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Identifier: americanhomesgar41907newy (find matches)
Title: American homes and gardens
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
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m of outdoor life, and the patio is mostappreciated, for it offers a place for outdoor lounging instrict privacy. The entrance to the house is into a great living-hall, inwhich are the stairs to the second story; for there is no rearhall. This great hall is the center of the life of the house,from which all the rooms open and from which French win-dows permit of ready access to the patio. It is trimmedwith oak, finished in Flemish style. The ceiling is beamed,and the open fireplace is built of buff brick, with facingsrising to the ceiling. The simplicity of the hall harmonizeswell with the Mission furniture with which it is furnished. The reception roomto the left and thelibrary are conven-iently placed, andare finished in ahandsome manner. The dining-roomis treated with acream, green andbronze effect. Thewalls are paneledwith paintings offruits and flowers.The open fireplacehas a marble man-tel. The sun-room,adjoining the din-ing-room, is used 176 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS May, 1907
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The Patio, with Its Doric Columns and Its Grecian Table, Overlooks the Shrewsbury River May, 1907 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 177 for dining uses when de-sired. The main dining-room opens into the patio.The remainder of the planat the right side of thehouse contains a suite ofthree well-fitted up bed-rooms, and a bathroom fur-nished with porcelain fix-tures and exposed plumbing. The second floor con-tains the servants roomsand store room. The cel-lar contains a steam-heatingapparatus, fuel rooms, storeroom, laundry, kitchen andservants hall, all fitted upcomplete with all the bestappointments. Stepping from the liv-ing-room to the patio, onefinds a temple-like struc-ture, formed by Doric col-umns supporting beamsand cross-beams, on top ofwhich there is placed rusticwork. The three wall sidesof the court are coveredwith a latticed trellis, on

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