HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 
1910 
plain walls and figured cretonnes or chintzes are used 
in combination the latter should appear generously, 
that is, not only in valanced curtains at windows, 
but as slip covers, or cushion covers for chairs, win¬ 
dow-seat or lounge. 
The old-time idea of a blue, a pink, a green, 
and a yellow room is falling into disuse, although 
any one of these colors may be brought out promi¬ 
nently in the scheme of the room, or, as is even more 
usual, all may be combined in either wall covering 
or drapery material. The dominant color should 
appear again in the plain or two-tone floor covering. 
Plain and embroidered muslins for window dra¬ 
peries and covers for dressing-tables are effective and 
dainty, and by having two sets for a room it may be 
kept always delightfully fresh and clean, as these 
muslins launder well. A small coin-dot of color on 
a very sheer, though not fine, white ground can be 
purchased from 25 to 35 cents a yard and gives a 
dainty charm to a room in which it is freely used 
that few other fabrics at the same cost will supply. 
Where the decorative scheme must be very inex¬ 
pensively carried out, a floral paper on an ivory 
ground can be purchased for 25 cents a roll of eight 
yards. In these cheaper papers one finds a better 
selection in yellow and old rose than in other colors; greens, 
too, are usually soft and attractive. If plain colored over¬ 
draperies are desired for the windows these may be made from 
cheese-cloth which has been dyed to the desired shade, matching 
the color of the flower in the wall paper. It is not a difficult 
matter for the amateur to do this successfully. 
There are now made some very attractive cotton crepes 
showing a variety of floral and other patterns. Some of these are 
beautiful in color and good in design, and, with plain tinted walls, 
a room in which the cur- 
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tains and slip covers 
cushions and pillows are 
made from this fabric is very 
attractive. 
Old furniture may be re¬ 
vamped and given G fresh 
coat of ivory white enamel, 
and a central rug or a num¬ 
ber of smalljfrugs made after 
the old-fashion rag carpet in 
A fairly successful attic bedroom, though a plain tinted treatment above the picture 
molding would probably have improved it 
one or two colors makes a satisfactory floor covering for use in 
such rooms. If the woodwork can be painted ivory white the 
scheme is more successful, as this is an important factor in the 
completed whole. In fact for bedrooms there is no better finish 
than the ivory white enamel. It is easy to apply and durable, 
and harmonizes with almost any scheme of furnishing one may 
desire to bring out in the room. 
Attractive little shades for electric lights or candles may be 
made from bits of silk or even tissue paper, and, used in a room 
in which old rose predomi¬ 
nates, the effect is charming, 
as the light showing through 
the rose color is very soft and 
pleasing. Pressed glass tall 
candlesticks may be bought 
for 25 cents apiece, and, fitted 
with such shades, find an 
acceptable place on the dress¬ 
ing-table, where they harmon¬ 
ize well with the silver. 
Curtains and valance stenciled in 
blue for the bedroom 
The white walls and straight-hanging curtains make an excellent 
setting for the fine old mahogany 
A cut-out cretonne applique on 
taffeta for curtains and coverlet 
