Lavatories may be made for corners, or straight walls. They may have two legs, or a center pedestal or four legs, or they may be simply hung on brackets. Two legs, however, is the usual style, although four makes a very luxurious looking table. The legs can be had in nickel, glass, brass or in the handsomest types of gold, with carving or some other kind of design. There has been a reversion, too, in the lavatory. The new style is to make them of imported marble, cut in one piece. With these the gold leg is suitable, also glass which looks well and is most satisfactory, and is easy to clean. Soft American marble is absorptive and stains easily, so when you use marble, get the imported if possible. Another point should be noted in buying the lavatory,--have enough space on it so that it can hold a glass; otherwise extra cost will accrue from breakage and ruined nerves. In addition to the lavatory, as we have said, is the bidet, and the dressing table. The latter is sometimes made of glass on gold, nickel or brass standards, but it is oftener made of vitrified porcelain on four legs. These regal appointments are given to show how some people live. FAUCETS The faucets on tubs, lavatories, bidet, shower, etc., require a great deal of care, since they must be cleaned so often. Various materials have been used, such as cut glass, porcelain and nickel, porcelain-like enamel, brass, silver, gold, etc. For a very rich room, gold and cut glass, or the gold alone is beautiful. But for most rooms the porcelain and nickel faucets are the very best and demand the least care. All-white enamel is not durable and is hard to take care of properly. It is very much better to have one faucet through which both hot and cold water can flow. The faucet should have an overhang of at least 1″ from the side of the lavatory, so that it will be possible to get a glass under it for filling or your hand under for washing, thus obviating the necessity of filling a basin every time you want to rinse your hands. There are fancy faucets which do not meet these requirements, but avoid them. Faucets which only flow when held are a curse and should only be used in public places where the water tax is high. What you must look out for in the floor tile is that it be as little slippery as possible. Therefore do not get a glazed tile. More and more floors are being tiled in colors, to match the home scheme. Also, the dull tile obviates the squeak occasioned by the shoes touching it. This is a minor point, but one worthy of notice. Walls can be tiled to any height desired. In the average room the tile is carried only 4′ 6″ up except at the point where the shower is installed. There it should be carried up 7′. THE CLOSET