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close the shutters, unless you install the 
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a little tan in it, to hold it together with 
the dining'-room, which room it is next to 
and almost a part of. 
To return to the dining-room. If you 
have not already bought your furniture, I 
should suggest mahogany by all means, 
and I should try to buy old pieces in pref¬ 
ence to new. The old mahogany has a 
fine brownish yellow tone, whereas the 
new pieces have a very poor pinkish red 
tone. In all probability, the old pieces 
will cost you less than new furniture would 
cost. The only difference in expenditure 
will be that of time, for you will, of course, 
have to look about quite a bit, in order to 
find old pieces that go together well. 
I should not cut off the bay-window in 
the living-room any more than necessary. 
The room is only 14 by 14 feet, and this 
added space left open will make the room 
appear much larger and more cheerful. It 
does not seem to me that I should beam 
the ceiling in so small a room, nor carry a 
beam across the bay window, in this way 
cutting it off still more from the room. 
However, if this is already done, and cur¬ 
tains are to be hung at either side, I should 
make them of the thinnest material con¬ 
sistent with such a plan, and have them 
well pushed back to the piers. 
The library may be appropriately fin¬ 
ished in oak, and tapestry bricks used for 
the mantel. 
Under separate cover I shall mail you 
samples of wall coverings for the various 
rooms, and samples of materials for por¬ 
tieres, overhangings, upholstery, etc., and 
hope that these suggestions and the sam¬ 
ples will not reach you too late to be of 
service to von. 
Question — You are kind enough to 
offer to advise persons “up against” per¬ 
plexing problems relating to house build¬ 
ing, decorating, etc. I should very much 
appreciate your judgment on the matter of 
painting window sash where the exterior 
finish of the house and the interior dec¬ 
oration would seem to call for different 
treatment outside and in (of the sash, I 
mean). 
We are building a house where the ex¬ 
terior color scheme calls for white win¬ 
dow sash. The windows on the lower 
floor are casement. Now, the finish of the 
entire lower floor (except kitchen) is to be 
of the so-called “Craftsman” living-room 
type, weathered - oak cypress paneling 
throughout with leather-effect panels and 
dull brown wall above. All woodwork of 
weathered oak. 
Now, would it be in bad taste to have 
the sash painted white in this room ? The 
contractor claims that they should be of 
the same color as the rest of the room fin¬ 
ish, while I have an idea that a soft creamy 
white would—with natural color silk cur¬ 
tains — not only look well but would bright¬ 
en the room without in any way break¬ 
ing the effect of subdued, quiet restfulness. 
I have been in houses where the subdivi¬ 
sions of the sash (between the panes) were 
dark oak. and it produced an imprisoning 
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