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House 6 ° Garden 
A narrou’ hall in a city house can he made delightfully gay hy means of alternating painted 
panels and mirrors framed in lettuce green lattices. The mirrors on the opposite wall 
reflect the panels, thereby creating an effect of space. Tall potted plants add an attractive 
?iote of color 
THE DECORATION OF HALLS AND VESTIBULES 
‘T/te Riitrauce Hall Should Invite and Charm 
by Some Unusual Note in its Design or Color 
GRACE FAKES 
A S the hall or vestibuleis 
• generally conceded to 
be the formal introduction 
to the interior of the house, 
a point of juncture between 
the exterior and interior, 
the decoration necessarily 
depends upon the character 
of the architecture. 
The use of the vestibule 
fundamentally is to afford an 
entrance to the house, and 
it should be borne in mind 
regarding entrances that 
while their main purpose is 
to admit, their secondary 
object is to exclude. There¬ 
fore, the vestibule should 
appear strong enough to 
give a sense of security and 
be direct and simple enough 
in design to afford no chance 
of injury by weather. As 
the space is merely an in¬ 
troduction to the house, it 
should, by the very origi¬ 
nality and charm of its 
decoration, make the casual 
visitor long to see the more 
intimate rooms beyond. 
When treating the vesti¬ 
bule, one should be careful 
to establish harmony be¬ 
tween the decorative ele¬ 
ments outside and inside of 
the house. In the decora¬ 
tion of a vestibule one is 
limited, to a certain extent, 
for no part of the inside of 
the house is so much ex¬ 
posed to the weather. For 
this reason it is clearly 
evident that materials easily 
damaged by water or dust 
are inappropriate. Carpets 
or wall papers should be 
excluded, because walls, and 
especially floor coverings, 
must produce the impres¬ 
sion of being waterproof. 
Marble, stone or painted 
stucco are therefore the 
most suitable materials. 
Wood may be used if 
painted and given a water¬ 
proof finish, but an avoid¬ 
ance of natural wood finish 
A decorative paper depict¬ 
ing scenes from the life of 
Psyche has been used in a 
narrow hall in this New 
York apartment of Mrs. 
Geryldine Livingston Red¬ 
mond. Fakes, Bisbee. 
Robertson, decorators 
Klein 
