—the walls covered with a varnishedpaper, the boards with a piece of cold floorcloth,and for furniture one light oak chair? Yet thissevere disregard of decorative possibilities is not souncommon as might be sujjposed. Many goodmiddle-class houses are spoilt at the very beginning,by this contempt…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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