HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, 
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fire, shows what may be accomplished with 
an expenditure of $200. 
More primitive and less costly still is 
an open camp or outdoor sleeping-room 
made from an old shed that would other¬ 
wise have been torn down as useless. It 
was renovated, a good floor was laid, and 
the roof was made rainproof with new 
shingles. A small window was cut through 
at the back and a large one at the side. 
Beds were built in, bunk fashion, provid¬ 
ing accommodations for two people. 
Across the open front a pair of heavy 
curtains were hung on rings and wires to 
provide the necessary seclusion and to 
serve as a protection against rain and 
damp winds. 
On Cape Cod and in other sections 
where old, disused windmills are not un¬ 
common, an opportunity is offered for a 
guest house of unique design and quaint 
charm. One of the most interesting and 
successful experiments in this line is to be 
seen on Mr. John J. E. Rothery’s summer 
place at Cataumet, Buzzard’s Bay. In 
fact, Mr. Rothery has two converted 
windmills. One was the old Orleans Mill, 
which for generations had been an object 
of interest in the village. But it was fall¬ 
ing into decay; and as no one showed any 
disposition to reclaim it, Mr. Rothery 
bought it and moved it by sections, to be 
re-erected on the hill he had purchased 
for his home. Here he built two attrac¬ 
tive shingle cottages, making, with the 
rehabilitated mill, an unusually picturesque 
group. The three sections of this unique 
home are connected by a covered porch. 
Although this semi-detached arrange¬ 
ment made possible quiet and commodious 
guest quarters, Mr. Rothery fitted up a 
separate guest house near by. He bought 
the old Falmouth Mill, dating back to the 
17th Century, had it taken to pieces, 
moved in sections, and set up in its orig¬ 
inal form on a height overlooking the bay. 
The wings of the other mill were repaired, 
chained fast, and left to grace the struc¬ 
ture, together with the old weather-vane 
and the huge timber lever by which the 
movable top of the mill was turned toward 
the wind. On this one simply the wings 
were left and it was made into a tower¬ 
like structure of pleasing proportions. A 
rustic pergola connects it with the main 
house. The outside shingles, like those of 
the other buildings, have been left to 
weather to a soft grey, which forms a per¬ 
fect background for the window boxes and 
the luxuriant climbing rose. There are 
two doors and an abundance of windows. 
Inside, the walls have been cleansed and 
roughnesses smoothed down, but the old 
hand-hewn timbers have not been hidden 
by sheathing or plaster and the interesting 
wooden-peg construction is left exposed. 
The stairway has been repaired and book¬ 
cases and closets built in, but as far as 
possible the interior of the old grist mill 
has been left in its original state. The 
simplest of rugs, hangings and furniture 
have been used for harmony’s sake. 
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