An Artist’s Home 
A CORNER OF THE STUDIO 
the morning sun as it makes its low eastern circuit, 
enters in undisputed control. Through the hot 
summer days, the overhanging eaves act as a screen. 
1 his window is a reproduction from a sketch the 
writer secured in one of the old inns of Chester, 
England. It is eight feet in length by four and a 
half in height and is divided into eight sections by 
heavy wooden mullions. The upper sash, which 
are stationary, have leaded glass of circular forma¬ 
tions; but the lower windows, with panes of glass 
oblong in shape, are hinged and open out. 
The sill, in imitation of the original, forms a 
wide shelving for plants and running house vines. 
Remarkable as it may seem, the glazier’s bill for the 
leading and glass of this window, was but twenty 
dollars. 
from the dining-room, a swinging five paneled 
door enters the butler’s pantry which completely 
isolates the kitchen. 
A landing made by a turn in the main staiiway is 
broad enough for a grandfather’s clock, and two 
square casement windows opening upon it furnish 
light also for the second floor hallway. The doors 
are all five paneled and the woodwork is treated the 
same as in the living-room. The bath-room is at 
the further end. On one side of this hall open two 
connecting bedrooms in white enamel throughout, 
the walls in both toned a light warm yellow. 
While the plaster on the first floor was rough fin¬ 
ished so that when tinted it would give the quality 
of a textile, in the bedrooms a smooth finish was 
given, to remain a flat kalsomine only until the house 
had settled, when any appearing cracks could be 
filled up and suitable wall-papers put on. 
In the front room, besides a double dormer window 
on the east, a bay window projects out over the porch 
roof on the south, giving sunshine throughout the 
entire day. Under this a seat is built in with hinged 
lid, thus giving a convenient shirt-waist box. A 
dresser of bird’s-eye maple, straight backed chairs 
of maple, bamboo stand, and a brass bedstead carry 
out the scheme of light and cheerfulness which is 
also helped by a Japanese matting of yellow gray 
with figures in blue and ochre. 
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