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THE HOUSE AND ITS EQUIPMENT. 



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132. AN ORIGINAL TREATMENT. 



either by gravitation or by water being pumped into the same by electric, gas, oil, or other engine, or 



by hand power. The next consideration, then, is the actual bathroom ; its size will have to be in 



proportion to the house, but it should not be too cramped, so that physical drill may be possible to 



those who start the day in strenuous fashion. Where space can be afforded, the bath looks well standing 



into the room, as shown in Fig. 130. It 

 thus fittingly forms the central feature. 

 and all the other fittings can be grouped 

 round the walls. \Yater-closets should 

 never be placed in the bathroom. 

 Floors should be tiled if possible, and 

 nothing looks better than a warm red 

 tile wax-polished. The walls in this 

 case will be tiled as well, and the angles 

 where the walls join the floor should be 

 finished with rounded tiles, so that there 

 cannot be any dirty corners ; the same 

 method should be applied to the angles 

 of the walls. The wall tiles can be 

 treated as a dado about 4ft. Gin. high, 

 or, of course, taken all the way up ; if 

 this cannot be afforded, then the walls 

 should be plastered in Keene s cement 

 and finished with a flatted oil paint, 

 and this applies to the plaster ceiling 

 as well. Marble is available for wall 

 lining and floors, but it is a material 

 that wants using with great restraint 

 if varied colours be introduced, the result 

 is apt to be reminiscent of the cheap 



restaurant. In all cases, be it bathroom for peasant or millionaire, the effect must be obtained in simple 



fashion and by the use of suitable materials. There should be little, if any, applied ornamentation ; a 



man in his pyjamas, or just out of them, is apt to look incongruous in the midst of much elaboration 



and though none may witness his discomfiture, yet it is well to avoid it. 



The bathroom should be heated and ventilated in the smaller bathroom a towel-airer will serve 



to heat, and in larger ones a radiator may be added, as well as an open fireplace. For sheer 



unadulterated luxury nothing can be compared to the enjoyment of jumping out from a cold bath and 



dressing in front of 



a good fire, and 



the fire is useful it 



the room be used 



for children. As 



to the relation of 



the bathroom to 



the bedrooms : If 



there is only one 



bathroom, it 



should never be 



p lace d en suite 



with the principal 



b e d r o o m a n d 



dressing-room, as 



w hat generally 



happens is that 



the master of the 



house approaches 



through his dress 

 ing-room, locking 



the other door, 



and neglects to 



unlock the same 



after his bath.with 133. MARBLE-LINED WALLS. 



