Standing Floor Lamps: In a living room of average size, four Table or standing Floor lamps lamps should be adequate if each contains a bulb of 100 watts strength, and additional smaller lights should be arranged for writing, reading, piano, games, or other special purposes. Many arrangements for bed Lighting are possible, and their choice is a matter of taste. The best dressing Table lights are small strong standing Floor lamps lamps on each side of the mirror. For attractive dining Table lights of a period character there is nothing that can surpass the ordinary candle without a shade; the candlelight should be well above the eye level of a seated person. If all the lamp shades in a room are similar, a monotonous effect is produced, yet there should be enough relationship between them in color and design to create a harmonious effect.
In general, light sources should be hidden or screened, and standing Floor lamps lamps should be of a height so that the bulb and the interior of the shade is not in evidence.
In a living room of average size, four Table or standing Floor lamps lamps should be adequate if each contains a bulb of 100 watts strength, and additional smaller lights should be arranged for writing, reading, piano, games, or other special purposes. Many arrangements for bed Lighting are possible, and their choice is a matter of taste. The best dressing Table lights are small strong standing Floor lamps lamps on each side of the mirror. For attractive dining Table lights of a period character there is nothing that can surpass the ordinary candle without a shade; the candlelight should be well above the eye level of a seated person. If all the lamp shades in a room are similar, a monotonous effect is produced, yet there should be enough relationship between them in color and design to create a harmonious effect.
In general, light sources should be hidden or screened, and standing Floor lamps lamps should be of a height so that the bulb and the interior of the shade is not in evidence.See Also Upper Floor:N-K, the Nordiska Kompaniet Department Store, has a first-rate shop¬pers' restaurant on an upper floor, with a fine city view.
Pagod is an Oriental-looking place on the 17th Floor of one of the city's twin skyscrapers on Kungsgatan. The view here is about 11 stories better than that of the N-K.
It is just as important for a wood floe smooth and sound as a solid one, so examine it carefully before laying an of floorcovering. Remove any old tac unwanted nails and hammer down a Floor nails that are standing proud o boards.
If the Floor is uneven, then you h; options. The first is to lay sheets of masonite, rough-side up, over the v Floor (lay board smooth-side up onh floorcovering is recommended for I, that way). This seals any gaps and c between floorboards and improves evenness overall. It also has the ad' ling to the floor's soundproofing y. A disadvantage is that it makes it lit to get under the Floor at any future Fyou need access to pipework ing.
On The Other Hand See Cover The Floor With Rugs:Selection and Laying oŁ Rugs and Carpets
In nearly all rooms of the house, with the possible exception of en¬trance halls and sunporches, it is preferable to cover the Floor with rugs, carpets, or other forms of covering. Floor coverings add warmth, dull the noise of footsteps, help silence any possible echo, and by their pattern, weave, or color, make an important contribution to the general scheme of decoration. Floor coverings should generally be considered as backgrounds for the furniture, and although patterned materials may be used, these should never be obtrusive. Strong color contrasts between pattern and field are psychologically uncomfortable to tread upon, and as a general rule plain-colored Floor coverings should be subdued in tone. The Floor covering, whether patterned or plain, should always have its color or colors re¬peated elsewhere in the room. A Floor covering that is in a colored pattern usually will not permit the use of other important colored patterns on the Wall or larger pieces of upholstered furniture. Plain Rugs and carpets have been woven only since about 1900 and they have consistently grown in popularity since that date. Texture mottling, pepper and salt effects made by twisting different colored threads in the pile, and patterns produced by contrasting pile heights have served to give them surface interest.
Machine-made Rugs and Carpets
Classification. By far the most popular types of Floor coverings used today are the commercial carpets that come within the classification known as Chenille, Wilton (Brussels and ingrain), Velvet (tapestry), Axminster (moquette), and Rugs of the luster type.
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