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House and Garden 
as that in the adjoining living-room. The buffet 
■was placed between the two casement windows, the 
serving table between the alcove window and the 
swinging door into the pantry, the table not quite in 
the center of the room hut nearer the window holding 
the ferns. 
The lighting of the room was simple and effective, 
ddie table lights clustered under a spreading open 
weave bamboo shade which was lined with soft green 
silk and threw the light pleasantly upon the table. 
I'he side lights above the buffet were of the least 
expensive design. On such ordinarily the bulbs 
turn up, here they were reversed and little frills of 
green silk were placed over the ground glass shades, 
adding a touch of elegance which suited the room. 
The owners of the house were so delighted with 
the finished room, both by its distinctive charm and 
the small cost of everything, that they requested the 
decorator to select and purchase for them the china 
and glass ware setting a limit of $50.00 on the amount 
to be expended. 
Glasses selected 
were of good 
quality and 
showed a tiny 
handed pattern 
at the top. 
These included 
water, claret, 
sherry and 
liqueur glasses. 
As very many 
unnecessary 
pieces are usu¬ 
ally included in 
the regulation 
sets of china. 
The Decorator 
determined to 
find something 
in open stock 
which would 
come within the 
amount allowed him for these. Eliminating tea cups, 
sauce and sugar bowls, cream jugs, tea and chocolate 
pots, he found made a decided difference in the cost 
and he was enabled to select something to replace the 
necessary pieces which, while harmonizing with the 
whole, would show a different design which seemed 
desirable. He found a charming little tea set, 
including the tea pot, sugar bowl, cream jug and 
eight cups of delicate Japanese ware in dull green, 
the design of pure white storks showing exquisitely 
against this ground. This selection augmented the 
Japanese suggestion, already felt in the decoration of 
the room. 
The chocolate pot selected was dull green in color, 
the beauty of its slender shape, entirely undecorated. 
The small cups which matched this, could be utilized 
either for chocolate or after-dinner coffee. With the 
six dollars which remained of the fifty after making 
the above mentioned purchases, he chose one-half 
dozen Limoge salad plates. These showed con¬ 
ventional designs in which the dominant color was 
green, but as they were odd pieces, he was lucky 
enough to procure them at the price named. 
In designing this wholly successful room The 
Decorator had well in mind three points, its color 
relation to the adjoining living-room; its simple for¬ 
mality, as suggested by the Japanese feeling in its 
decoration; and the utility as well as beauty of each 
article used in its fitting. 
The stairway placed in a small hall directly back 
of the living-room, he found a difficult architectural 
feature to reconcile. Aftercareful study of the floor 
plans, and such photographs as were supplied him 
by his client, he determined to remove the wide door 
leading from the living-room into this passage, plac¬ 
ing a curtain at 
the opening. A 
c o m m o d i o u s 
landing at the 
turn of the stairs 
showed a win- 
d o w under 
which he placed 
a wide seat, and 
heaped upon it 
half a dozen 
comfortable pil¬ 
lows covered 
in greens and 
browns. 
The walls, 
woodwork, and 
curtains were 
like those in the 
1 i v i n g - r 00 m. 
This treatment 
of a bad feature 
resulted in mak¬ 
ing this room more spacious and attractive. The 
cost of decorating and furnishing was as follows: 
five rolls ot “ pine cone ” wall-paper @ 40c. $ 2 00 
Japanese rug, 9 X 12. 27 00 
Embroidered net curtains, $12.00 per pair. 24 00 
Thin crinkled green silk for curtains @ 90c. 8 20 
Embroidered centerpiece, buffet cover, serving table cover. 30 00 
Oak table. 48 00 
Oak buffet. 35 00 
Serving table. 15 00 
d'wo arm chairs, @ $7.50. 15 00 
Six side chairs. 22 50 
Teakwood stand. 2 00 
Chinese jar. 2 00 
Dwarfed pine. i 75 
Bamboo shade. 4 00 
China and glassware. 50 00 
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