October, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
259 
treated makes delightful and appropriate 
walls, and our Colonial houses show how 
charming simple painted paneling can be. 
If one is building one's own house one 
can see that the woodwork takes its proper 
place of importance in the scheme, but, 
sad to say, the trim used in many ready¬ 
made houses is very bad indeed, and 
should not be allowed to stand out too dis¬ 
tinctly. Woodwork can often be painted 
some color to harmonize with the color 
scheme of the room with amazingly good 
effect, but it should be done with great 
care, for if the paint cannot be changed 
often, one does not want to have a blue 
door and window frames, for instance, 
staring one in the face unless very sure 
they are just what one does want. Coun¬ 
try houses where bright sunshine and 
flowers and green trees help to hold bright 
colors together are more suitable for dar¬ 
ing schemes and combinations than town 
houses. Town houses should be beautiful 
and cheerful, but as the weather clerk 
forces us to live inside them so much, they 
should also be harmonious and restful. 
CORRESPONDENCE DEPARTMENT 
Extracts from letters of inquiry 
as answered by our experts on 
interior decorating and furnishing 
Question —In my apartment, hall, living- 
room and dining-room open into each 
other. Woodwork is dull brown English 
oak throughout, furniture mahogany and 
dark brown willow; paper in hall, brown, 
to match woodwork; in the living-room, 
buff, with narrow gold stripe, and in di¬ 
ning-room, dark brown, plain below plate 
rail and wide dull gold and brown stripe 
above. The inner curtains throughout are 
plain cream-colored scrim, hemstitched. 
Now, the difficulty is, what color and 
material should the over-draperies be to 
best suit the rooms? I forgot to mention 
that the rugs in hall and living-room are 
small Orientals, in colorings a blending 
of blues, old rose and dull yellow. The 
dining-room rug harmonizes with these. 
I had thought of old gold, pumpkin or 
old blue hangings in the hall and living- 
room ; and in the dining-room, where the 
four windows come close together, a val¬ 
ance and curtain at either extreme of yel¬ 
low figured chintz. 
But because the dining-room and living- 
room open directly upon each other, I am 
doubtful if this selection would be success¬ 
ful. 
Am waiting for your decision before 
going ahead. 
As you know, brown and buff are not a 
very good background for mahogany, but 
I am not artist enough to know whether 
the over-draperies or small objects about 
the room should give the relieving touch. 
There are three bay windows in living- 
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