DOI Artikel:
Wainwright, Shirley B.: On the decoration & furnishing of small rooms
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41870#0018
ON THE DECORATION AND FURNISHING OF SMALL ROOMS
INEXPENSIVE TREATMENT OF A SMALL SITTING-ROOM OR BEDROOM (PAGES 12 AND 2l)
direction and greater economy effected if such facilities are provided
when the house or flat is first designed.
The plan reproduced on page 9 indicates possibilities in this" direction.
The distribution of rooms is common to innumerable semi-detached
houses, but the partition wall is constructed so as to provide recesses in
each room. These would be attractive in effect and at the same time
provide facilities for extremely useful fittings, costing far less than the
equivalent furniture which would have to be provided in place of them.
The central recess in the dining-room could be utilized for a simple
type of fitted sideboard, such as those illustrated on pages 3 and 7. These
would be built into the recess in much the same way that a kitchen
dresser is usually constructed. They would be far less expensive to make
than a loose piece and would require less wood, the walls of the recess
forming the back and sides. A fitting of this description could, of
course, be made in oak or other hard wood, but there is no reason why a
cheaper wood should not be used and painted over. Interesting colour
schemes obtained in this way are suggested in the two illustrations re-
ferred to above, and would constitute a perfectly legitimate departure
from the traditional method of treating a room of this description. Oak
or walnut chairs and table would be quite in harmony with such a
scheme. There is no reason why the sideboard should “ match ” the other
furniture in the room in this respect.
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INEXPENSIVE TREATMENT OF A SMALL SITTING-ROOM OR BEDROOM (PAGES 12 AND 2l)
direction and greater economy effected if such facilities are provided
when the house or flat is first designed.
The plan reproduced on page 9 indicates possibilities in this" direction.
The distribution of rooms is common to innumerable semi-detached
houses, but the partition wall is constructed so as to provide recesses in
each room. These would be attractive in effect and at the same time
provide facilities for extremely useful fittings, costing far less than the
equivalent furniture which would have to be provided in place of them.
The central recess in the dining-room could be utilized for a simple
type of fitted sideboard, such as those illustrated on pages 3 and 7. These
would be built into the recess in much the same way that a kitchen
dresser is usually constructed. They would be far less expensive to make
than a loose piece and would require less wood, the walls of the recess
forming the back and sides. A fitting of this description could, of
course, be made in oak or other hard wood, but there is no reason why a
cheaper wood should not be used and painted over. Interesting colour
schemes obtained in this way are suggested in the two illustrations re-
ferred to above, and would constitute a perfectly legitimate departure
from the traditional method of treating a room of this description. Oak
or walnut chairs and table would be quite in harmony with such a
scheme. There is no reason why the sideboard should “ match ” the other
furniture in the room in this respect.
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