. Cottage, lodge, and villa architecture. dnever occur in masses; but such things as lines dividing colours, small stencil ornamentson dark grounds, margins to foliage, and such like, are those for which gold is generallysuitable. Ceilings may be treated in various ways, but the simplest are invariably the mostsatisfactory. Timber ceilings require only to be relieved by colour on their beams, andto have some neat device stencilled or otherwise painted on their panels when the latterare not in ornamental wood-work. Plaster ceilings in dwelling-houses require, especiallywhen gas is used, to be s
. Cottage, lodge, and villa architecture. dnever occur in masses; but such things as lines dividing colours, small stencil ornamentson dark grounds, margins to foliage, and such like, are those for which gold is generallysuitable. Ceilings may be treated in various ways, but the simplest are invariably the mostsatisfactory. Timber ceilings require only to be relieved by colour on their beams, andto have some neat device stencilled or otherwise painted on their panels when the latterare not in ornamental wood-work. Plaster ceilings in dwelling-houses require, especiallywhen gas is used, to be so frequently cleaned, that any other mode of treating them, saveby flat tints (chosen to harmonize with the prevailing colour of the walls), proves inexpedientand expensive. Simple lines, with corner devices in colours drawn round a ceiling, have apleasing effect without being expensive. With these few hints relative to the decoration of dwellings we close our Essay,trusting that what we have said may not be uninteresting to our
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