Though really too large for such a small family, both Patty and Bill liked spacious rooms and lots of them, so they decided to take it, and shut off such parts as they didn't need.

But no rooms were shut off, and they revelled in a great library beside their living-room and drawing-room.

They had a cosy breakfast room beside the big dining-room and there were a music room and a billiard room and a den and great hall with a spreading staircase; and the second story was a maze of bedrooms, guest rooms and bathrooms.
It took Patty some days even to learn her way round, and she loved every room, hall and passage.

There were fascinating windows, great wide and deep ones, and little oriels and dormers.

There were unexpected turns and nooks, and there was,--which brought joy to Patty's heart,--plenty of closet space.
The whole place was of noble proportions and magnificent size, but Patty's home-making talents brought cosiness to the rooms they themselves used and stateliness and beauty to the more formal apartments.
"We must look ahead," she told Billee, "for I expect to spend my whole life here.