Our homes, and how to beautify them . orror of violent crimsons finds noplace. For the most part the note is indicated rather by the brown of thefurniture than by the colour of the carpet, whatever it may be, and nothing canrival the effect of oak panelling, even when its hue is the result of a chemicalprocess which counterfeits the effects of age. You may combine it with oneof the tertiary gieens, or you may light it up with a Turkey carpet, and theresult will be always satisfactory. OUK HOMES, Plate XXIV. represents the Jacobean Dining Room exhibited by Waringand Gillow at the Paris Exhibiti
Our homes, and how to beautify them . orror of violent crimsons finds noplace. For the most part the note is indicated rather by the brown of thefurniture than by the colour of the carpet, whatever it may be, and nothing canrival the effect of oak panelling, even when its hue is the result of a chemicalprocess which counterfeits the effects of age. You may combine it with oneof the tertiary gieens, or you may light it up with a Turkey carpet, and theresult will be always satisfactory. OUK HOMES, Plate XXIV. represents the Jacobean Dining Room exhibited by Waringand Gillow at the Paris Exhibition ; of course it is in oak, but inlaid with whitewood and ebony. Its special charm is that it combines modern comfort andconvenience with the antique character of a well-to-do yeomans house of theearly part of the 17th century. The simple but dignified panelling of the walls,the interesting recessed chimney-piece with its quaint overmantel, cupboards andarches, the handsome fitted buffet or sideboard, the ribbed plaster ceiling, the. KOOM IS- OAK. bulbous-legged tal)le, and the chairs upholstered in green velvet, arc all more orless old-world in tlieir features, but are suitable, nevertheless, for every modernrequirement. A room like tliis, it must be confessed, is out of question in arented house, unless the latter Ije held on a long lease ; but reasonable fixity oftenure being ensured, the expenditure it invohed would fully re])a)- an)One whogratified his tastes by ado])ting so delightful an example of what is best in boththe old fashions and the new.
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