HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 
1912 
Well Planned Interiors That Show 
Character 
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even desirable to open this window, espe¬ 
cially as it faced another window only 
three feet away in another building. 
Every inch of wall space was occupied 
by some piece of furniture. There was no 
room for a bookcase, yet books a plenty 
must be within reach. This problem was 
solved by the two high shelves running 
around the corner, from window to win¬ 
dow over the couch, the lines of which 
added much to the quaint charm of the 
room. 
At night, the work was all put away, 
the settle back turned up, and the couch 
pillows and cover piled upon it, disclos¬ 
ing the bed with its white spread and pil¬ 
lows. A white and yellow washable bed¬ 
side rug was spread over the deep orange 
rag rug, and a dainty bedroom emerged 
from the workroom of the day. 
Eleanor Godwin 
A Studio 'T'HE studio living- 
Living-Room I room of these 
pictures had to serve 
as workroom by day, dining-room upon 
occasion, and sleeping-room at night. An 
ample bathroom accommodated dressing- 
table and chiffonier, so that the couch bed 
was the only evidence of this necessity. 
The decorator saw that it was very 
large, high ceilinged, had fine lines, good 
woodwork of an older type painted white, 
a mantel of white painted wood sup¬ 
ported by fluted columns, with yellow 
brick chimney and hearth, the whole very 
charming in design. 
It will be seen at once that such a room 
could fittingly be made the setting of ex¬ 
treme richness and elaboration of fur¬ 
nishings. The other possibility was to 
treat the room with extreme simplicity 
and this was the method chosen. The 
color scheme was the first consideration. 
For the Avails there was chosen a Japan¬ 
ese crepe paper of a slightly warm neutral 
tone, and the pictures were strictly limited 
to the two fine landscape paintings, and 
two Japanese prints — a Hakusai with its 
characteristic blue sea and yelloAV sky and 
distant Fujiama, and a Toyakemi figure 
in dull greens and reds. The landscapes- 
were a colorful scene of boats and a gray 
Dutch village with red roofs. 
These pictures comprised all the va¬ 
riety of color that was permitted in the 
room. The wooden furniture was all 
dead dull black, extremely plain of line, 
and it was limited to the few necessary 
pieces, a large writing table, some straight 
high-backed chairs, a bookcase, serving- 
table and small folding dining-table. Tavo 
comfortable wicker arm chairs Avere paint¬ 
ed Avith dull gold and cushioned in blue. 
The keynote of the room and the one big 
spot of color Avas in the couch cover and 
cushions, and one large rug covering the 
center of the room, between the couch and 
the hearth. These were of that wonder¬ 
ful living blue obtainable only from pure 
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