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House & Garden 
Photograph by Gillies 
Nothing is more successful for the background 
of a room than wood properly paneled and fin¬ 
ished. It has dignity, diversity of interest and 
xoarmth of tone. In the residence of William J. 
Tully, Esq., at Loctist Valley. N. Y., wood has 
been used. It gives formality to the entrance 
and makes a perfect setting for the Gainsboro 
and the few pieces of loell-selected furniture. 
Kenneth Murchison, architect 
The popularity of the Italian mode in decoration 
is unquestioned. It is sparse but comfortable, 
dignified but not too cold. Our American lives 
require backgrounds of this character. The din¬ 
ing-room to the right shows that mode con¬ 
sistently carried out in both furniture and archi¬ 
tectural background. It is in the residence of 
W. W. Lawrence, Esq., at Watch Hill. R. I., of 
which Mott B. Schmidt was the architect 
Photograph by Wurts Brothers 
The livable living-room affords open restful spaces and the furniture 
is so grouped as to form centers of .convenience and comfort. But 
there are winter centers and summer. In this view of the living- 
room of the residence of J. 8. Schieffelin, Esq., at Monroe. N. 1’.. 
the centers of interest are for summer. The decoration is consistent 
in every detail from the hand-adzed beams and brocade fringed frieze 
to the broad floor boards. B. B. Smith, architect 
Photograph by Gillies 
