HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, loia 
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A bedroom with white enameled furniture and a colorful paper in a mottled pattern of greens, reds and blues. The grill before the radiator at the 
right is another means of successfully concealing it 
The wardrobe is an important article of German 
furniture. Here it is decorated with a sten¬ 
ciled design of green leaves with red fruit 
to the model German home is that it 
does not have enough built-in closets. 
But to the Germans the wardrobe is 
still a decorative piece of furniture 
without which no room can be fur¬ 
nished completely. Whenever they 
are set in, as in the illustration at the 
top of this page, they are disguised 
as a part of the wall or the wainscot¬ 
ing, like the mysterious French clos¬ 
ets. Every tenant in Germany must 
supply, not only his own wardrobe, 
but his own chandeliers and lighting 
fixtures. At first this may seem to be 
a decided inconvenience, but after a 
little reflection, when one remembers 
how easily the landlord's choice can 
spoil the effect of one’s carefully 
chosen furnishings, this custom as¬ 
sumes the guise of a blessing. There 
are no side-brackets in these model 
houses; a few standing lamps, it is 
true, but generally one adjustable 
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The entrance hall in the Bertsch house is trimmed 
entirely in bright blue and blue tiles. The 
walls are tinted a yellowish tone 
