The late Mr. Owen Jones, whose works on colour decoration are well known, was employed a few years since by Mr. Alfred Morrisson to decorate his town and country houses. At the country house (Fonthill House), Mr. Jones built a room for the display of Chinese egg-shell pottery, the chimneypiece and fittings being entirely of ebony, inlaid with ivory, and the ceiling of wood, panelled and inlaid, the mouldings being black and gold. At the town house, in Carlton House Terrace, London, the woodwork of the panelling, dadoes, doors, architraves, window-shutters, and all the rooms on the ground and first floors is inlaid, from designs by Mr. Jones, with various woods of different kinds, the colours of which were carefully selected by him, with a view to perfect harmony of colouring. A house has recently been erected (from the designs of Mr. J. W. McLaughlin, architect) near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, which is a perfect model with regard to the amount of woodwork used. The walls of the _hall_ are finished with walnut wainscoting; the fireplace is an open one, with a walnut mantelpiece, surmounted by three statues, Peace, Plenty, and Harmony, supporting the carved wooden cornice. The Elizabethan _staircase_ has carved panels of maple. The _library_ is wainscoted to the ceiling in black walnut, inlaid with ebony. The _dining room_ is also wainscoted in the richest style in oak, with polished mahogany panels. The _floors_ are of marquetry, of different woods and patterns. The _chamber story_ is finished in oak and walnut, with mahogany in the panels. The _entire interior_ finish of the house is of hard wood, _varnished and rubbed_ in cabinet style. This is as it should be for a gentleman’s residence. We believe the largest house now being erected in London is from the designs of Mr. Knowles, jun., for Baron Albert Grant, at Kensington. We have not seen it, but we hope it will be finished in the Cincinnati style, as far as regards the amount of ornamental woods used.