| Show HOUSE OF MIRRORS western farmers home dazzles with bevel plate glass structure to outward Appe arar only ordinary dwelling in pretty country town once inside everything Is changed spokane wash among the strang ets houses on r record ecord perhaps in the united ted states la Is that ot of alexander stuart of saltsburg Walts burg a onetime one time farmer ile ho has spent tho the beat part of two years in personally supervising the construction ot of hla his residence which when completed will be one ot of the finest examples of interior finishing in the northwest resplendent in me mosaic ale floors or of oak mahogany and maple shining with 30 plate glass mirrors which weigh nearly half a ton and glowing with the dark red of fir fin lobed in imitation of mahogany to outward appearance the house Is an ordinary 2 story residence of the better type on an ordinary street in an ordinary but pretty country town the first thing to attract attention Is the yard which except for a thin strip tor for roses and a strip ot of lawn some ten feet wide on the other side la Is plastered over with cement in this cement yard there ire are two large circular openings soil which will be utilized by shrubbery otherwise the exterior Is harsh and gray once within however the eyes are dazzled with the elegance which even in the unfinished state is everywhere apparent the doors are of rare parquetry olti etry design with the elegant rug finish this design runs through living room dining room hall bal and parlor though no two rooms are floored in the same design the baseboards door facings etc areef are of curly fir with the grain brought out clearly in deep red mahogany stain fine pressed beadwork adorns all the corners giving a sense of at riotous richness the walls are in hard white plaster their simplicity contrasting tr sharply with the gorgeousness of the wood finishing the sliding doors between hall and dining room are of plate glass panels of the finest grinding and polish and this scheme has been carried all the important doors both upstairs and down between dining room and kitchen the door Is merely of plate glass and transparent the wind windows ow a even in the back kitchen are of enormously heavy french beveled glass glasa so clear that one Is hardly ardly conscious of their presence at every turn the visitor will be met by his own image advancing or retreating or sidling away fro from in him a at t an angle from one point in the parlor a person can the persons and objects in the dining room and even into the kitchen upstairs several bedrooms are finished in the parquet flooring floating and stained imitation of mahogany as below A Ala sonic design on a tiny light placed in the front gable will also peep down at the passerby from kg ile high nest there is a special switch in the he attic for turning on and off this gable light in the basement heavy glass door separate the apartments which art well finished in cement floors floor and white hard plastered walls ahr throughout ough the basement the binges door knobs etc are ot of brass as good as it usually found moufid on front doors of or binary houses bouses spokane spokesman review hevlow |
