January, 1921 
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The dining room is in an ell of the living 
room and the same floor and sheathing 
walls are carried through. Window cur¬ 
tains are dark blue arras cloth hanging on 
wrought iron rods and fixtures. All the 
hardware is wrought iron. The ceiling for 
the living room end is rough plaster toned 
down to an old yellow, with the heavy 
beams exposed. Over the dining room end 
there are small cross-beams between large 
girders and a wooden board ceiling. The 
simplest sort of furniture has been used 
and accords perfectly 
Looking through the hall door into the 
living room one can see that the individual¬ 
ity of each room is expressed in its type 
of wall finish, while a sense of unity is 
given the whole bottom floor by the stone 
flagging. The date over the door is painted 
in yellow, the year of the alteration. Thus 
from a stable a very unusual house was 
created. It is an example of what can be 
done to help solve the house shortage where 
the owner has the vision to see the pos¬ 
sibilities of remodeling an old house, even 
an old stable 
