January, 1920 
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Great simplicity and dignity 
characterize an arrangement of a 
striped satin covered settee, a 
small Directoire chair and a little 
table on which conveniently 
stands an Italian pottery lamp 
with a painted lacquer shade. 
The sole wall ornamentation is a 
simply framed painting of a classic 
subject. The decorations in this 
room at the right are from Fakes- 
Bisbee, Inc. 
An old Italian gilt mirror forms 
the nucleus of a singularly happy 
arrangement. On a painted wood¬ 
en console stand growing ivy 
plants trained to fasten their ten¬ 
drils over the mirror. An old 
bronze and glass candlestick, a 
pair of porcelain pigeons and an 
old alabaster card tray complete 
an inviting suggestion for a hall¬ 
way. Decorations from Mrs. 
Emott Buel 
arrangement of accessories will not stand the 
test of either use or beauty, they may well be 
said to be of no importance. 
If we will but stop to analyze the rooms 
which have had that home-like, lived-in at¬ 
mosphere which is the ultimate goal for which 
most of us are striving in our houses, we Avill 
realize that that subtle something which may 
be missing in our own surroundings is due to 
the fact that all the small articles have been 
placed with discretion and a sympathetic un¬ 
derstanding of the needs of the occupants. One 
will realize that that small table near the dav¬ 
enport has its accompaniment of essential lamp 
and shade, its box for cigarettes, its ash trays, 
its place for books. One will 
appreciate that a careful ar¬ 
rangement on a commode of a 
bowl of beautiful flowers with a 
pair of Chinese porcelains at 
each side gives the eye a pleasing 
resting place and adds much to 
the quiet distinction of the room. 
How often has one visited 
houses where the obvious fact 
that nobody lived in the living 
room made it a cold, uninviting 
interior. The writing table had 
none of the essentials arranged 
upon it; there were no flowers 
anywhere, there was no fire in 
the fireplace and no intimation 
that there would be any, no place 
where one could sit down and 
read comfortably, no pictures, 
no books; no anything alive. 
.\11 this due to the fact that the 
tremendous trifles had not been 
considered. 
nook in which a writing table with all its de¬ 
lightful appointments had been placed. There 
were a sufficient number of softly shaded lamps 
creating glowing spots in the room and in¬ 
viting the reader. There was an ample table 
with place for books and magazines and com¬ 
fortable chairs drawn close by, and there was 
that most inviting arrangement of all around 
the fireplace with its shelf, a perfect delight in 
color decorations. The walls had been painted 
a soft gray-green and one never will forget the 
delicious combination of Chinese yellow vases 
standing at each end of the mantel with a bril¬ 
liant blue Chinese urn in the centre. They 
formed the only decoration on the mantel, with 
the exception of one or two very 
small Ijronzes, adding an art in¬ 
terest to the whole. 
That one does not have to 
have an elaltorate setting or 
]3roud objects to create this de¬ 
sirable atmosphere is frequently 
illustrated, when a clever person 
has been able to do it through 
the use of color alone and a 
few wisely chosen, inexpen¬ 
sive things. We particularly re¬ 
member a little dining room with 
its painted Venetian blue plas¬ 
ter walls. At the casement win¬ 
dows had been hung orange sun- 
dour curtains, and in the very 
sunniest place of this ver}' sunny 
room was a bowl of goldfish, 
with pots of growing ivy stand¬ 
ing at each side. More ivy was 
arranged in a box with a trellis 
at one side of the room, l:)etween 
two A’ery simple mahogany con¬ 
soles, and on them were placed 
the necessary candlesticks in an 
inexpensive Italian pottery, with 
painted orange colored shades. 
Shallow dishes held fruit and on 
the dining table was a strip of 
lace with a glowing orange glass 
bowl filled with flowers. A 
black lacquered wallpaper screen 
with orange touches in the Chi¬ 
nese design stood at the serving 
Stewart Walker, decorator (Continued on page 74) 
Accessories That Delight 
It is with great delight that 
one remembers some rooms. 
They may have pleased us for 
many reasons, unconsidered at 
the time. There was the de¬ 
lightfully comfortable paneled 
living room and library com¬ 
bined, with filled bookshelves 
up to the ver}" ceiling, with a bay 
window forming a comfortable 
.4 delightful group in one corner of a living room. 
