Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-13

partition one should always consider the
fact that the door must swing open and
not place the door in such a position when
swung open it should spoil a good wall sur
face, which could be used for the plano,
davenport, bed, bureau and other wall fur
niture. Wall lights should never be placed
where a door would strike them in opening
II swung clear back. The front door, or, in
fact. all outside doors, should have a wall
space against which to stand when open.
A very common mistake in the planning
of the entrance hall is to so locate the front
door that when 1t stands open 1t stands
across the opening to the parlor, or. as is
sometimes the case, II laps over a window,
Little mistakes like these are very annoy
ing, but could have easily been remedied
had the plans been studied more carefully.
Bed room doors should never be made less
than. two feet eight inches wide, for many
bureaus are too wide to pass through a
small opening, Never place a lot of fancy
grill work in a large opening to the parlor.
1t is considered poor taste, never looks
well and is a great dust collector. A sim
pie cased opening is much to be preferred,
or, If some dignity is desired, It is better
10 place on each side of the opening a neat
column of the Ionic order of architecture,
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tai to the top of the opening. There should
always be a light in all entrance doors, not
only that one may see whom they are going
to admit, but placing a glass in the door
makes 1t serve as another window.
Very few people give serious considera
ton to the design and location of the win.
dows. Windows should be located with
reference to the wall space within and the
exterior design of the house. To obtain
a successful arrangement, both inside and
out, sometimes presents difficult problems,
which only a man OF considerable practical
experience can solve. This is why the win
dows are placed in the exterior OF homes
IN such a hapfazard manner, with no ap.
parent effort to keep them in harmony
with each other, o. 10 obtain a well bal
anced symmetrical design.
Windows on the second floor should
when possible, be placed directly over the
windows on the first floor. When this is
not possible, then they should be PLACED
over the center of the spaces between win
dows on the first floor. \ window or
the second floor tapping half owe.
one side Of a window on the first floor
always gives Livery ungainly appearance
Windows should never be made too marrow
or too tall. A window three feet wide an.
AANN ANNA AASAf WIN a 9AiA wv ANNA AA0H
the floor, is a well proportioned window
and when this size is adopted, it would b
best to use il throughout the house, max
ing all the windows the same size, witt
the possible exception OF the bathroom
window and the front parlor window. b.
placing windows in groups of two or three
a very pleasing appearance can often b
obtained, which breaks away from tn
| general monotony of individual windows
A very pretty group, known as the Pal
l.ladian window $50 called because Of II
similarity to a group % windows designe
by the famous Italian architect bearihJ
| that namc) is composed OF one large win
5 dow about four and a half feet Wild In tn
5 center, with two narrow windows joinln
1t on each side and either a semi-cii Gu a
window or a elliptical window over a
three. the latter having a loaded glass d.
! sign in It, This makes a very handscm
group when properly designed and located
c II looks especially well up a broad stain
way landing, where II can be seen 10 goo
a effect from the hall.
. Art glass can often he used In a windo'
n Of this character, but here there is DANCE
$ Art glass, when properly designed an
r studied, with reference to the cher deco
rations u the room aud It's relation 10 III
a sun, gives a very rich and handsome ei
d feet, but when colors are used In il that d
e not blend or harmon &c with the wall paps
rugs and general decorations Of the room
n OF where very bright glass is used on III
sunny side OF the house, the effect is NJ
IS pleasing 10 contemplate. The eolored ligf
y which radiates from an art glass windo'