. Villas and cottages . ficient room for the casing round it. The result in such cases is an appearanceof carelessness, not of free-dom, in design. A showsa sketch for the end of ahall of but moderate dimen-sions, in which are manydoors. By this plan twodoors are grouped togeth-A er, with a panel and solid bracketed shelf between them, thus avoiding the mo-notonous effect of a series of doors of the same height,the sides beingtreated in a sim-ilar manner, andfilled in with pic-tures in the pan-els. B shows theside of a largerhall, in which theblank space thatwould otherwise occur between the t
. Villas and cottages . ficient room for the casing round it. The result in such cases is an appearanceof carelessness, not of free-dom, in design. A showsa sketch for the end of ahall of but moderate dimen-sions, in which are manydoors. By this plan twodoors are grouped togeth-A er, with a panel and solid bracketed shelf between them, thus avoiding the mo-notonous effect of a series of doors of the same height,the sides beingtreated in a sim-ilar manner, andfilled in with pic-tures in the pan-els. B shows theside of a largerhall, in which theblank space thatwould otherwise occur between the two doors is fittedwith an arched recess and seat on one side, and withconsole-table, looking-glass, hat-pegs, and clock on theother. C illustrates an open hall, with a staircase be-yond. In this plan theupper flight of the prin-cipal stairs is supportedon the arcade, and thetwo halls being thusconnected together, alight, airy effect is pro-duced, that is free fromany practical objection,.
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