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March, 1907 



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COLOR SCHEME FOR SMALL 

 HOUSE 



By Alexander Hooper 



VERY few people when furnishing a 

 small house or flat are aware that old 

 blue is one of the best colors to choose 

 lor 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 rooms. 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 

 u ith dark gray. It is always better to cover 

 a lounge In a solid color, as it takes more 



;iiuily to the pillows 



of various hues. Tht 



large dining-room rug is old blue and tan, 

 with smaller rugs of tawny brown. The 

 bedroom iias an old blue and white rug and 

 whi'.e fur smaller ones. 



Let old blue predominate everywhere in the 

 ffoor 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. Ee careful 

 to see that all the rooms blend into a beauti- 

 ful harmony. 



In a bedroom white enameled or bird's-eye 

 maple is cxauisite 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 

 buif'et or china cabinet will be quite enough 

 of the antique to set off everything else in the 

 room. Have exquisitely drawn linen doilies, 

 randies in rose-colored shades, and a pro- 

 fusion of say pink carnations, and you have a 

 loxely 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- 

 trains true blue to the end of the chapter. 



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