Coleman, Oliver · New York, Fox Duffield & Company · leaf 160
gement depends frequently the success or failure ofa house. Every one knows houses where the architecture is irreproachable,the decorations and furniture of the very best, and where the place neverthe-less conveys only sensations of bareness and lack of beauty. Almost invari-ably the difficulty… … 145 SUCCESSFUL HOUSES their practical qualities. I have seen a coal shovel which, after being gilded,had a marine view (a lighthouse, of course) painted upon its blade, and wasfurther ornamented with a pink satin bow! Think of it—a coal shovel!Nor was this in the house of an ignorant person, but in…
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