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Golden pheasants on a cream ground, to say nothing of the many other colors in the design, key up the color note afforded by the cretonne cur¬ 
tains, valance and upholstery. Ptdl curtains of old yellow are used in place of shades. Light putty walls, mahogany furniture, putty brown rug. 
The mahogany table is priced at $92, and a bookcase to match at $82. Ladder-back mahogany arm chair, upholstered seat, $34. A wing chaif 
similar to the one shown is $9S and $100; 4?4 yards of velour will reupholster it. Overstuffed chairs in pheasant cretonne, backs in dark putty 
velour. Black lampshades decorated in color, and notes of brilliant rose, purple and green in the corner cabinet 
FURNISHING the ROOM from CRETONNE 
With the Wide Variety of Colors and Designs in Which It Can Now Be Obtained, One Can First 
Select the Cretonne and Then Furnish the Room Around It 
I S there anything else that can accomplish 
such sheer delight and joy in a space so 
small as a yard or so of cretonne? You see it 
dangling from a counter in a most prosaic 
carpet-stripped aisle, and the world immediate¬ 
ly waxes rosy, or is cleft with winging birds. 
You see it beckoning from an otherwise quite 
usual shop window, and the gorgeous blending 
of colors goes to the heart of you like music. 
Surely possession of such cretonne would be 
nine-tenths of the law of happy decoration, 
and juggling awhile with the tempting sug¬ 
gestion set in your path by the wily shop¬ 
keeper and the crafty writer for magazines, you 
tentatively inquire the price by the yard, only 
to find that temptations come cheap nowadays, 
and that cretonne combining all the quality of 
the old uncut velvets and the charm of the 
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needlepoint designs is to be had for a paltry 
two or three dollars a yard! 
And what can compare with the adaptability 
of cretonne! Time was when its kingdom was 
in the bedroom, or, at most, in the breakfast 
or living room of the summer cottage;' but in 
these days of modern ingenuity of manufacture 
and design, there is no room into which it may 
not fit with suitability and dignity, simply by 
varying the character of the design, the finish 
of texture, the weave, and the method of mak¬ 
ing up the material. 
Fitting the Room to the Cretonne 
But there is another delight found in cre¬ 
tonne beside those we have already conceded. 
If just the right piece is sought diligently, it 
will fit in any room. True, but how about 
choosing the cretonne first and then fitting the 
room to it? For here is a game that is worthy 
of the gods. 
After the material is chosen, just enough 
should be bought to use for the leading feature, 
say the curtains, for it is likely that they will 
be of the cretonne. In this way you are not 
limited beforehand by too much of any one 
thing. You must have absolute control of your 
growing scheme, allowing it to develop by de¬ 
grees; then later if you find that you want a 
chair or a sofa upholstered to match the cur¬ 
tains, a pillow covered with the same cretonne 
laid in a certain place, you will be able to buy 
the additional quantity. 
In building a room scheme around cretonne,, 
the fundamentals should be given first atten¬ 
tion. Possibly the material has a light back-- 
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