The pheasant cretonne shows peacock green, 
yellow green, mulberry, rose, peacock blue, 
gold, magenta, purple and black on a gray¬ 
ish cream ground. 31" wide, $2.65 a yard 
ground, no matter how well this be covered; 
or perhaps the lightest tone is evident in some 
of the flowers or the birds. This tone should 
be reproduced as accurately as possible in the 
background of the room, the walls. Some 
charming light-toned neutral papers can be 
had now, since the neutrally light wall treat¬ 
ment has been found to be so eminently satis¬ 
factory: heavy two-toned effects, stipple tones, 
lusterous grasscloths. These used, of course, 
without a border or other decoration. Or the 
walls may be hung with a fine linen canvas, 
lightly paneled with narrow wood molding, 
and the whole painted with a good flat oil paint. 
The desk matches the long table 
on the opposite page; it is priced 
at $100. Bench chromewald brown, 
the color of American walnut, up¬ 
holstered in the pheasant design 
chintz; .$24 
The woodwork should duplicate the light 
tone of the walls in the case of the latter treat¬ 
ment, since the narrow molding must match 
both the wall tint and the woodwork. More 
leeway is found with the papered walls, for, 
while the room woodwork should still be 
painted a light color, it may be any one of the 
varying tones of ivory, or slightly light¬ 
er or darker than the tone of the walls. 
Floors have a way of jumping up 
and hitting you in the face, if they 
are not kept strictly under the feet by 
the use of a properly subdued floor 
covering; and especially in the case of 
a room developed in a figured materi¬ 
al, the floor treatment should show' 
little design. The two-toned Wilton 
rugs or the all-over carpets are best 
for those who wish to keep within a 
certain expenditure, and this choice is 
in such good taste that it is never open 
to question. I should say that one of 
the deepest colors in the cretonne 
should be duplicated as nearly as pos¬ 
sible for the rug or carpet—one of 
the foliage or woodsy tones. 
And after this moderation in the 
background, such actual squeals of joy 
in the smaller color notes! These are 
fun . . . And you will find that 
you may be most daring! A brilliant 
The sofa is particularly desirable 
for the small home. 64" long over¬ 
all, 34" deep. Hair and down 
stuffed, chintz upholstered in va¬ 
riety, $102. Mahogany drop-leaf 
table, $24 
lampshade, a jar of burning orange, 
a teapot of kochi red lined with yel¬ 
low . . . 
A Room that Grew from Cretonne 
I am reminded of a room of my ac¬ 
quaintance that so grew from cretonne: 
a linen black-grounded, with small 
weird trumpet flowers of brightest 
cerise on King’s blue stems. The wall 
tone was found in a tiny bud nearly 
putty color, and which had, interest¬ 
ingly enough, turquoise stems, fur¬ 
nishing opportunity for some rapturous 
accents of this hue, which is so de¬ 
lightful with just the right tone of 
rose red. 
Well, the walls were of putty oat¬ 
meal paper, plain and unbordered; 
the w'oodwork was white. On the dull 
brown floor there were laid small blue 
rugs reproducing the blue tones in the 
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