HOUSE AND GARDEN 
190 
September, 1913 
Just a 
Quarter-Turn 
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Offer a fine assortment of fruit and orna¬ 
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brown unfadeable fabric, and for the bed¬ 
room which opens off of it, a sample of 
cretonnes in which there are lovely warm 
tones. 
Your idea about turning the back of 
your piano to the room is a good one. If 
you could find a pretty Oriental rug in 
warm browns, and just the right size, that 
would be the best thing to use on the back 
of it. Willow furniture, stained brown, 
and some oak furniture finished in old 
English, would make a pretty living-room, 
and would be inexpensive. 
If you should decide upon any of the 
fabrics of which I have sent you samples, 
I should be very glad to purchase them 
for you. This service entails no extra ex¬ 
pense to you. 
Question — I am to rent a new bungalow 
with most uncompromising pine woodwork 
and plain walls which I have to decorate 
myself. As my furniture is all quite good 
I wish harmonious backgrounds but at 
small expense, since the house is rented. 
Can you suggest anything other than ruf¬ 
fled muslin curtains which would be in 
keeping with the unpretentious character 
of the house ? 
The large living-room running across 
the west front is to be brightened with 
oriental rugs and many open book shelves. 
The furniture is mahogany with tapestry 
upholstery in dull shades of brown, blue, 
green, and mulberry — a fruit and flower 
pattern. I prefer a plain paper as my pic¬ 
tures are good. This room closely adjoins 
the dining-room (east and south), so the 
rooms must be papered alike or to har¬ 
monize closely. This room has a yellow 
dome, less offensive than usual. I have for 
the dining-room either a brown and tan, 
or blue and white domestic rug. Which¬ 
ever one is not used here must be used in a 
west bedroom. Have also a quantity of 
blue crepe (the dark Japanese). Will you 
be good enough to advise wall coverings, 
rugs and draperies for these three rooms, 
I should be glad to have samples, includ¬ 
ing prices. 
I neglected to say that in the bedroom 
I shall use bird’s-eye maple, and mahogany 
in dining-room. 
What draperies should you advise for 
doorway between living- and dining¬ 
rooms ? 
Answer —Under separate cover I am 
mailing to you samples of wall papers and 
fabrics which I suggest for your bunga¬ 
low. I should by all means have my din¬ 
ing-room and living-room papered alike, 
and for these rooms I am sending samples 
of silk fibre papers. Personally, I would 
prefer the putty-colored paper. I am send¬ 
ing samples of cretonnes for the hangings 
in these rooms. 
For your bedroom, I am sending two 
samples of blue and tan wall paper, either 
of which might be used, whichever rug 
you decide upon for that room. I should 
think you could use the blue Japanese 
In writing to advertisers please mention House & Garden 
crepe in the room in which you use the 
blue and white rug. Should you wish to 
see larger samples of any of these cre¬ 
tonnes, I will be glad to send them to you, 
but they have to be returned to me. 
The sample of fine scrim which I in¬ 
close, I can most heartily recommend for 
your window curtains. I use it in my stu¬ 
dio, and the curtains are charming. It falls 
in the softest folds. 
Inclose two samples of inexpensive tap- 
esty (jute) for portieres. 
I shall be glad to purchase these papers 
and fabrics for you (this service entails no 
extra expense to you), and will attend to 
the matter at once upon hearing from vou. 
Question — The woodwork in our hollow 
tile and stucco house will be white and ma¬ 
hogany in the hall, living-room, dining¬ 
room, upstairs hall and bedrooms over li¬ 
brary and living-room; dark oak in the 
library, and birch finished natural in con¬ 
necting bedrooms over dining-room. The 
smaller of these connecting rooms will be 
a children’s room. The large bathroom is 
green and white tile, and owner’s bathroom 
will be white tile with some green trim¬ 
ming. There will be no -wainscoting ex¬ 
cept paneling on front staircase and upper 
hall, which will be of a height correspond¬ 
ing to the stair railing. The library man¬ 
tel will be of tile in large sizes of brown 
and green blend shades, with oak shelf 
matching the bookcases. The living-room 
will have a white Elizabethan mantel with 
red tile. Dining-room mantel will be of 
white marble. Mantels in both white bed¬ 
rooms will be of white with white or cream 
tile, and in the birchroom will be of birch 
with a light-blue tile. Both floors will be 
quartered oak. 
I would greatly appreciate suggestions 
as to decorations and hangings in these 
rooms. 
Will you also let us know if these floors 
can be treated with a darker oak stain to 
advantage. Under certain conditions oak 
floors finished natural seem to be- out of 
keeping with other decorations on account 
of the light effect, it not furnishing the 
proper background for rugs and other wall 
treatment. We wish to keep the wall deco¬ 
rations in some neutral tints and desire the 
hangings to be as simple as possible. 
Answer — The color scheme I am sug¬ 
gesting for the library may be somewhat of 
a mystery to you. My suggestion would be, 
gray-green walls of either wall paper or 
silk, with hangings of a soft green Japanese 
silk, with appliques of Chinese medallions 
in old blue. Then to give a stronger color 
note to the room, a lampshade or two and 
a vase or so of brilliant orange. Person¬ 
ally I think this room with this color 
scheme would be charming with black 
woodwork and furniture, extremely simple 
Chinese Chippendale in design, with a few 
Chinese tables of ebony or teakwood, with 
little or no carving. 
Your oak floors can be made darker by 
