Scott, M. H. Baillie (Mackay Hugh Baillie), 1865-1945 · London, G. Newnes, limited · leaf 104
any practical advantages, follows as anecessary result of the long, low room. The staircase becomes easy of ascentand occupies little space. The house itself becomes broad and low and snug,and in its rooms this breadth and spaciousness is exchanged for the crampedfloor-spaces of the vertically… … HOUSES AND GARDENSlessly and lightly decided, will influence its final effect inside and outside farmore than any subsequent decorations, and the initial mistake made of abadly proportioned room will consume the abilities of the decorator intrying to palliate it with all kinds of divisions of the…
