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House & Garden 
A quaint old block paper in Queen Anne design, frilly dotted swiss curtains and dressing table hung with 
the same dainty fabric combine with the simple Colonial furniture to make a room cool and attractive 
COLOR SCHEMES FOR SIMPLE BEDROOMS 
A V ariety of C 
W HEN the question of furnishing the 
small house is considered, it is impera¬ 
tive to give particular attention to the furnish¬ 
ing and the decorating of the bedroom, which 
should be made as comfortable and inviting as 
possible, despite the necessity for economy. 
The question of scale is an important one, 
and whereas the old Colonial furniture, though 
lovely in itself is frequently too heavy and 
cumbersome for the small house, graceful and 
appropriate reproductions may be found, which 
will carry out the spirit of the Colonial and 
yet fit into our modern existences. With this 
furniture, a variety of fascinating color schemes 
may be devised, either with wall paper and a 
plain fabric, or painted walls and chintz. 
For a simple, inexpensive bedroom, well- 
made mahogany furniture, Colonial in design, 
is appropriate and effective. Four posters with 
posts so low as not to require a canopy are 
reasonably priced at $26.50 each. For these, 
mattresses and springs of very good quality 
should be procured, as the cheap sort are a 
very poor investment. A very good hair mat¬ 
tress may be procured at $37.00 and a very- 
good box spring at $26.50. 
The Chifforobe and Dressing Table 
Among the most useful pieces of modern 
furniture, rivalling the high-boy in capacity, 
if not in line, is what is known as a chifforobe. 
This is about the height of a Colonial chest of 
drawers, and consists of two roomy drawers, 
mbinations for Furniture and Hangings 
the Purse of the Youngest Householder 
NANCY ASHTON 
with an upper cabinet of four trays. Excellent 
value of dull mahogany is the- one chosen at 
$79.00. 
On it stands a small toilet mirror, like the 
old Colonial designs, which is priced at only 
$17.50. 
Instead of a mahogany dressing table, a 
simple one hung with dotted swiss and lined 
with the color which is to predominate in che 
room, will be found attractive and dainty, thus 
giving a little more variety. 
This, of course, may be a homemade affair, 
a simple kitchen table serving successfully for 
that purpose, or it may be procured completely 
draped at $35.00. 
Above it a graceful Queen Anne mahogany 
mirror is useful and appropriate, priced at 
$29.00. 
One comfortable arm chair is essential, al¬ 
though, of course, a chaise longue is even more 
luxurious. A very comfortable chair may be 
had covered in a plain sateen, the chair priced 
at $57.00, and the sateen at $1.05 a y-ard. 
Then a small rush seated stool to be used in 
front of the dressing table, a rush seated side 
chair and a small night table will be sufficient 
to make the room adequately furnished and 
entirely livable. 
With all this undecorated, almost severe 
mahogany furniture, it might be well to depart 
from the always restful, plain, painted, or 
paneled walls, and use a Queen Anne block 
paper of quaint and captivating design. This 
That Will Suit 
comes in several color combinations. One of 
the most attractive, in which the design is the 
least obtrusive, is a delicate combination of 
soft grays and pale yellow, with the faintest 
touch of pale blue on a white ground—cool 
and restful to a degree. 
As to Swiss Curtains 
With this, swiss curtains, with a yellow dot 
and a plain y-ellow sateen for bed and chair 
covering with the dressing table in the swiss, 
would be an effective combination. The lamps 
could be blue painted tin with pale yellow 
painted shades with a blue edge. A gray wool 
carpet would keep the whole room in a soft 
delicate color harmony. 
For anyone with more love of color, the same 
wall paper comes in a design of mauves, blues 
and crushed raspberry on a linen colored 
ground. Used with this, the swiss curtains 
should have a white dot, with possibly a tiny 
edging of crushed raspberry, either fringe or 
binding, and that same vivid color in sateen 
could be used for the bed covers and the chair. 
Dotted swiss, such as this, with a white dot, 
may be procured 72" wide at $2.30 a yard, or 
36" wide at $1.15 a yard. 
The swiss with a colored dot, either blue, 
rose, yellow or mauve comes 31" wide at $1.95 
a yard. 
Sateen is really a very serviceable and use¬ 
ful material and comes in a variety of attractive 
shades. 
