Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-12
MODERN HOMES In OMAHA
E. V. Lewis new Residence Fine Type of
Colonial Adoption.
CLASSIC SEVERITY UNlTES WITH COMFORTS
Striking Eject of Mahogany and
White Enamel In Reception Hall,
with Novel Treatment In
Living Room.

White Enamel In Reception Hall,
with Novel Treatment In
Living Room.
Another Of the handsome new residences
| that has boen added to the West Farnam
district this year is that of Il. " Lewis
at 40l South Fortieth street, finished a few
months ago at a cost OF about $4,000. The
house affords one of the best types of
colonial architecture in the city, and from
its very veranda is suggestive Of all the
substantial comfort associated with the
term colonial" The rooms are wide and
long, and the broad doorways and exposed
beams emphasize this effect, making them
seem almost low. The windows follow the
same broad lines. The wood work is sub
stantial rather than heavy and is hand
somely finished. being one of the most
elaborate features of the house.
The reception hail. which extends through
the center of the first floor, separating the
living room and dining room, affords a
striking almost daring combination of ma
! hogany and white enamel. This Is taken
| from the old colonial, and is at once quaint
| and elegant. So unusual is the combination
! and so cleverly is 1t worked out that its
| full artistic merit is not grasped with
casual observation, and at first one is i'm
| pressed only with the grace and attractive
| ness of the whole, without approaching
| the beauty of its detail, which develops
| with closer study. The exposed beams, co.
| curing at intervals of about two and a
half feet. and the window and door cas-
, ings are finished in white enamel. while
the window frames and the long paneled
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with heavy cut glass knobs.
The stairway, which also follows the
| colonial. is one of the conspicuous features
| of the house, It, too, being worked out in
the mahogany and white enamel. Broad
ening at the foot, It narrows to the first
landing, which extends balcony-like across
the back of the hall, rising again at the
| other side Of the second floor. The newell
post, which is square. the treads of the
steps and the bannister are of mahogany,
while the slender spindles and the facing
of the riser of the step are of white
| enamel.
| The hall is lighted by a broad recessed
opalescent art window. extending across
the landing Of the stairway.
|
| living room, a spacious apartment 1SxS2
feet, and the most pretentious of the house
| Here the wood work Is entirely of ma
! hogany, heavily and richly finished, and
! in itself affording a decoration and fur
nishing that would relieve the room of
baroness were 1t less handsomely adorned
The parallel beams, less than three feet
apart, are exposed and set in a cornice, and
the window castings are broad and plain,
the upper sash being latticed At the east
end of the room Is a library alcove one
step above the floor level OF the living
rooms and separated by a heavy arched
beam, supported on either side by an oc-
tagonal fiuted column resting on a square
base. A space Of several inches separates
the column and the casing, which is broad
and heavy. The greater part of the east
wall space OF the alcove is occupied by A
quaint old mantel and fireplace, the re-
mainder being devoted TO bookcases and
above these loaded art windows The
chimney, which is twelve feet wide is per-
| fectly straight and plain and is built OF
shale brick. The fireplace is not wide and
| the chimney breast is crossed by a ma
hogany shelf five feet from the floor, the
effect being severe.
The walls of the living room are covered
with rich green brocaded silk set in panels
outlined with a narrow mahogany mould
ing. Perhaps the handsomest feature OF
the room is the doorway leading TO the
hall Like the arch to the alcove, It is
topped with heavy ornamental beam, sup
ported by the octagonaI futed columns.
while the side casing is even heavier. The
drapery fixtures are Of brass and the light
| fixtures are OF brushed brass
The dining room, opening OF the hall on
the north, inclines more 20 the old English
This is finished in Flemish oak and, like
the hall and living room. has the exposed
beams The style of the windows is differ
emit, however they being narrower and
| occurring in groups. The room has its
| chief light from the west through four
| loaded windows that I'll nearly the entire
wall space. On the north side is a re-
| ceased buffet fitted with drawers below
and above are three loaded windows
| hve and a half-foot wainscotinE OF dark
blue burlap extends around the room, and
/ this Is paneled with broad stats OF oak and
( topped by a plate shelf The light fixtures
are of brushed brass, including side lights
and a drop table light with brass-mounted
art glass dome.
Upstairs there are the same spacious
rooms. broad windows and doors and hand
some woodwork. The hall is finished in
oak. as some of the rooms. The sleep
ing chambers are admirably equipped with
| every convenience and in the apartments
4 occupied by the women of the family the
doors are set with full length mirrors
One 0t the handsomest ot the upstairs