The *cottage was medium-sized and tended quite well by the gardeners that came by once every other day.  This had been their workday but they always finished early in the morning.  The porch was covered in the front to prevent too much sun to get into that area if someone were to want to sit out there.  Though there were oval openings centered in each panel to allow the sitting people/visiting people to see the yard and the path from the road to the walk up to the house. 

The porch went along the master bedroom before going to the main door that opened to the center hallway next to the master bedroom.  There was a window from the porch into the master bedroom, though there were thick curtains preventing anyone from seeing what might be happening in that room.  The porch ended against the wall and the parlor/his studio was on the other side of that wall.  There was a window there so one could look from the porch into the parlor/studio. Here there were no curtains, in fact, none in that room nor the dining room attached to it, as that whole area had been made into a large studio for Douglas's use with much light during much of the day.



* link to the floorplan and an image of the outside of the house in the signature