Our homes, and how to beautify them . pt well waxed and polished, this is notonly a beautiful surface in itself, but it satisfies the exacting requirementsof a hall, and it can be made still more decorative by the addition of a carpet OUR HOMES, I have put this matter of the flooring in theforeground because of the necessity of facing theurgent question of cleanhness. A nailed downcarpet ^-ould be a slovenly way of dealing with theproblem. The hall floor must be swept diligentlyevery dav, so that the dust and dirt of the trafficfrom the street shall not be suffered to accumulate,ff oak-plankin
Our homes, and how to beautify them . pt well waxed and polished, this is notonly a beautiful surface in itself, but it satisfies the exacting requirementsof a hall, and it can be made still more decorative by the addition of a carpet OUR HOMES, I have put this matter of the flooring in theforeground because of the necessity of facing theurgent question of cleanhness. A nailed downcarpet ^-ould be a slovenly way of dealing with theproblem. The hall floor must be swept diligentlyevery dav, so that the dust and dirt of the trafficfrom the street shall not be suffered to accumulate,ff oak-planking be expensive, it is possible to makean ordinary deal flooring meet the case by having itplaned over, and the cracks filled up, and the wholesurface stained a dark colour and then forms a good foundation for any decorativetreatment, and although it will not improve in colourwith age, like well waxed oak, it will be foundfairly serviceable, and is much to be preferred tonailed riown carpets, or linoleum, or F IG. 60. HALL CHAIR. COlY OF ANOLD MODEL (aBOUT 1670). DECORATION OF THE HALL. C^ VERYTHINCi in the decoration of the hall depends upon its size andarchitectural features. If the building be carried out in a certamstyle, the hall should, as a general rule, follow the same style. There is,however, no arbitrary law on the subject, save in such a case as thatof a castle designed on mediaeval Gothic lines, with a groined ceilingto the hall, where it would be obviously incongruous to go far awa\-from a (jothic scheme of furnishing. But this is an extreme illustration,and can hardly f)e said to establish a general principle. In large mansionsthe stonework of the hall and staircase is sometimes left exposed, or hungwith fine old pieces of la])estry; here, of course, the architect is responsiblefor the ornamentation of the structural work. However excellent may bethe architects design, this sort of hall can never ha\e the warmth andcomfort which result f
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