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adding some dark stain to whatever finish¬ 
ing oil or shellac you may use. 
Rugs of many different makes and 
grades can be made up to correspond with 
the color scheme of any room. 
Sash curtains should be the same 
throughout the house, and I enclose sam¬ 
ples of simple curtainings for this purpose. 
Question — We wish to avail ourselves 
of your kind offer in the magazine to an¬ 
swer queries pertaining to individual 
problems of interior decoration. We are 
about to build a small house of six rooms, 
cottage type, of brick or weather boards. 
I would like very much to have your sug¬ 
gestions as to the interior finish. 
I wish to utilize as much of our present 
furnishings as possible. I have thought 
of ivory woodwork throughout, if it is 
correct for this type of cottage and is 
compatable with oak as well as mahogany 
furniture. 
Our dining-room furniture is English 
oak in Colonial design. Is it suitable for 
a room with ivory woodwork? If so, 
what colors would you suggest for the 
walls and ceiling? The exposure of this 
room is north and east, and it opens into 
a hall beyond which is the living-room. 
The living-room has an east and south 
exposure. 
What colors would be good for this 
room and the hall? Our rugs are Orien¬ 
tals, with mahogany and blue shades pre¬ 
dominating. Of what material and what 
color should the fireplace in this room be? 
If ivory woodwork is used in this room, 
could mahogany and brown wicker fur¬ 
niture be combined? We have a mahog¬ 
any piano, couch, table and chair, two 
brown wicker chairs with brown leather 
seats. I have two Craftsman chairs in 
fumed oak and brown leather. Could 
these be used in this room also, or should 
there not be this mixture of furniture? 
Answer — English oak furniture is not 
as good with ivory woodwork as mahog¬ 
any furniture, and therefore it might be 
better to finish your dining-room in dark 
oak. Your hall and living-room can then 
be finished in ivory. 
By all means I should have the walls 
papered. I enclose sample of wall-paper 
which I would suggest for the dining¬ 
room, and a sample of paper for the liv¬ 
ing-room. 
All the things you have mentioned that 
you have for your living-room may be ap¬ 
propriately used, except the two Crafts¬ 
man chairs. These should not be com¬ 
bined with the mahogany furniture. 
You can use a plain brown wall-paper 
in the hall, of a tone that will harmonize 
with the browns (one shading into mul¬ 
berry for the dining-room, and one in 
which there is blue for the living-room), 
which I have suggested for the living- 
and dining-rooms. Tapestry brick makes 
an excellent fireplace, and I should use 
brown bricks that will harmonize with 
your wall-paper. 
. Bull brass hardware of very simple de¬ 
sign will be satisfactory to use on the 
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