HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, 
191 
This, or any of the materials I have sug¬ 
gested for over-draperies, or the wall¬ 
papers, I should be very glad to purchase 
"for you. 
Question — We are building a five-room 
house with living-room and dining-room 
on the south. The dining-room furniture 
I have is Early English. What color 
scheme would you suggest? What is your 
idea about a plate rail? I do not think we 
can paper for at least a year, but on the 
gray plastering thought perhaps I might 
stencil a border, so that the walls would 
not look quite so barren. If you think this 
possible, where shall I get patterns appro¬ 
priate for the walls? I do not especially 
care for the plate rail, but what would 
break the monotony of the walls in this 
sort of room? 
My bedroom opens off the dining-room ; 
hence a north exposure. The furniture is 
Circassian walnut, with a dull brass bed. 
Now, what colored hangings for this? 
My guest-room has a north and west ex¬ 
posure with a five-foot opening from liv¬ 
ing-room on the south side of room. 
There is mahogany furniture for this 
room with a brass bed. The west window 
is 3 by 5 feet, but is under an eight-foot 
veranda. Hence, suggestions for the 
treatment of this room. 
Now, the living-room fronts the west 
under the veranda. This is the room about 
which I am at a loss. My piano is light 
golden oak — an old one — but as the furni¬ 
ture in this room shall be mostly new, 
what would you suggest ? What colors 
shall I use? And how shall I arrange my 
room? I would like to get a back dra¬ 
pery for my piano and turn the back of 
the piano to the east of the fireplace. 
What do you think of that? If you ap¬ 
prove, of what and how are the back dra¬ 
peries made? Now, I should like the wall 
treatment all through as I mentioned in 
the dining-room, if it is at all possible, 
only colors to harmonize with the different 
rooms.' 
For floor coverings I have a Wilton rug 
in as near neutral shades as possible for 
the living-room. For the dining-room I 
have an Axminster rug with quite a bit 
of green, reddish tan and white. These 
are only temporary for these rooms, as 
I shall move them to the bedrooms later 
in preference to carpets for these two 
rooms. So don’t be governed too much 
by these rugs. I think I will stain the bed¬ 
room floor and use some small rugs I have 
for the present. What sort of hanging 
between living and bedrooms shall I use? 
Answer — Your walls will be effective 
finished in rough gray plaster, and I 
should not use a plate. I am sending you 
a sample of blue unfadeable fabric for the 
draperies and over curtains in your din¬ 
ing-room, and for your bedroom which 
opens off of it, a cretonne in which there 
is the same tone of blue. For your living- 
room I am sending a sample of warm 
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