.shioned house with its 1ed_ cupboards made excellent opportu ig of rubbish; the modern house with its lack of cupboards may deny resting-place to un-needed articles, but at the same time it does encourage general untidiness of the rooms. As a rule the really small house does provide a good deal of cupboard space, and is often fitted with inset cupboards in the bedroomy that do duty for a wardrobe; it is the larger dwelling which is s0-deficient in storage accommodation.
Looking over a house built on two floors, lately completed, I observed some useful examples of cupboards. The rooms were all of urge size, and both dining-room and lounge had deep bay windows. These bays were fitted with window seats, beauti fully pedded with patterned rep cushions, and beneath the actual seat were three cupboards extending to the floor. Each cupboard was fitted with shelves, and could be utilized for stering musie, china, glass. The dining-room bay was treated in the same manner, one cupboard being destined to shelter the smoking equipment of the master of the house, thus no pipes, tobacco jars, ete., when not in use, could give an untidy appearance to the room.
The dining-room had a wainscot of oak, and the window cupboards were also inset in the fireplace recess, but so designed that they formed part of the fireplace and overmantel, which was all in one piece. The cupboards terminated at the same height as the overmantel, with a cunning little carved shelf at the top, where a Dolph vase could repose with artistic effect.
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