PART II. THE DINING-ROOM 
BY A DECORATOR 
T he dining-room in the house for which The 
Decorator was supplying the scheme, opening 
directly from the living-room described in 
the October House and Garden, was of southern 
and eastern exposure and showed good proportions. 
An alcove window set at the southern end gave 
most excellent opportunity for a proper and attrac¬ 
tive disposal of plants and was made a pronounced 
feature of the decorative scheme of the room. 
Paper of charming color and design covered the 
wall from the plate rail to cornice. Against a clear 
white background brown twigs and branches of the 
pine showed strongly through clustering green 
needles, interspersed at intervals by small brown 
cones. The color of twig and cone matched per¬ 
fectly the tone of the oak and the rich green of the 
pine needles was a trifle deeper in color than the 
plaster panels below the rail. A light cornice of the 
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COTTAGE SIDEBOARD, WITH PLATE RACK 
The lower walls were under his 
suggestions painted in oil, and 
given a flat finish. The color 
chosen was soft green harmoniz¬ 
ing perfectly with the green used 
in the adjoining room. 
The standing woodwork of oak was finished with 
a color reproducing the rich nut brown of English 
oak, the stain and finish bringing out the.grain of 
the wood effectively. This included a plate rail set 
at a height of six feet above the floor line. 
oak set at the ceiling angle 
and stained like the wood¬ 
work gave solidity and 
finish to the entire wall 
treatment. This paper is 
one of the season’s best 
designs of domestic manufacture, and retails for 
forty cents a single roll. 
At the windows next the glass, curtains of ecru net 
were hung. These curtains were interesting and 
unusual and as the decorator said “ composed 
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