HOUSE AND GARDEN 
95 
August, 1910 
A Lake Forest, Ill., home where the stable and service wing are at 
the front, leaving the entire water front unobstructed 
The lattice screen at the far end serves not only to conceal the 
clothes-line but increases the apparent length of the building 
elements to be kept in mind when 
arranging the service portion for 
its exterior appearance. One is 
the necessary but too frequently 
unsightly laundry drying yard, 
and the other is a suitable provi¬ 
sion for those necessary evils that, 
as far as we can see, must always 
be with us — the ash barrel and 
the garbage pail. 
Each of these can very easily, 
and at slight expense, be made 
unobtrusive from every point of 
view. A wood lattice, about seven 
or eight feet high, covered with 
vines, will hide the fluttering 
lines of drying garments and may 
even add to the architectural ap¬ 
pearance of the house. As for 
the other unsightly utilities, it is 
the simplest thing in the world to 
build under or adjacent to the 
service porch a compartment in 
which these may be kept under 
cover. It really is astonishing, 
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A laundry-yard lattice will often tie to the main building a 
minor structure such as this tool-house 
however, in spite of the simplicity 
of the means, how few houses are 
built with this compartment as an 
integral part of the plans. Just 
jog your architect’s memory on 
this point, for it is one of those 
things that seem never to be added 
if it is not built in at the start. 
And another convenience that 
you will do well not to overlook is 
an outside door for the ice supply. 
One does not have to build in a 
specially designed refrigerator in 
order to have the ice put in di¬ 
rectly from the outside—though a 
refrigerator built in to order is 
a source of endless comfort. A 
small door m the outside wall, let 
in above the spot where your re¬ 
frigerator is to stand, with a 
couple of steps leading up to 
within reach of it from the ground 
level, will save a lot of dragging 
of ice over the service porch or 
through the kitchen. 
The side of a Pottsville, Pa., home, from front and back. The arched screen is not only an attractive feature of the garden, but it helps to 
hide the stable yard and the well designed compartment for unsightly utilities. The ice door is just above it 
