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was dark and unattractive until 
the decorator got through creat¬ 
ing sunshine in it. 
First the walls and woodwork 
were painted a bisque ivory, al¬ 
ways a satisfactory background, 
and the floor was done in a fine¬ 
ly decorative peacock blue, quite 
unnoticeably dark. On this 
there was laid a rug in neutral 
snuff brown bordered with a 
band of deep green blue. 
The lacquered commode was 
an inspiration for the entire 
color scheme, for its multi-col¬ 
ored tonings resolved themselves 
into dull blue top and ends, 
with soft green front panels 
decorated effectively with Chi¬ 
nese landscape motifs worked 
out principally in gold and yel¬ 
low, and banded between the 
panels with black, picked out 
with gold. The feet and lower 
trimmings were of toned gold, 
as were also the frames of the 
upholstered chairs on either side 
of the commode. The material 
used to cover these was of a 
In this hall the walls and 
woodwork were lightened by 
bisque ivory, the floor a pea¬ 
cock blue with a snuff-colored 
rug, the lacquer commode 
blue, yellow and gold, the 
chair coverings gold and the 
curtains old yellow damask 
deep golden mustard, striped in 
blue. At the one rather inade¬ 
quate leaded glass window, for 
it was dark, were placed in¬ 
sistent curtains of old yellow 
damask, arranged so that they 
could be pulled together under 
their valance of matching ve¬ 
lours. They made a sunny spot. 
From the gold and black framed 
mirror above the commode an¬ 
other sunny spot gleamed out 
from their reflection, almost 
supplying another window in 
the hall. By this judicious use 
of the various tones of yellow 
against a harmonious back¬ 
ground the miracle of a gay hall 
was wrought, where before was 
a mere well of darkness. 
It almost goes without saying 
that the term “yellow” covers a 
multitude of varying tones. 
Gold is one of these, and 
orange; in between lie the buffs, 
the butter yellows, the ochres, 
and the mustards, with the many 
tints and shades between. So, 
(Continued on page 56) 
Orange tassels gave the hint 
for this yellow bedroom. The 
walls are saffron cream, the 
over-curtains soft yellow 
striped crepe with narrow lines 
of orange and black, and the 
glass curtains plain yellow 
Japanese crepe 
