Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar81911newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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442 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS December, 1911
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1 he inglenook seat by the fireplace is one of the most inviting features of the house. The electroliers above the seat afford an excellent reading light shelves and cupboards. The service part of this house is especially well designed and worthy of study, it being sepa- rated from the front of the house, the rear part of the house being practically a service dwelling in itself, containing as it does the pantry and the well-appointed kitchen, the serv- ant's-room and the servant's-porch. The house is equipped with electric lights and its fixtures are of iron and copper, especially designed to effect harmony with their environ- ment. Perfect plumbing and an abundant supply of hot and cold water make living in a house of this sort a thing to contemplate with pleasure and satisfaction. The second story, as will be seen by referring to the accompanying plan, contains the sleeping-rooms, which are designed and placed with the same care for detail that makes the lower story so excellent in its plan and in the utilization of the economies of space. The upper story

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