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HOUSE & GARDEN 
If the shape permits, let a 
mirror into the upper panel, 
and set a console table in front 
of the door 
Or the mirror and console treatment may not he feasible, as the door is constantly being 
used. In that case the treatment shown above is one solution. It consists merely of 
fastening a framed photograph flat against the upper panel 
THAT 
TROUBLESOME DOOR 
Scarcely a house but has at least one door that is a constant esthetic trouble. Either it is not used, and 
remains a blank space in the wall, or else its paneling is so unattractive as to beseech beautifying. If the 
problem of your door is not solved by the ideas suggested here, write The Information Service, House & 
Garden, 445 Fourth Avenue, New York City 
Nail or paste narrow tinted 
wood strips to form a lattice 
against the door. Build out a 
little lattice shelf. Ivy will com¬ 
plete the transformation 
This is the usual type of small 
apartment door. Set in panels 
of cretonne or chintz held in 
place with moulding. The chintz 
may later be lacquered 
To the left, the owner has utilized two long 
Japanese prints—set them in the narrow 
panels of the door in a frame fastened flat. 
Immediate interest is created 
