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color repeating the gray of the lower wall. 
The floors, of hardwood, were stained a 
greenish gray. The rag rng, made from 
terry, is also gray green. 
As the room is used merely as a sleep¬ 
ing place, the furniture needed was of sim¬ 
ple character. An old drop-leaf table, a 
small rocker and a dresser were the only 
pieces, with the exception of the child’s 
crib, considered absolutely necessary. Be¬ 
ing of indifferent and inharmonious finish, 
table and dresser were painted a warm, 
cream color, several coats being applied, 
each rubbed down with sandpaper. Flat 
paint, not enamel, was used, giving a dull 
finish. • A scarlet line was painted on the 
table top, encircling it about six inches 
from the edge, and the end panels of the 
dresser were treated in the same way. A 
Japanese stencil was used to apply a de¬ 
sign of rabbits in the corners of the table 
top, inside the line, and the same design 
was put in the dresser panels. In both, 
scarlet paint was used. The rocker, cer¬ 
tainly seventy-five years old, was picked 
up in a country woodshed for a quarter of 
a dollar. The rush seat cost a dollar, and 
was woven by a country craftsman. The 
chair was painted scarlet, like the sten¬ 
cils, a warm Japanese red, with plenty of 
yellow in it, which took the amateur deco¬ 
rator some time to procure, by mixing, but 
proved uncommonly satisfactory when 
finally attained. The bed, a crib with 
brass knobs, was given a coat of creamy 
paint to make it match the other furni¬ 
ture, and the brass knobs were remorse¬ 
lessly covered with the rest, doing away 
with a discordant detail commonly thought 
inevitable. 
A decorative note is given to the room by 
some small Japanese prints of birds and 
animals that cost, bought of a Japanese 
importer, twenty-five cents apiece. They 
were passe-partouted in gray green, and 
for hanging them bright scarlet cord was 
found in an embroidery shop. The silk 
cord is suspended from two points, giving 
two vertical lines that repeat the color of 
the furniture stencils. Blossoming gerani¬ 
ums in little pots lend an added touch of 
scarlet, as well as of gray green, accenting 
the color scheme. Very simple, with 
nothing superfluous, this little room is a 
hygienic place for sleep, with cheerful and 
harmonious surroundings for its small 
owner when he wakes up of mornings. 
A moderate-priced set of furniture de¬ 
signed for a child’s room is being shown 
in the shops. These pieces are reproduc¬ 
tions of Colonial models, built in ma¬ 
hogany, with a beautiful dull finish. In 
size they are only slightly beneath the nor¬ 
mal grown-up size, ensuring comfort for 
small owners,while they will not quickly be 
outgrown, as is the extremely small furni- 
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