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House & Garden 
^The Luxury of 
built in fixtures 
T) UILT-IN CHINA bathroom acces- 
■^sories not only add wonderfully to 
the convenience of a bathroom but 
provide a distinct note of refinement. 
When you build, plan to have Fair- 
facts accessories installed in your 
bathroom walls. They are made of 
china. Consequently they are easily 
kept clean, do not stain or become 
discolored and will not develop sur¬ 
face cracks. 
We shall be pleased to send you our 
booklet on request. 
The Fairfacts Company, Inc. 
Man ufacturers 
234 West 14th Street, New York City 
'ki i rfa cts ^)ixtu res 
BUILT IN YOUR BATHROOM WALLS 
The sol ft colors used in this bedroom, the rich flowering of the cur¬ 
tains and valances, and the unusual treatment of the four-posters 
all contribute to the impression of elegance and comfort 
Elegance in the Small House 
(Continued from page 76) 
Dining rooms are apt to be a little 
sparsely furnished, since china cabinets 
are no longer used. The serving table 
and buffet are generally put to such 
utilitarian purposes that they have lit¬ 
tle or no decorative value in the room. 
Semi-circular table ends can be made 
quite a feature of elegance with hand¬ 
some vases or some objet d’art. 
One word about breakfast rooms; 
the day has passed when the ladder- 
back chair and drop-leaf table were all 
that were necessary. One wants to 
make this room an exquisite little place, 
an epigram in decoration. Put on the 
walls a rich red and gray Directoire 
paper with a heavy glaze. The furni¬ 
ture can be bronze and black, of line 
classical lines. Directoire wrought-iron 
stands holding ferns can be placed at 
balanced points. Curtains may be of 
dull, thin velvet flecked with copper. 
In a sunny spot on a flat velvet cushion, 
the color of Bermuda blue water, set a 
goldfish bowl; the blue of the velvet 
will show through, with the fish against 
it. This little room can serve as a 
card room in the evenings, being equally 
suitable to begin and end one’s day in. 
In bedrooms nothing is more lovely 
than linen over-curtains to the floor, a 
wide, shaped valance and draw cur¬ 
tains of a warm, glowing taffeta. This 
gives a much softer and more elegant 
appearance to the windows than draw¬ 
ing the linen over-curtains. The same 
combination can be used for a bed 
canopy. Bed covers of the taffeta 
should be elaborately enough made 
about the bottom to give them a pleas¬ 
ant hang. In here, as in the living 
room, there should be a few pieces of 
antique furniture just to give the room 
a rich character and a feminine touch. 
For example, an inlaid pearwood sewing 
table, a French bergere and a high nar¬ 
row commode to hold trifles. These 
should be picked up after the essentials 
are taken care of. 
Elegance in color is produced by a 
fine blending of colors. Do not be too 
meagre with the variety of colors; for 
example, in a rose and gray room in¬ 
troduce soft yellow, a little violet and 
some clear, ciel blue, for if one keeps 
only to rose and grey, the color har¬ 
mony will be very meager and thin. 
Elegance is never thin, just as it is 
never lavish. 
The following specifications for the 
furniture and color schemes in four 
(Continued on page 80) 
Light Italian pink plaster walls, hangings and some of the coverings 
in blue satin damask, a sofa in old Italian red cut velvet, mirrors 
and sconces in silver and bookshelves with painted panels and 
lunettes combine to make this a distinguished living room. Miss 
Gheen. Inc., decorators 
