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  COLOR 
  SCHEME 
  FOR 
  SMALL 
  

   HOUSE 
  

  

  By 
  Alexander 
  Hooper 
  

  

  VERY 
  few 
  people 
  when 
  furnishing 
  a 
  

   small 
  house 
  or 
  flat 
  arc 
  aware 
  that 
  old 
  

   blue 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  colors 
  to 
  choose 
  

   for 
  a 
  foundation. 
  In 
  a 
  house 
  where, 
  as 
  a 
  

   rule, 
  all 
  the 
  rooms 
  open 
  into 
  one 
  another, 
  espe- 
  

   cial 
  care 
  must 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  preserve 
  harmony. 
  

   It 
  is 
  better, 
  then, 
  to 
  select 
  one 
  color 
  which 
  

   shall 
  run 
  through 
  all 
  the 
  rcoms. 
  Old 
  blue 
  is 
  

   the 
  color 
  par 
  excellence 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  case, 
  com- 
  

   bined 
  with 
  tan, 
  gray, 
  or 
  white 
  for 
  the 
  rugs, 
  

   while 
  the 
  same 
  scheme 
  prevails 
  in 
  the 
  heavy 
  

   draperies. 
  A 
  lovely 
  little 
  house 
  has 
  a 
  parlor 
  

   and 
  library 
  in 
  one. 
  The 
  large 
  rug, 
  covering 
  

   the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  room, 
  is 
  old 
  blue 
  and 
  

   gray. 
  In 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  fireplace 
  is 
  a 
  long, 
  light 
  

   gray 
  fur 
  rug. 
  A 
  broad, 
  low 
  lounge 
  is 
  covered 
  

   with 
  dark 
  gray. 
  It 
  is 
  always 
  better 
  to 
  cover 
  

   a 
  lounge 
  in 
  a 
  solid 
  color, 
  as 
  it 
  takes 
  more 
  

   kindly 
  to 
  the 
  pillows 
  of 
  various 
  hues. 
  The 
  

   large 
  dining-room 
  rug 
  is 
  old 
  blue 
  and 
  tan, 
  

   w 
  ith 
  smaller 
  rugs 
  of 
  tawny 
  brown. 
  The 
  

   bedroom 
  has 
  an 
  old 
  blue 
  and 
  white 
  rug 
  and 
  

   white 
  fur 
  smaller 
  ones. 
  

  

  Let 
  old 
  blue 
  predominate 
  everywhere 
  in 
  the 
  

   floor 
  furnishings 
  and 
  draperies, 
  but 
  not 
  to 
  

   the 
  exclusion 
  of 
  all 
  other 
  colors 
  elsewhere, 
  

   for 
  where 
  one 
  color 
  only 
  is 
  used 
  the 
  effect 
  as 
  

   a 
  whole 
  is 
  flat. 
  Odd, 
  bright 
  color 
  touches 
  in 
  

   the 
  way 
  of 
  pillows, 
  odd 
  bits 
  of 
  china 
  and 
  

   bric-a-brac, 
  but 
  always 
  with 
  an 
  eye 
  to 
  what 
  

   is 
  the 
  proper 
  color 
  for 
  each 
  room. 
  Be 
  careful 
  

   to 
  see 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  rooms 
  blend 
  into 
  a 
  beauti- 
  

   ful 
  harmony. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  bedroom 
  white 
  enameled 
  or 
  bird's-eye 
  

   maple 
  is 
  exquisite 
  where 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  pieces 
  

   of 
  fresh 
  old 
  mahogany 
  are 
  added. 
  Each 
  

   heightens 
  the 
  other's 
  beauty 
  in 
  a 
  most 
  charm- 
  

   ing 
  manner. 
  A 
  room 
  furnished 
  entirely 
  in 
  

   mahogany 
  has 
  a 
  heavy, 
  dismal 
  effect, 
  but 
  in 
  

   a 
  parlor 
  and 
  library 
  combined, 
  say 
  in 
  a 
  flat 
  

   or 
  small 
  house, 
  place 
  a 
  large, 
  quaintly 
  carved 
  

   old 
  desk, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  highly 
  polished 
  

   round 
  card 
  tables, 
  and 
  see 
  what 
  an 
  air 
  they 
  

   give 
  to 
  the 
  modern 
  and 
  equally 
  beautiful 
  fur- 
  

   niture. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  dining-room 
  a 
  square 
  mahogany 
  table 
  

   with 
  a 
  surface 
  like 
  glass, 
  and 
  even 
  a 
  small 
  

   buffet 
  or 
  china 
  cabinet 
  will 
  be 
  quite 
  enough 
  

   of 
  the 
  antique 
  to 
  set 
  off 
  everything 
  else 
  in 
  the 
  

   room. 
  Have 
  exquisitely 
  drawn 
  linen 
  doilies, 
  

   candles 
  in- 
  rose-colored 
  shades, 
  and 
  a 
  pro- 
  

   fusion 
  of 
  say 
  pink 
  carnations, 
  and 
  you 
  have 
  a 
  

   lovely 
  lunch 
  table. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  house 
  the 
  hall 
  should 
  be 
  a 
  leading 
  fea- 
  

   ture 
  — 
  enticing 
  — 
  not 
  cold, 
  bare, 
  and 
  cheerless, 
  

   repelling 
  one 
  from 
  further 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  

   the 
  house 
  or 
  its 
  mistress. 
  Old 
  blue 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  

   friend 
  of 
  a 
  slim 
  purse, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  

   artistic 
  color 
  to 
  work 
  upon. 
  Dull, 
  soft 
  greens 
  

   are 
  equally 
  pleasing 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  until 
  they 
  fade 
  

   or 
  grow 
  dingy 
  from 
  use. 
  But 
  old 
  blue 
  re- 
  

   mains 
  true 
  blue 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  chapter. 
  

  

  OOKS 
  

  

  relating 
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  Architecture, 
  

   Decoration, 
  Furniture, 
  

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  Ceramics, 
  etc., 
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  recommended 
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   supplied 
  by 
  our 
  -well- 
  

   equipped 
  Boot 
  Depart- 
  

   ment. 
  

  

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