HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1911 
Interior Finish 
most successful of dull finishes. It 
imparts the repose of water colors to 
any room and gives the service of oil 
paint—sets off fine pictures—is adapt¬ 
able to any color scheme, room furnish¬ 
ing or interior surface. 
Mellotone appeals to careful house¬ 
keepers because washable — sanitary. 
Non-fading—crackproof. Will not peel 
or chalk like kalsomine. Costs no 
more than desirable wall paper. 
Drop us postal for color cards and 
“ Harmony in Color;” also “Common 
Sense about Interiors.” Both free. 
Or send 25c for “Good Homes by 
Good Architects” showing pleasing 
effects obtainable with Mellotone and 
other “Little Blue Flag” products. 
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Boston New York Chicago Kansas City 
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* Italian Gardens 
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will yield wonderful results in such things 
as lettuce, that must be grown quickly and 
without check both for size and crispness. 
Charles E. Raynal 
A Blue Bird Bedroom 
(Continued from page 428) 
been adopted. In wall papers, cretonne, 
etc., blue wrens, blue swallows, blue jays, 
blue sparrows, blue canaries and conven¬ 
tional blue birds are introduced. The fact 
is that the play has emphasized the bird 
idea and a color idea, leaving the fancy to 
play with them as it will in decorative art. 
In the foregoing observations we have 
dealt somewhat fully with the subject of 
wall treatment, as this is the prime essen¬ 
tial of interior decoration. Woodwork, 
draperies and other furnishings are devel¬ 
oped harmoniously. The woodwork should 
be of white. The rug for the floor should 
be blue or blue and white. White enamel 
furniture is most appropriate, though a 
brass bed is not incorrect. If, however, 
the furniture one has on hand is of another 
color it is a simple matter to paint or 
enamel it one's self with any of the con¬ 
venient preparations which come ready to 
hand. An old and perhaps discarded set 
of furniture may be made new and found 
precisely suited to the room. If one is dis¬ 
posed to venture on some artistic flights it 
is a good idea to paint or stencil upon the 
furniture an appropriate blue bird figure 
to strike a note of harmony with the walls. 
The next problem is draperies. It is 
interesting to note that manufacturers of 
fabrics are equally awake to the impulses 
of popular taste. In fact draperies and 
wall papers go hand in hand; they are 
sister crafts. There is no difficulty in ob¬ 
taining draperies with corresponding mo j 
tifs. Good decorators are careful to con¬ 
sider wall papers and draperies together 
as practically one subject. Let us apply 
these principles to the room before us. If 
it is treated with plain side walls having 
figured frieze or crown, the latter suggests 
the window style. That is to say, the chief 
note of the window is the over-drapery 
and lambrequin of blue bird cretonne. 
Under this are simple white curtains. If, 
however, the entire side walls have an all- 
over design, the treatment of the windows 
is different. In this case the over-drapery 
is of plain material with applied designs 
either of cretonne or stencil in blue bird 
motifs. In this treatment the decorative 
idea is diminished in the windows to avoid 
tediousness, but it is not wholly abandoned. 
In some instances it is found preferable to 
dispense with the over-draperies and use 
scrim curtains with blue bird stenciling. 
This gives a light, simple, dainty and inex¬ 
pensive result. One has to judge each case 
on its own merits. Taking the paper as a 
basis, one proceeds to work out the log¬ 
ical, artistic ensemble. It is difficult to 
lay down any hard-and-fast rule, but the 
illustrations show something of what has 
actually been accomplished. 
Using the blue bird cretonne as a mate¬ 
rial, a number of simple accessories can 
easily be made: table-covers, scrap-bas- 
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Keeps babies wonderfully contented hours at a time. 
The frame is white enameled with nickel trimmings. The 
sides of silver finished wire screen afford fine ventilation, 
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