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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar51908newy (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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I'^The PWeri'Hats'af Plealsant Outlook into the Garden and Over the Surrounding Country o'n; aeno'iinJa riinrn (jnn ai J, The Garden and Pool i i den and w^)^) closet for^pa^t^, wraps, etc. From here is a passage conveniently connecting the living-room with the kitchen, and yet com- p^itel^^sWt'^g^y/Ji;bptf)ny^w and sounds of the kitchen. The qininferoom i^ unjq,ue in ;prm, accessories and ornamentation, with large fireplace, suitable for an old-fashioned back log. The, oorch. ppening, ofij^he dirro^:oom is connected with it by an extra wide opening with four doors, all glass, which when opened n early "doume^lhq siz.e^p^jthjC; rooik., This porch is so arranged that in summer it may be inclosed with screens, while in cold weather srri!Vin^i.WiWt^iff'^iJwV^11^' greens, and radiators a are provided for heating it. It has a nine by nine inch red quarry tile floor. Steps lead \\\\\)) th^porcjf^ the jjSSirdieti, as docs also a doorway in the dining-room. A butler's pantry, finished in white enamel and with dnes^rs,, t^iit^le^ij^^lipset, towel dryer, and sink, connects the dining-room with the kitchen. (Opposite tneiireplaee a stairway leads from'the dining-room to a room twenty feet and four inches by thirty-three feet and one inch in the basement. This staircase is inclosed with sash, and has a stand or platform over it in the dining-room for plants, etc., and a built-in seat. The dining-room walls are wainscoted eight feet high. The woodwork is red oak stained chestnut-brown. The walls above are sand finished, tinted a deep, dull red. The large room in the basement to which this staircase leads is called "The Bungalow." It admirably for a music or amusement room. There is a dumb-waiter from the bungalow to the butler's pantry. This room has
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