ABSTRACT
A dark, gloomy, dining-room is not calculated to encourage a mirthful and placid temper, elasticity of spirits, etc., on the family and friends when they assemble at meals. In decoration and furniture, and especially furniture having a special purpose (such as fitments), the first consideration of the designer should be to effect a perfect adaptation to the use for which it is intended, and the greatest possible amount of convenience and accommodation should be aimed at, in order that the furniture may be well suited to the size and uses of the apartment in which it is to be placed. A room often, through the want of a proper scheme of coloring, becomes chaotic and lacks that repose and sense of peace which is only to be got by a proper arrangement of color. The craze of having our rooms – and especially our dining-rooms – dressed up and furnished as milliners’ showrooms is happily sinking into oblivion.
