March, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
Answer— As the walls of your dining¬ 
room are to be covered in blue, and I judge 
that the hall, dining- and living-room are 
closely related, the color scheme should be 
carefully considered. 
It seems to me I should have the hall 
in brown, and the living-room in blue and 
brown. Rugs copied from Chinese pat¬ 
terns may be had at prices very consider¬ 
ably under the price of Chinese rugs, and 
these are in delightful tones of blue and 
brown. 
The walls might be a good tone of 
brown grass cloth, or paper of grass 
cloth effect; the over hangings and other 
furnishings of old blue. A brown tone of 
tapestry brick, in which there are little 
specks of blue, would be appropriate for 
the fireplace. 
Personally, I prefer painted wood for the 
kitchen, and light color for the wall. While 
this soils easily, it is also easily cleaned, 
and it seems so much more cheerful and 
clean than any other finish or color. If 
you wish to go to the expense of a lino¬ 
leum floor covering, this is most satisfac¬ 
tory, and easily cleaned. If not, leave 
the kitchen floor perfectly plain. It can 
be kept in good condition and made almost 
white by conscientious cleaning. 
Query . — Your letter in answer to ques¬ 
tions regarding the decorations of my 
house received. Thank you very much. 
Our home, as I mentioned before, is to 
be Georgian Colonial in style and we have 
decided to change the inside finish from 
oak to ivory white enamel throughout, in 
order to conform more nearly with the 
exterior. Liking your suggestions for the 
oak finish so much we wish you would sug¬ 
gest a color scheme suitable for the white 
finish. The dining-room I wish to keep in 
blue. Do you advise paneling in the din¬ 
ing-room and if so to what height? 
There is a cornice in the living-room, 
(which is 15' x 26' by 9')- The windows 
are two feet from the floor and are 3' x 5' 
having fifteen square panes. Same in the 
dining-room. 
The fireplace is very large, being 5' x 8' 
with the opening 2 /' x 4'. We wish to 
have it brick rather than tile. Can you 
suggest a color for the brick that would 
harmonize with white woodwork and ma¬ 
hogany furniture? Could the shelf of 
the mantel be mahogany or should it, too, 
be white? 
Have you a suggestion on lighting fix¬ 
tures? V. R. P. 
Answer .—Enclosed I am sending you 
samples of blue paper (silk fibre for your 
dining-room, and a tan Java canvas for 
your living-room and hall) which it seems 
to me should be alike. The prices are 
marked on the back. For draperies in the 
dining-room I am sending a linen tapestry 
at $1.25 a yard. Into your dining-room 
you might add a note or two of this 
mulberry cotton velvet, which carries out 
the note in the linen. 
For the draperies in the living-room 
I am sending a sample of unfadeable fab- 
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