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February, 1909 
PROBLEMS IN HOME FURNISHING 
(Continued from page 80) 
woodwork, and the fireplace design is still un- 
decided. Would you say tiling and a wooden 
mantel, or brick to the ceiling? I want the 
appearance and fittings of this room to be ser- 
viceable and artistic. “The room is eighteen 
feet by twenty-eight.” 
As the hall, living-room and dining-room 
open into each other, it is really imperative 
to plan the wall colors as a complete scheme, 
instead of trying to make each room independ- 
ently attractive. Fortunately, this point is 
recognized in time to prevent mistakes. For 
the hall a deep-toned buff paper printed in 
stripes three inches wide would give an in- 
terior effect of sunniness. The stairs may be 
carpeted with a brown-and-dark-blue carpet, 
and rugs made of the same material used for 
the hallways of the first and second floors. As 
there are probably leaded glass side lights on 
either side of the door, a fine net in ecru color 
may be shirred across them. The woodwork 
of the hall and dining-room may be painted a 
cream-white, rubbed to an egg-shell finish. 
The space above the low wainscot (in the 
dining-room) may be fitted with a woven 
tapestry in panels. Or, large panels of wall 
paper, each depicting a complete scene, may 
be pasted against the wall. If these ideas 
prove too expensive to carry out, an ordinary 
tapestry paper in foliage pattern, in which 
some buff color is introduced, may be an alter- 
native. ‘The Forests of Fontainebleau” is 
a good selection. Across the window glass an 
imitation filet net by the yard, finished with a 
narrow lace edge, may be hung, with over- 
curtains of brown silk. The latter may be 
hung in. straight lengths, one at each side of 
the window. A suitable rug for this room 
would be a French Wilton in tones of old 
mahogany, brown and dull blue. 
As the living-room departs from the Colo- 
nial traditions in its wood finish the fireplace 
may be carried out on modern lines, using 
square, Grueby tiles, across which a picture is 
painted. ‘The supports of the mantel and its 
framework should accord with the architec- 
tural lines of the room. Selecting these tiles 
with a mixture of blue, green and buff will 
introduce a two-toned buff paper on the walls, 
and also suggest rugs in which blues and 
greens appear. If there is a beamed ceiling, 
the open spaces may be filled with a gold 
Japanese leather paper in burlap effect. “The 
new English muslin in ecru color, costing 
about sixty cents a yard, will suit the windows 
of this room. Over-curtains for the winter 
may be of golden-brown wool damask, 
trimmed with antique gold braid. ‘The fur- 
niture coverings may be of green or blue wool 
tapestries in small, set figures. If there is a 
davenport sofa, its covering may be a blue 
velour woven with a gold thread. 
For information about buying pictures and 
picture frames this correspondent is referred 
to the November and August (1908) Cor- 
respondence Department of this magazine. 
A FLOOR PROBLEM 
E. S. J., of New Jersey, asks about the best 
way to cover the floor of an irregular-shaped 
room.- “The fireplace,” she writes, “occupies 
one corner and a large corner cabinet is oppo- 
site. In the front is a row of windows almost 
like a bay. I prefer to use rugs throughout 
my entire house, as it does away with the 
annual upsetting of cleaning house. ‘The 
domestic rugs in the regular widths do not fit. 
this room, and the Oriental rugs in large sizes 
that are suitable are too expensive. What do 
you think of my distributing small Oriental 
rugs in this room?” 
A room shaped unevenly really looks better 
covered with a small-patterned carpet laid 
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