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HOUSE WITH COURT, PERGOLAS AND OUTDOOR ROOMS
The entrance door opens from this porch into the hall, which is separated from the living room only by two panels open at the top after the usual Craftsman fashion, the wood running only a little above the height of the two bookcases, which may either be built in or movable, as desired. Directly opposite this entrance is the large fireplace, which is recessed so as to form a fireside nook. Seats are placed on either side and the tiled hearth extends the full length of these. Back of them, in the small recesses left on either side of the fireplace, are built-in bookcases with casement windows set above. A square bay window, below which is a broad window seat, looks out upon the terrace, and double glass doors from both living room and hall bring this part of the house into very close communication with the outside world; an important feature in the planning of a house intended for life in a warm climate where there is little rain.
The dining room has every appearance of being merely a large square recess in the living room, as the di-vision between them is only indicated and the dining room is just large enough to afford comfortable accommodation for a good-sized dining table and the necessary furniture. The sideboard, which is built in, occupies the entire end of the room and a group of three casement windows are set in the wall just above it.
The floor plan shows the convenient arrangement of the hall, staircase and closets, everything being grouped with-in a small compass so that not an inch of space is wasted. The arrangement of pantry and kitchen is equally convenient and plenty of cupboard room is provided for dishes and the necessary kitchen utensils.
The chimney that is used for the kitchen range has space also for a flue leading from the fireplace on the porch outside. We are greatly in favor of these outdoor fireplaces, be-cause there are many days and evenings when it is almost warm enough
to stay out of doors, and yet without a fire it is not quite comfortable. Also, a fire in the open air has always some-thing of the charm of a camp fire. The placing of this one is peculiarly
43desirable, as it not only makes a pleasant sitting room of the porch, but also has much of the charm of a garden, as from the porch one steps down into the court, which is surrounded on the outside by a vine-covered pergola and which may be paved or not, as desired. Even when these courts are paved they often hold growing trees or .a fountain, so that both shade and the nearness of green, growing things are possible, while the court itself seems merely an extension of the porch. The den, which can be closed off by doors from the rest of the house in case privacy is desired for work or reading, has double doors leading to the square entrance porch and also to the court.
On the second floor there are three large bedrooms, plenty of closet room and three baths. One of these is for the exclusive use of the maids and opens from the maids' room at the hack. The other two are placed so
PERGOLA.
TERRACE PORCH