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.4 living room extends the depth of the house, opening on the hall to one side and on the loggia to the other. The furnishings 
of this room should he kept simple a simple English fireplace of limestone, good sconces, a gay English chintz or linen at the 
windows. Furniture of the Jacobean fashion would fit perfectly into sudi a room 
of limestone, and good 
English wall fixtures are 
indicated, and the win¬ 
dows are hung in a cheer¬ 
ful English chintz. 
The woodwork may be 
oak or gum, but in any 
case preferably dark and 
soft in color. The walls 
should be in rough and 
sand-finished plaster and 
painted a quiet neutral 
tone. 
Closet room, which is a 
necessary feature in any 
house, has been amply 
provided. The rear low¬ 
er hallway contains a 
small coat closet and a 
washroom. Kitchen, din¬ 
ing room and laundry 
have closets, and there is 
a small closet off the 
porch for such small and 
cluttering details as 
clothes line, props, etc. 
The pantry, of course, is 
a large closet in itself, and 
it is suitably located be¬ 
tween the dining room 
and kitchen. Upstairs the 
owner’s room has two 
closets and each of the 
other bedrooms one. There 
is also a linen closet 
reached from the hall. 
While openness and 
ease of access characterize 
the first floor, the arrange¬ 
ment is such that each of 
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Both the living room and dining room have two exposures. At one end is a 
loggia with a brick or tile floor that can be enclosed for winter; and at the 
other the service quarters with stairs to servants’ section on the second floor 
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On the second floor are three master’s bedrooms and baths. The dressing room 
of the owner’s bedroom could be used as a child’s room or a separate guest 
room. There are tivo servants’ bedrooms and one bath 
the three important rooms 
—living room, hallway 
and dining room—has its 
own identity. The open¬ 
ings between the hall and 
these adjoining rooms 
could be filled with glass 
doors, curtained with net 
or scrim, thus further es¬ 
tablishing their privacy 
and affording opportunity 
to give each room a dis¬ 
tinctive style of decora¬ 
tion. Thus, the living 
room could be English, 
as pictured here, while the 
dining room could have 
more of a Colonial char¬ 
acter. In both instances 
simple decorations will be 
most effective. The charm 
of such rooms will lie in 
their having few pieces of 
furniture and those well 
chosen and well placed. 
The hangings should also 
be simple, as befits the 
cottage type of architec¬ 
ture — simple chintz or 
linen overdrapes with 
glass curtains of net, scrim 
or casement cloth. 
To sum up, this house 
can only gain distinction 
by having certain details 
which I have referred to, 
built in a genuine and 
honest manner. Any sug¬ 
gestion of sham whatever 
would be fatal. 
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