Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-29

wall above washed cream. Brown felt
or fancy carpet in a mixture OF shades
of brown merging to cream.
Primrose washed or papered walls;
paint to match. Art corridor rug in
tones of soft green. burnt ivory and
primrose, with, perhaps, a touch of old
rose.
Keep the scheme of decoration as
light as possible. when the hall is 100
narrow to admit of any furniture being
introduced. When there is old oak 10
be disposed ef. a more solid-looklns
scheme may be desirable. A plain
self-colored wall invariably forms
good background to dark oak. Mig
nonette-Sreen or art-blue, for instance
Again, treatment that works out
successfully is to wash the walls art
blue. and to have dado Of straw
mating These. then. are a few sug-
Sestions which may be Of use as they
are. or serve as guides to other ideas
dictated by individual preference.
There is one thing / should like to
| add with regard to the mention of felt
as floor covering Few things are
prettier, so far as appearance goes;
but felt has the drawback of showing
soil easily, and if used in a hall, where
there is, of course constant traffic to
and from the front door it is likely to
become discolored very quickly. On
the whole, therefore, it is more adj
visable to use a corridor rug or
patterned stair carpet.
The novel feature OF the hall ! am
suggesting IS the glass window let into
the upper part of the wall. In the
ordinary house there is usually
sitting-room leading out Of the hall on
the right or on the left The situation
of this room. therefore. must decide as
to whether the window shall be cut in
the right or left wall. In the sand
wiChed' and semi detached house one
of the walls OF the hall separates two
houses; il goes without saying, there
fore that the window must be let into
the opposite wall. This window can
run the length of the wall as far as
the door of the sitting room, or may
be curtained to any size. 1t should in
any case be divided into panes, and
draped here and there with dwarf cur
tains of art silk or muslin (colored or
creamy A lovely effect is gained if a
TO hold art jars Of chrysanthemums,
roses. or any seasonable flowers.
A hall with an inlet window, walls
washed pale green (or art-blue) and
dado Of dark Oak-stained wood dwarf
curtains of pale green silk. and-if
space allows-a black oak hall seat or
chest, a grandfather clock, a brass or
copper palm stand and waving plant,
would assuredly strike a note of sue
cess.
In a white or cream hall the addition
Of a small archway (painted white or
cream) and set midway between the
front door and the further end Of the
hail. is a great Improvement to the
aspect Of affairs. From this might be
suspended a small wrought iron lamp
with 4 ruby or amber-c olored globe.
An artistic hanging lamp of some sort
should appear in any case in our deco
rative hall.
AS the glass window will give a view
from the hall of a portion Of the
stting-rOOm. the wall which is thus
rendered apparent should be carefully
hung with pictures. or decorated in
way that viii reflect prettily. The
walls Of the han itself will also be i'm
proved by the addition Of a few good
pictures in well-chosen frames. Posi-
bly, a cabinet set out with china. or
dresser. sideboard or other decorative
article of furniture might be so placed
in the sitting-room as to be seen ad-
vantageously from the hall.
The wall window is not, Of course.
made to open.
No han should he considered as
hopeless" Even the most common
place can be rendered attractive by the
exercise Of a little thought and the cost
of few cents. THE hall door must be
draped with some soft material silko
line is nice. to correspond with the
color scheme of the other decorations.