DOI Heft:
No. 34 (January, 1896)
DOI Artikel:Morris, G. L.: Some thoughts on the building of a house
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17295#0253
The Building of a House
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fig. 10.-a window in living-room
distempered, with a plinth of salt-
glazed brickwork five courses high.
The fireplace is also of brick, with
cupboards on each side, one for the
hot-water cylinder. A portion of the
staircase hall and stairs is shown in
Fig. 6, which is sufficiently explana-
tory to realise the rest; from the top
of the string to the under side of
handrail it is panelled in the lower
portion, the top filled in with shaped
pieces indicated in the illustration,
the shapes altered a little to fit in
harmoniously with the raking lines of
the staircase; looking end on, these
balustrades, if they may be so termed,
The chimney-piece is of walnut, put together with are slightly curved, thus in this way one might
plain uprights and cross-pieces halved and pinned obtain a pleasing contrast, simple and effective,
through them. These are inlaid with small The wood used is rosewood, the styles and rails
flowers in mother-of-pearl placed at intervals. A projecting slightly beyond the face of the panel,
moulded architrave round the outside completes it; The electric light fitting is wrought iron, the ball
the whole is left unpolished. The grate is cast-iron, above the shade gilded.
with small rebate on inner edge. The lower part of At the top of the stairs an archway on the left
the book-cases that flank the fireplace are fitted with leads to the principal bedrooms, bathroom, and
drawers with white metal handles and escutcheons, w.-c. Through the arch directly facing is the
The front of the lowest drawer is hinged on the lounge, from which one bedroom only is entered,
edge next the floor; this drawer may be used for In commenting on Fig. 14, which illustrates the
settle at the top of the staircase, I refer incidentally
to other pieces of furniture that occupy the different
rooms. Reference to them will show that all have
been designed in the simplest fashion, deriving any
merit they may possess from the shapings, piercings,
and bits of inlay, of the boards that are dovetailed,
housed and pinned together.
The sideboard in the dining-room (Fig. 15)
seems a fairly interesting attempt in this direction;
the buffet in the living-room is perhaps hardly so
satisfactory.
I shall only dwell briefly on the decoration 01
the bedrooms. Fig. 16 represents a portion of
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fig. ii.—recess with buffet in living-room
portfolios. The cases on the opposite side are the
same from the cornice under frieze to the dado,
the lower shelves having panelled doors. The
sides without cases are covered with a paper of a
brown tint up to the height of the frieze moulding.
The kitchen, reached from the staircase-hall
through the serving lobby, is finished in colour, fig. 12.—library fireplace and bookcases
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■tit
fig. 10.-a window in living-room
distempered, with a plinth of salt-
glazed brickwork five courses high.
The fireplace is also of brick, with
cupboards on each side, one for the
hot-water cylinder. A portion of the
staircase hall and stairs is shown in
Fig. 6, which is sufficiently explana-
tory to realise the rest; from the top
of the string to the under side of
handrail it is panelled in the lower
portion, the top filled in with shaped
pieces indicated in the illustration,
the shapes altered a little to fit in
harmoniously with the raking lines of
the staircase; looking end on, these
balustrades, if they may be so termed,
The chimney-piece is of walnut, put together with are slightly curved, thus in this way one might
plain uprights and cross-pieces halved and pinned obtain a pleasing contrast, simple and effective,
through them. These are inlaid with small The wood used is rosewood, the styles and rails
flowers in mother-of-pearl placed at intervals. A projecting slightly beyond the face of the panel,
moulded architrave round the outside completes it; The electric light fitting is wrought iron, the ball
the whole is left unpolished. The grate is cast-iron, above the shade gilded.
with small rebate on inner edge. The lower part of At the top of the stairs an archway on the left
the book-cases that flank the fireplace are fitted with leads to the principal bedrooms, bathroom, and
drawers with white metal handles and escutcheons, w.-c. Through the arch directly facing is the
The front of the lowest drawer is hinged on the lounge, from which one bedroom only is entered,
edge next the floor; this drawer may be used for In commenting on Fig. 14, which illustrates the
settle at the top of the staircase, I refer incidentally
to other pieces of furniture that occupy the different
rooms. Reference to them will show that all have
been designed in the simplest fashion, deriving any
merit they may possess from the shapings, piercings,
and bits of inlay, of the boards that are dovetailed,
housed and pinned together.
The sideboard in the dining-room (Fig. 15)
seems a fairly interesting attempt in this direction;
the buffet in the living-room is perhaps hardly so
satisfactory.
I shall only dwell briefly on the decoration 01
the bedrooms. Fig. 16 represents a portion of
«5Ett -are* snf»
g&gr fflfifr
^jSSr -SE^V
fig. ii.—recess with buffet in living-room
portfolios. The cases on the opposite side are the
same from the cornice under frieze to the dado,
the lower shelves having panelled doors. The
sides without cases are covered with a paper of a
brown tint up to the height of the frieze moulding.
The kitchen, reached from the staircase-hall
through the serving lobby, is finished in colour, fig. 12.—library fireplace and bookcases
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