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tain sangfroid in the spirit of its style. 
Take the matter of the curtains: these 
may be little informal affairs of bril¬ 
liant color if you wish. It is distinctly 
possible at the smaller chimney windows 
to hang one diminutive length of India 
silk or rajah in buttercup yellow, sunny 
orange, or an intense peacock, echoing 
this note in the spots of color on your 
lampshade, in an occasional pottery 
bowl, and in a pillow here and there; 
then at the other larger windows hang¬ 
ing heavier curtains of a more neutral 
tone, such as a heavy sunfast or a dull 
dyed muslin ornamented with thick 
stitched lines of brightest color and 
black. You may cause to lurk behind 
them for use at night inner draw cur¬ 
tains of the strong color that you’ve 
hung at the smaller windows, glinting 
forth interestingly at the edges. Sup¬ 
pose you start a living room like this 
and hear what the family will say! 
Books and the Fire 
Of course, you must build in shelves 
for books. Have rows upon rows of 
them, for their influence in the room is 
great; place richly toned piles and 
groups of them on desk and table tops; 
show that they’re used. Be more spar¬ 
ing of your pictures, for in a room with 
sloping walls there should be as much 
bare wall space as possible to create an 
Only a little furniture is required for the garret nursery—a 
crib, tallboy, supper table and toy cupboards 
effect of spaciousness. And if there is 
a possible way to build a fireplace, have 
your own hearth fire; this has been done 
many times so successfully that I do not 
hesitate to advise it, for it will make 
all the difference in the world to your 
room, and having it you will be the 
most favored of mortals. 
A Furnishing Scheme 
A real room such as this at the top 
of the house, having just such gray 
walls, had a blue, black and gray rug 
on the floor, buttercup yellow silk 
draw curtains at the windows, with a 
dull gray-blue sunfast hung over them 
at the dormers. The wooden furniture 
was mahogany and consisted for the 
most part of a bureau desk, a Fenimore 
Cooper chair and an octagonal gateleg 
table. The overstuffed sofa was covered 
in dark taupe frizette, which formed a 
good background for the pillows of blue, 
dull gold and sand gray. One over¬ 
stuffed chair was covered with frizette 
to match the sofa, with a back of slate 
blue; and another was done in printed 
linen in blue, old }'ellow and black. 
Bright yellow candles pleasantly topped 
the tall brass candlesticks on the man¬ 
tel; the pottery lamp had a shade of 
blue and black vellum with a lining of 
gold, which was truly effective above 
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Misty gray walls form the background for this living room up under the eaves. The rug is two-tone brown, yellow silk glass curtains and blue 
sunfast in the dormers. The sofa is covered in dark taupe and one upholstered chair in blue, yellow and black printed linen 
