Felix Cherniavsky - Alice Millard

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Felix Cherniavsky - Alice Millard

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a fine background for old pictures the flasks and boxes made in which to make And you may imagine how lucky I felt ine books and tapestries . Instead of the blocks . We got the right mixture of to have found the intelligence in a clieni -trap for her precious book collec- sand and gravel and cement , which we to go through the initial stages with me and antiques , my client would have carefully chose , and varied it so that all the to go along with comprehension and ise pretty well fireproof . We talked blocks would not be the same color . We faith no matter what anybody said . this idea and the more we studied had no skilled labor , and the same men set Installing the books and things --- es better we liked it . I made some ten- them that made them , carrying them up pecially appropriate - its tasteful owner sketches . ladders on their shoulders to their scheduled had picked up in Italy with her usual dis wanted an unusually large living places in the walls . This model house had crimination , was another joy . We sa with a great fireplace , and a bal- to be clumsily made as might be . Every- at her tea table in the afternoons , : over it from which her own sleeping thing went along according to design blazing fire in the charming fireplace might open . That would be roomy , smoothly enough . As the blocks began to There were two fine old antique Howe with dressing room , balcony and take the sun and creep up between the pieces on the black walls of the big room And there must be a guest room eucalyptus , all the dreams regarding their The atmosphere of old furniture , books might be an office when not in use , effect were coming true . Visions of a new pictures , was perfectly suited to the house 1 bath attached . And a dining room , Architecture for a new life - the life of its owner enjoyed a triumph , so far a o small either , with pantry , kitchen , romantic , beautiful California --- the re- satisfaction goes , in seeing established on int's bedroom , storerooms , and bath . action upon a hitherto unawakened earth what had been , just a year before eanwhile , my eye had fallen on a people ; these things haunted me . The Man only an idea . te in an aristocratic neighborhood chine should be no bar to beauty in our The ravine had become a lovely little hich stood two beautiful eucalyptus own . I had grasped the near end of a great garden with a pool reflecting the hom The ravine was reached from the truth - Standardization was the soul of and trees . The whole mass and texture o by a drive . We put the house at the the machine -- and here I was taking it as the house made the eucalyptus trees mor of the ravine , leaving the remainder , a principle and knitting with it . Yes beautiful , as they in turn made the hous . e front , as a sunken garden and we let crocheting with it a fabric of great beauty . walls more so . The appropriate terraces ouse rise tall between balconies and roof gar ucalyptus trees , con dens that had naturall ed to the drive at the come to join the origina Balconies and ter inexpensive programo s would lead down to interior rooms made th : avine from the front whole so naturally a par he house . The neigh of the ravine that no on liked this idea as we could even think of tha the entire front of the building being anywher next to their homes else . A miracle had com a garden . to pass . So thus was cre le began to build . I ated " La Miniatura ! ” ed as best I might . new - born entity ha ade more studies and sprung up where befor uils and finally we got had been emptiness . LIT ਵੈ ॥

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