I HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, 1913 
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play. We are not so fortunate as to pos¬ 
sess such china. If you think white 
enamel finish would be better for the din¬ 
ing-room, what decoration would you sug¬ 
gest for the walls ? 
The old brickwork in the sun-room does 
not correspond with the new brickwork. 
Vines have discolored -the old bricks. Do 
you think the walls and ceiling would look 
well from the outside, as well as inside, if 
rough-plastered and painted a reddish 
brown to correspond as nearly as possible 
with the general effect of the outside 
walls? Would you suggest any different 
treatment of this room, such as painting 
the bricks? 
We have planned to treat the bay-win¬ 
dow of the living-room as an alcove, 
building wooden piers to the ceiling at the 
corners, beaming across these piers and 
half-beaming the rest of room, except bay, 
and hanging curtains at the piers. There 
will be one radiator under front window 
instead of two. The room now has quar- 
tered-oak finish around windows and 
doors. Do you approve of this treatment, 
and what kind of paper would you sug¬ 
gest for the walls and ceiling? 
Should the library be finished in oak to 
correspond with hall and living-room, with 
mantel of wood, tile or tapestry bricks? 
Any suggestions you may be kind 
enough to make in regard to finish or 
decoration of any or all of the rooms men¬ 
tioned will be very gratefully received. 
No finish or decoration of any kind has 
yet been placed on the dining-room, sun- 
room, library or hall. 
Answer —Considering that the dining¬ 
room has no outside windows, and will 
therefore receive none too much light, I 
should not have the walls paneled or the 
ceiling beamed. It seems to me that the 
trim would be best; an ivory white enamel 
with the walls of a warm tan tone. Grass- 
cloth has a rather luminous finish, and for 
that reason, it seems to me, it would be an 
excellent wall covering to use in this room. 
If the tapestry bricks you have are not too 
dark, they might be effectively used for 
the fireplace, but I should use them only 
as far up as the wainscoting. It is china 
and glass cupboards or closets of no par¬ 
ticular style or form that House & Gar¬ 
den has particularly advised against. 
Built-in china closets would doubtlessly be 
very useful, and might have small leaded 
panes of glass in the doors; or, if there is 
to be too great a conglomeration of color 
and form in the closets, very thin silk cur¬ 
tains slightly shirred on small rods might 
be placed inside the doors. 
By all means, I should not have the 
walls of the sun-room painted red. In the 
first place, the room has a southern ex¬ 
posure, and red walls would make it most 
uncomfortable, besides being a very poor 
background for plants or flowers of any 
sort. I should suggest that it be rough- 
plastered and painted a tan-gray or a 
warm gray. You need a neutral and cool 
color to be the background for plants and 
flowers, but at the same time, it must have 
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