the details are added 
as time and opportunity allow, 
while life goes on in the 
midst. Here sculpture is to 
form a notable feature, the 
large mantel in the living- 
room, for which the clay 
“sketches” are complete, to be 
cast in concrete. A nursery 
fireplace-facing has mis¬ 
chievous sprites, which it 
would delight any child to 
trace amidst other detail. 
Gardening is always an ac¬ 
companiment to the creation 
of such a home, and the gar¬ 
den is here a very 
part—as indeed it 
was also in the 
other home, al¬ 
ready described— 
yielding masses of 
bloom as well as 
vegetables aplenty. 
Still another home 
gaining toward 
completion has 
been built upon a 
most unusual plan 
—large spaces for 
the studio and cosy 
rooms for living. 
The effort and 
the actual work 
necessary to bring 
into being such a 
harmony and thus 
reallv to create a 
beautiful home are 
much, even given 
the ability. It 
takes care and pa¬ 
tience and perseverance and 
imagination to hold the end 
in view unwaveringly and so 
make actual the original de¬ 
sign. More than this, the de¬ 
sign itself necessarily changes, 
grows, adapts. But the doing 
of it all has a great ethical 
value as well as an artistic 
one. It develops the qualities 
suggested ; it draws the family 
together in one work and 
brings out strongly the abili¬ 
ties of each ; it is character¬ 
training as well as an art¬ 
training. It is, in other words, 
not a more or less successful 
esthetic effect; it is a crea¬ 
tion, an art-product, a home. 
Each thing in it calls to us 
About this fireplace are grouped hand-made articles which give a sense of homeness and simplicity with beauty. The 
mantel decoration is a landscape in modern tiling 
Apart from the charm and beauty of its workmanship, the popularity of Marblehead 
pottery is due to the fact that it has never been commercialized 
Sewing boxes of convenient size and 
good lines have been fashioned 
from wood and stamped metal 
The craftsman’s work is thorough— 
he draws the design, stamps the 
metal and fashions the object 
