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Going downstairs again, the entrance to the billiard room is passed half-way on the flight. This large and airy apartment is now being used as a smoking room. It has a hard wood floor, waxed, and the most interesting room in the whole house in point of pretty pictures.
Everything is luxuriance in the drawing room. The
carpet is a Wilton of rich warm shades, the grate is tiled with Dutch picture
tilings, and real old-fashioned brass and irons give the spacious room a cozy
appearance. Over the long Irish point lace curtains hangs a second curtain of
dark green satin damask. Individual chairs are covered with satin brocatelle,
and are rosewood in material. A gorgeous array of bronzes, onyx and brass
tables, handsome lamps, softy shaded; brilliant cut-glass gazolliers, bear-skin
rug, a wealth of rarely beautiful jardineres, some of them holding tropical
plants; soft, and soft downy pillows of rare silks - all go to make the best
room indeed worthy of a king's son.
The music room, directly off the parlor, has a Steinway piano in it, and is delightfully arranged with sofas, music rack, Japanese screen, low tables, palms, etc.
The library at the southwest corner of the house is really inviting in its free-and-easy arrangement. Easy chairs, a large open fireplace, whole shelves and book-cases full of books, a rare window view, and an interesting collection of pictures and photographs. Turkish rugs cover the floor.
At the end of the main hallway, directly ahead of the entrance, is situated the dining room. The colour effect there is the most striking of all the rooms. It is crimson, with embossed mural coverings of a red tint shading to that rich colour. The carpet is crimson, and the furniture of massive light oak, the chairs covered with leather. The dining table is long, with snowy linen. A special pattern of silver knives, forks and spoons, known as the "Duke of York", is being supplied, while the china is the famous Cauldon.
The plumbing improvements made in Caverhill Hall represent the very best goods procurable. Tile bathroom walls are tiled in cream and white five feet from the floor, and the fixtures are very elaborate, including an Imperial porcelain bath-tub, with extra heavy nickel-plated waste and supply pipes. Oak is the usual wood used in the fittings, and the lavatories' fixtures are of the latest improved patterns, supported on heavy nickel-plated legs.
Mr. Willard Reid and his men painted and renovated Caverhill Hall. Macaulay Bros. & Co. supplied the curtains, bed coverings, draping, etc. The plumbing was done by Mr. J.H. Doody, and tiling by Messrs. B. Mooney & Son. Mr. A.O. Sinner furnished the carpets, portieres, rugs, etc., John White the furniture, and Messrs. C. Flood & Sons the china and silverware.
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