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is advisable, since this treat¬ 
ment when exposed to wea¬ 
ther requires continual re¬ 
varnishing. The floor should 
be of stone, marble or tile. 
Even rubber or cork tiled 
flooring in simpler houses is 
preferable to a wooden floor. 
The color scheme of the 
vestibule should be simple 
and slightly subdued, in 
tone, thus producing an 
agreeable contrast to the hall 
proper, which being nearer 
the center of the house can 
have a gayer and more 
informal treatment. 
In the hall itself one gets 
the first impression of the 
decorative character of the 
house. It is the formal in¬ 
troduction to the more inti¬ 
mate rooms beyond. It 
should interest and invite, 
and by its simple dignity 
and charm of design or color 
should make one eager to see 
the rest of the house. Its 
treatment should be direct 
and bold and its furnishings 
spare but always selected 
Klein 
In the hall below the plaster walls are lemon yellow 
and the woodwork Della Robbia blue. Green 
chairs and orange linen curtains bring additional 
color to the space. Chamberlin Dodds, decorator 
Flowered wall papers arc charming in houses of 
the Colonial type. Here the blue-green covering of 
the settee repeats one of the notes of the paper 
and thereby takes its place in the color scheme 
with a keen appreciation of 
their value in completing or 
augmenting the dominant 
decorative idea of the whole. 
Nowhere should a table, 
chair or sofa be chosen with 
greater care for its relation 
to the space it will occupy 
than in the hall. In many 
instances the console or main 
group of furniture is con¬ 
structed by the interior de¬ 
signer to conform in style 
and size to the panel or wall 
motive which it supports. 
The furniture in the hall 
should never be considered 
apart from its surroundings 
if one desires a restful, 
charming effect. An excel¬ 
lent illustration of this is 
shown in the accompanying 
photograph of a hall adapted 
from the Italian i8th Cen¬ 
tury style. In this case the 
console, mirror and two 
wall panels form a complete 
unit of decoration. 
A private hall in the 
modern city apartment 
{Cotitimied on page 106) 
Italian 18th Century furniture, plaster walls, 
blue woodwork and a ceiling painted in primitive 
reds and blues make an effective and colorful hall¬ 
way. Fakes, Bisbec, Robertson were the decorators 
M. E. Hewitt 
