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House & Garden 
CHANDLER W. IRELAND 
Soft old pink 
walls, Directoire 
chairs done in 
apricot, blue and 
black, interesting 
Godey prints and 
an old Victorian 
needlepoint above 
the black mantel 
makes this a room 
of glowing color 
.4 colorful living 
r o o m can still 
have plenty of 
dignity. Here the 
walls are blue 
green, the curtains 
gold taffeta and 
the carpet dull 
Venetian red. 
Chandler W. Ire¬ 
land, decorator 
C IVILIZATION has decreed that a 
man should appear a sombre creature, 
merely a background for the showing 
of Milady’s gamut of color. As a reward 
he is allowed a bit of color in the shape of 
a bright cravat, a gay ribbon band for his 
straw hat, or a splash of brightness in his 
handkerchief. These are his allowances in 
the division of color, to be displayed to the 
world in general. But when it comes to a 
question of his own rooms it is quite a 
different story. Here he may burst forth in 
all the glory of the rainbow if he so desires, 
and where is the man who does not like a 
spot of strong red or blue or yellow some¬ 
where ? 
When the problem of furnishing a man's 
room comes up, visions of the old-time 
“den” with its unbreakable Mission furni¬ 
ture and turkey red hangings are invariably 
brought to mind. Fortunately we have gone 
a lonsr distance from that horror and now 
Hewitt 
Color Should Be the First Consideration 
In Planning a Mans Room 
