. American homes and gardens. the children of the family and their roomsconnect with the bathroom which is their own. From thehallway of this floor another flight of stairs leads to theupper floor where are more bedrooms lighted by windowsin the gables at either end of the building and in the dormerswhich relieve the severity of the roof-lines of the exterior. This spacious and invitinghome is really a farmhouseon an enlarged and highlydeveloped scale, so on everyside are broad fields, mead-ows and pastures, and farmbuildings grouped together—closer to the house arethe garage and stables andth
. American homes and gardens. the children of the family and their roomsconnect with the bathroom which is their own. From thehallway of this floor another flight of stairs leads to theupper floor where are more bedrooms lighted by windowsin the gables at either end of the building and in the dormerswhich relieve the severity of the roof-lines of the exterior. This spacious and invitinghome is really a farmhouseon an enlarged and highlydeveloped scale, so on everyside are broad fields, mead-ows and pastures, and farmbuildings grouped together—closer to the house arethe garage and stables andthe numerous buildingswhich are necessary uponsuch an estate. There arealso the vegetable gardensand the flower gardens whichshould be of extraordinarybeauty upon so large a placein the country and then, asthe house is some distancefrom the highway, it is setwithin its own lawns and ap-mantelpiece in a narrow room will proached from the road overappear wider broad, smooth driveways. 32 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS January, 1913. |H ^0000^0000 S
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