Houses and Gardens: Arts and Crafts Interiors

by Scott, Baillie M. H.

• ISBN13: 9781851492343
• ISBN10: 1851492348
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-30
• Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Ltd

Summary

This classic work was conceived and written nearly a century ago by an author anxious to argue the case for sound house planning. It aimed to offer an alternative to the numerous books which instructed and advised their readers on the essentials of succes

Table of Contents

Foreword : Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, Craftsman Architect	p. 9
Houses as they are and as they might be	p. 35
Some forms of plan	p. 46
The hall	p. 49
The dining-room	p. 52
The drawing-room	p. 55
The study	p. 57
The children's room	p. 58
The kitchen and offices	p. 60
The bedrooms	p. 62
The bathroom	p. 63
The music room	p. 65
The billiard-room	p. 67
The garden room	p. 68
The staircase	p. 69
Accommodation for family pets	p. 71
Social functions and their influence on planning	p. 72
The soul of the house	p. 73
Furnishing	p. 75
Decoration	p. 81
Mottoes for the house	p. 85
Colour	p. 87
Pictures	p. 89
The fireplace and its treatment	p. 92
Doors	p. 99
Ceilings	p. 101
Windows	p. 105
Wall treatment	p. 108
Thickness of walls and internal partitions	p. 113
The floor and its treatment	p. 114
Carpets and rugs	p. 116
The house in relation to its site	p. 118
The garden	p. 122
Ways and means	p. 129
Making the best of it	p. 134
The terrace house	p. 140
Cottages	p. 148
Semi-detached houses	p. 160
Holiday houses	p. 162
Flats	p. 174
Co-operative houses	p. 179
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