January, 1914 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
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Fabrics for the blue bedroom. 1 he hrst is blue and white ; the second yellow-green, blue and white, and the third blue, gray-brown, yellow and white 
the walls, one or two handsome vases, or sev- 
eral little pieces of silver or brass or copper 
for ornaments, will be far preferable to a lot 
of bric-a-brac. Part of the pathos of life con- 
sists in the acquisition of articles that 
b ew would wish to give away 
And none would wish to keep”; 
and things accumulate so frightfully that it is 
not long before places will have to be found 
for them. 
Returning, however, to the ques- 
tion in hand, that of furnishing a 
house for $1,500, we are assuming 
that the floors are in order, hard 
wood with a border of parquetry, 
that the walls and ceilings are 
painted (or papered), and the 
woodwork is also painted. 
In order to create a feeling of spa- 
ciousness and harmony, we suggest 
one scheme of color for the first 
floor. All floors being the same, we 
select an old French gray Wilton 
rug for each of the three 
rooms, living-room, dining- 
room and hall. As the house 
is so small, we shall not use 
portieres between the hall 
and dining-room and hall 
and living-room ; for we 
wish to have the feeling 
of continuity and spacious- 
ness on entering from the 
front door and when de- 
scending the stairs. More- 
over, the same color and 
tones of the carpet 
forbid the cutting up of 
these rooms into separate 
ones. Rooms divided off 
also imply privacy and indi- 
vidualism, which is incorrect 
on this floor and in so un- 
conventional a house. Strict 
Attractive willow furniture is coming into its own as being artistic as 
well as comfortable, light in weight but strong and durable. The 
porch settee costs $15, the longer one for the living-room $20, and the 
willow armchairs each $7.50 
privacy and seclusion belong to the bedroom 
floor. 1 he colors of this floor are browns, dull 
green and old gold. Browns predominate in 
the living-room, greens in the dining-room, 
and the two rooms are brought into harmony 
by the judicious use of old gold and by the 
gray velvet carpet and plain gray-tinted walls. 
1 he windows of the dining-room arc draped 
with simple figured net in ecru, rodded bot- 
tom and top on swinging windows; the inside 
casement curtains are of sunfast 
material in olive-green tones grad- 
uating into golds and golden browns, 
leading to the colors that are found 
on the veranda, the gold tones 
blending with the craftsman’s fur- 
nishing in this room and harmoniz- 
ing with the tones of the living-room 
opposite. 1 he furniture selected is 
as follows: Rug, $90; net curtains, 
$9; outside curtains, $40; table, 
$48; serving table, $12; sideboard, 
$62; 2 armchairs (each $11), 
$22 ; 4 side chairs (each $7), 
$28 ; total, $3 1 1 . 
I lie dining-room opens 
upon the big veranda, which 
we furnish in thill green. I’he 
willow chairs are painted 
green, with green “verdure” 
cushions, and a green grass 
rug lies upon the floor. The 
furnishings are: 1 willow 
swinging settee and cushion, 
$16; 1 lounging chair, $7; 1 
smoker’s chair, $12; 2 wil- 
low arm-chairs with book 
pocket, $18; magazine stand 
(or table) , $8 ; rugs (grass), 
$5; cushions, $5; total, $71. 
I he living-room is deco- 
rated with the same colors 
as the dining-room ; but here 
we allow brown and old gold 
