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kitchen and dining room. 
Then the dining room is 
shut away from the living 
room by the entrance hall 
in the loggia and the space 
of the great living room is 
increased by the sun porch 
and the recess porch which 
open from it. 
The second story is just 
as perfect in its way. The 
owner’s bedroom is the 
size of the living room. It 
has a recessed loggia, a 
private bath and dressing room, a sleep¬ 
ing porch and pergola. The joy of 
living could not go further than this. 
The fitting and furnishing of the Bixby 
house is quite as beautiful as the ex¬ 
terior and even more picturesque. Mr. 
Grey has used the arch for some of the 
doors most beautifully. His wood 
paneling is simply and richly done in 
the living room, and the furniture com¬ 
bines a collection of antiques and ex¬ 
cellent modern pieces. 
Two examples of the work of Myron 
Hunt were shown in the September 
House & Garden, in which that archi¬ 
tect has successfully applied concrete to 
two hilltop houses in Pasadena. It was 
noticeable in one of these illustrations 
that Mr. Hunt employed rustic work 
in the pergolas. We find this again 
in the cottage which is illustrated fur¬ 
ther along. Here an open court is cre¬ 
ated by the wings of the structure and 
roofed in by rustic beams. Brick steps 
give a pleasant approach. 
Although we generally think of char¬ 
acteristic California architecture as 
being based entirely on the Spanish 
taste, there are some recent instances 
where inspiration has been taken from 
the native Indian styles in adobe. An 
example of this is the little studio—“El 
Dominio Dos Cumbres”. 
An Indian puebla out on the mesas 
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Tiled floor, rough 
walls, a coved ceiling 
and stone mantel are 
elements in the crea¬ 
tion of the sunroom 
The dining room is 
paneled in native 
wood that forms a 
dignified background 
for old furniture 
deep pool in the center and pergola run¬ 
ning close to the house to form a cloister. 
In another house Mr. Requa de¬ 
signed he has made use of the various 
shades of tile, bronze, copper, red and 
green, to give a gorgeous color effect to 
the house. These tiles cap the chim¬ 
neys, the wings on the house, the garden 
walls and the main roof. All the wood¬ 
work is verde green and wrought-iron 
grill is used at the windows, door and 
garden gates. 
Another modern house shown in this 
article is Elmer Grey’s design in con¬ 
crete for Stafford W. Bixby of Los An¬ 
geles. It is placed in a hollow, below 
low rolling hills. The main body of 
the house is roofed with red tiles with a 
curious thatching on the second-storv 
pergola. There are three kinds of win¬ 
dows in the house, square, casement 
deeply arched, and a group arched and 
separated by Italian twisted pillars. 
The doorway has an ornamental arched 
headpiece, and over it is a little square 
window with a projecting circular iron 
grill. A fine cement wall protects the 
service end of the house and the garden 
back of the house is beautifully planted 
close to the cloister. Mr. Grey does not 
connect the planting of his grounds so 
closely with the architecture as does Mr. 
Requa. Each is practical and beautiful 
and a little separate. 
The floor plans of this house are well 
worth studying, as no 
comfort or luxury for mas¬ 
ter or maid seems to have 
been omitted. Especially 
is the service end of the 
house interestingly, conve¬ 
niently and wisely ar¬ 
ranged. Note the screen 
porch between the kitchen 
and the servants’ bed¬ 
rooms, the closets and bath 
with light and air from 
the service yard, and a but¬ 
ler’s pantry connecting the 
.4 large stone mantel 
relieves the austerity 
of the paneled walls 
in the living room of 
the Bixby residence 
Wrought iron is used 
for the stairs. It com¬ 
bines well with the 
period types chosen 
for furniture 
