HOUSE AND GARDEN 
194 
March, 1915 
Kelsey Health Heated, residence of H. 
M. Lewis, South Milwaukee , IVis. 
Arrow No. 1 shows warm air inlet. 
Arrow No. 2 shows foul air outlet. 
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effective centerpiece is a white china lat¬ 
tice basket filled with flowers or fruits. 
In a Colonial room which is rather deli¬ 
cate care should be taken that the bricks 
of the fireplace are inconspicuous. In 
many cases the effect of a fine white man¬ 
tel is utterly ruined by the wide bonding 
of the bricks below it, bonding so out of 
proportion that it quite spoils the room. 
Gate-legged dining-tables are usually 
more picturesque than comfortable, and 
are better used in the library or living- 
room than in the dining-room. There are 
many lovely types of Colonial dining- 
tables with delicately turned legs, and to 
go with them Sheraton Colonial chairs 
with rush bottoms. In general, it is wise 
not to use velvet for chair seats; modern 
hair cloth made in very attractive colors 
and patterns or leather-covered or rush 
seats are more comfortable and servicable. 
Nearly related to our Colonial room is 
the English Georgian, with its simple, 
white paneled walls and mahogany or in¬ 
laid furniture of Chippendale design. A 
serving-table of black Chinese lacquer fits 
in well in such a room. If the walls are 
gray, use taffeta curtains of rose, with a 
narrow, black stripe, and on the floor lay 
an Oriental rug. Thus you have gray, 
rose and a touch of black repeated, making 
a distinctive room. 
An English Jacobean paneled dining¬ 
room is always elegant, but is more sug¬ 
gestive of dinner than breakfast. For¬ 
tunately, those who can afford such a room 
can afford also a breakfast-room, which 
provides the necessary sunshine and rest¬ 
fulness for the day’s beginning. The fur¬ 
niture for such a Jacobean room must of 
necessity be rather heavy in scale and the 
hangings rich in color and texture. There 
is much to be lived up to in a paneled 
room. Above the paneling the frieze may 
be treated in several ways: plaster mixed 
with a tint to tone in with the woodwork, 
a decorated frieze of medieval design or 
a plain paper. It is better not to use a 
color different from the paneling, as it 
breaks the wall surface and detracts from 
the paneling itself, which, if of good pro¬ 
portion, has much decorative value. Above 
all, avoid making the top trim of the pan¬ 
eling serve as a shelf to display steins and 
plates. In such a room one or two pieces 
of antique furniture will give an air of 
distinction, especially one of those court 
cupboards which were a unique product 
of Jacobean days. Casement windows 
would lend an air of similitude to the 
feeling this early English period connotes. 
If one wants to have an English dining¬ 
room, a simpler and less expensive treat¬ 
ment is to finish the walls in rough, tinted 
plaster or tan paper of a heavy texture. 
Have the floor, doors and trim of oak and 
use English cottage furniture. Casement 
cloth or a linen of Jacobean design at the 
window would make this a beautiful room 
and not an expensive one. 
The rough plaster walls of an Italian 
dining-room are best fitted for a country 
house. Here windows, devoid of trim, 
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