DOI article:
On the interior arrangement and decoration of the house
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19423#0063
Interior Arrangement and Decoration
increasing demand for
the "week-end" house
or cottage, which pro-
vides a retreat from the
noise and bustle of cities,
with their close and
jaded atmosphere, besides
entailing no irksome neces-
sity of " keeping up a
position" and all its attend-
ant formalities. For such
" week - end " residences
the typical house, whether
an old or a new building,
will be found to be much
after the style of an
old - fashioned farmhouse,
as shown in the example
by Messrs. Waring (p. 20),
with picturesque, structural
framing of timber as dis-
tinguished from panel-
bedroom designed by 6 ■ *
Leonard f. wyburd lmg. The intermediate
(By termission o* Augustus Littleton, Esq.) spaces maybe whitewashed,
distempered or papered ac-
cording to taste. It should
A notable phenomenon of modern life is the be noted of this instance of Messrs. Waring's that
enormously increased, and, from all accounts, the oak beams of the roof, to ensure their being in
night nursery
designed and executed by waring & gillow, ltd., manchester
47
increasing demand for
the "week-end" house
or cottage, which pro-
vides a retreat from the
noise and bustle of cities,
with their close and
jaded atmosphere, besides
entailing no irksome neces-
sity of " keeping up a
position" and all its attend-
ant formalities. For such
" week - end " residences
the typical house, whether
an old or a new building,
will be found to be much
after the style of an
old - fashioned farmhouse,
as shown in the example
by Messrs. Waring (p. 20),
with picturesque, structural
framing of timber as dis-
tinguished from panel-
bedroom designed by 6 ■ *
Leonard f. wyburd lmg. The intermediate
(By termission o* Augustus Littleton, Esq.) spaces maybe whitewashed,
distempered or papered ac-
cording to taste. It should
A notable phenomenon of modern life is the be noted of this instance of Messrs. Waring's that
enormously increased, and, from all accounts, the oak beams of the roof, to ensure their being in
night nursery
designed and executed by waring & gillow, ltd., manchester
47