The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-29
ELEVATION.

It is not uncommon in such buildings to
have tue entrance directly in front There is
always objection to direct passage into a
large room. The placing of q vestibule in
front OF or at one side of large hall changes
Il into a room.
If there were a door in the front part of
che large central room of this house there
would necessarily have to be hat rack or
other repository for wraps, umbrellas, etc.,
which never present themselves agreeably to
the eye. Furthermore, in placing them away
from the door, there would be a passage across
the room TO the hat rack, which would be
marked at times with dirt and dust brought
inGfom the outside The vestibue and stair
hssH change all this. Il. this instance the stair
hail is placed at the side, which gives an
unrestricted view from the front part of the
main room. This stairhall can be covered
by a rug, which can be carried out of the
house for cleansing.
One of the great objections to hard wood
floors in houses which must be cared for at a
moderate expense is the large amount of Ia
Dor they require They are easily soiled, and
show the slightest Disagreement, so that it is
necessary more than once every day for some
one to wipe them UP in spots, if not all over
In houses where expense or energy of service
is not important this may be q small matter
but as the general condition must eontem-
plate economy of energy, it is important that
this matter be considered The disposition
which leads those of moderate means 10 fol-
loJsthe example of wealthy neighbors tends
to the use of many hard wood floors A good
body Brussels carpet is easily taken care of
Is compared with hard wood floor, and the
first cost is but little more r.ra .-s
The inside finish of The entire lower floor OF
this house is of hard wood Some little vari-
city is used The main roon4isduartered oak,
the chambeniwhite maple, the library syca-
more, the stair han queFtered oak and the
dining room walnut The p1astering has a
gray finish-net the white, glarfng color 50
common. In the dining room, about half
way up the wall, on al Sides IS Rshef which
Is about six inches wide II extends between
casfdgs of all doors and Window On the
under side of it are cup hooks, 10 which may
be hing an occasional cup, or through which
Hnllax or other green or decorative material
. may be trained. The little china closet In TIE
corner of the dining room has glass doors IN
its upper section and shelves and paneled
doors Ielow. ass.
On the second floor are three fun height,
4 square bedrooms. The larger rooms are In
I the high part of the roof where the height Is
sufficient to admit ceiling with light collar
beams. Not even the upper corners of tho
rooms are clipped. The height to the small
room is derived by placing dormer the size
Of the room on that side of the lfouse.
To return to the first floor The main
Z room Is dividedby circular form of orna-
I mental fretwork SO that there rs large pas
sage through the center The view from the
front through this fretwoiik to the mnntel
and seat in the rear is very charming The
mantel itself is Of wood. The facing is of
enameled tile Very little wood work shows
on the front through the shelf
The porch is q very elegant feature of this
house, presenting, as it does, large unob-
stFucted space for this room outside the
house. The main body Of the porch, as win
be seen, is to one side Of the entrance, thus no
z one is disturbed by passage from the front
steps TO the door. The large gable in front
of the porch Is left open tc the sheathing lins
aboEe the Fafters. The effect Of this is not
( only agreeable, but 1t lets more light into the
main room tlan would be The case if the
gable were flied with ornamental forms of
wood work. shingles or other material which
obssS1scts the light to a lfae with the top Of
the IN urlns Of the other part Of the perch
.T6sseke is another point about this open ga
be which can only make itself apparent from
experience. That Is, there is a feeling pleas
antly in contrast with tho depressing effect
which comes from sitting under theeow roof
OF the ordinary form Of porch One can sit
under this gable, look up and see a large ex-
panse Of sky above him; otherwise, there is
! little more than the horizon to DO seen A
number of people sitting on such porch will
naturally move from each end to tbs center
To get under the opening of the gs5ia with
out really knowing the reason.