. Houses for town or country. MAIN FLOOR FOR A COUNTRY HOUSE 127. COUNTRY HOUSE BEDROOMS 128 THE HALL AND THE STAIRS that the hall is a sitting-room so desirable in itself /that something should give way to this in cities and in the deep and narrow housesused there, with their windows only in the narrowwalls of the front and rear, this same arrangementof a square hall has been popular, and although inthat connection many householders object to it al-together, many again are found who use it and evenadvocate its introduction. When, however, the hall is to be treated as a sit-ti
. Houses for town or country. MAIN FLOOR FOR A COUNTRY HOUSE 127. COUNTRY HOUSE BEDROOMS 128 THE HALL AND THE STAIRS that the hall is a sitting-room so desirable in itself /that something should give way to this in cities and in the deep and narrow housesused there, with their windows only in the narrowwalls of the front and rear, this same arrangementof a square hall has been popular, and although inthat connection many householders object to it al-together, many again are found who use it and evenadvocate its introduction. When, however, the hall is to be treated as a sit-ting-room, it becomes altogether desirable to shut /the staircase off and separate staircase from hall bya screen or by something more than a screen, namely,by a solid wall with an opening more or less door itself may not be hung in this opening—it may be better dressed by hanging curtains, orportieres; but at all events the two apartments arebetter when entirelv distinct. The term staircase, I mav mention in passing, isused in the sense given in the D
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