HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 1913 
261 
Grass cloth is handsome and very practical 
and durable for a wall covering. It fades 
very little and does not show the holes 
made by pins or tacks. 
I should keep the sash curtains the same 
throughout the house. 
Question — I am building a house in 
which the small hall, living- and dining¬ 
rooms are quartered oak. Den, pine stained 
a dark brown. 
Now, A thinks a silver gray stain would 
look well in hall, living- and dining-rooms, 
while B wants a dark brown stain. The 
finish in either case to be rubbed. Which 
do you suggest here? 
We have decided on a brick fireplace, 
either red or the light colored brick. 
The furniture for the living-room is 
mahogany piano, bookcase and table, one 
mahogany chair, two tapestry upholstered 
chairs—in old blue, rose and green — with 
one wicker chair stained brown. 
I shall purchase a rug for this room. 
What color shall I get? 
The dining-room is furnished in quar¬ 
tered oak, rubbed dull, while the den is in 
Craftsman style, stained brown. 
Answer — Of course, whether the color 
scheme of your hall, living- and dining¬ 
rooms shall be in grays or browns is pure¬ 
ly a matter of individual taste. A gray 
color scheme is a little more unusual than 
brown. 
The woodwork might be stained a warm 
gray that would harmonize with puttv- 
colored silk fiber paper. This paper is 
beautiful on the wall, an excellent back¬ 
ground for pictures, and there are many 
charming fabrics which harmonize so well 
with it. 
If you have the woodwork stained gray 
and rubbed dull, as you suggest, and use 
this silk fiber for the walls, I should sug¬ 
gest that you carry out the color scheme of 
the living-room in tones of old blue, rose 
and green as in your upholstered chairs. 
I should use the same paper in the din¬ 
ing-room and small hall. In the dining¬ 
room the overhangings and lighter dra¬ 
peries could be of a linen tapestry. The 
heavier draperies, portieres, pillows, and 
some chair seats would look well if of 
amethyst velvet, the color of which is re¬ 
peated in the linen, and the rose tone of 
which would harmonize it with the ad¬ 
joining room. 
Why not use a grass cloth in the den? 
It is an exceedingly satisfactory wall cov¬ 
ering, does not show marks, and is very 
handsome. Japanese chintz, I think, 
would make an exceedingly pretty room, 
and quite out of the ordinary. Overhang¬ 
ings, pillows, portieres (lined with some 
heavy material), and other furnishings 
could be made of this material. One or 
two Japanese prints for the pictures in this 
room would carry out the scheme admira¬ 
bly, and make an unusual and very attrac¬ 
tive room. 
The rug for your living-room should 
embody the colors in the tapestry which 
you use, or be a plain color. In the latter 
case, the predominating color of the other 
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