. Houses for town or country. ery opportunity for variety of efifect and forsaliency of treatment. The entrance porch insteadof being merely applied to the building is really at-tached to it by its enclosure within a wall runningparallel to the building. This wall is broken byspots marking the entrance, and is capped by acourse of white stone. The overhang of the roofwith its strong shadow helps the wall of the porchto line the house up with the street, while at thesame time it assists the white window and doorframes to provide agreeable contrasts on the frontof the little building. The efifec
. Houses for town or country. ery opportunity for variety of efifect and forsaliency of treatment. The entrance porch insteadof being merely applied to the building is really at-tached to it by its enclosure within a wall runningparallel to the building. This wall is broken byspots marking the entrance, and is capped by acourse of white stone. The overhang of the roofwith its strong shadow helps the wall of the porchto line the house up with the street, while at thesame time it assists the white window and doorframes to provide agreeable contrasts on the frontof the little building. The efifect of the roof is alittle like that of a man who pulls a broad-brimmedhat down over his eyes; but such men usually makean interesting appearance. The interior of this house is very attractive in itsexcellent use of comparatively small spaces, and inits simple and consistent treatment. The living anddining-rooms are practically one apartment, sepa-rated by bookcases that stand out into the room as 120 THE HOUSE FOR ALL THE YEAR. AN ALL-THE-YEAR-ROUND HOUSE screens, but united by similarity in the lines and theeffect of the wood-work, the character of whichharmonises with the Mission furniture. It isvery rare to find a house as small as this so com-pletely designed and finished. Even the tables andchairs in the Mission style are well selected bothfor comfort and avoidance of the ordinary uncouthsolidity of this kind of thing. The house at Milwaukee is much larger, and isdetached from its neighbours. The size of the lotis, however, not large enough to permit much of anylandscape treatment, and the design, adapted to the 121 HOUSES FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY
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