A House at Brookline , Massachusetts 
On the second door are as many as six 
chambers, their woodwork painted white, 
and each connected with a private bathroom. 
'The refined simplicity of this story is well 
shown by The Owner s Chamber with its 
dignified mantel and the absence of over¬ 
wrought detail or tawdry furnishings. Its 
windows have a cheerful outlook through the 
trees toward the distant lake. Ample 
accommodations for servants are provided on 
the third floor, through which an independent 
back stairway reaches to a belvedere, a strik¬ 
ing feature of 'The North Side of the house 
and a station from which its best surround¬ 
ings are to be seen. 
If not faithful to the severity of the old 
New England wooden dwelling, the dignified 
masses seen in the principal facades of this 
house at Brookline strongly remind one of 
that prototype. The monotony which some 
may feel in the large areas of clapboards 
painted a pure white, in historic examples, 
has been here avoided by a coloring of very 
light yellow with creamy white detail. A 
little of light greenish blue, as a back¬ 
ground of the rosettes between the modil- 
lions of the cornice, is a satisfactory ad¬ 
dition to the scheme, where the shadow 
of the eave prevents any danger of too 
sharp a contrast. The shingled roof is 
stained a bluish bronze green, and the natural 
corroded color of the copper roof in the 
belvedere makes a uniform contrast with 
the walls. 
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