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your colors, unless you 
prefer brightly toned, 
small hook hugs repos¬ 
ing on a dark painted 
floor. You should have 
some brass and some 
blue pottery filled with 
flowers of contrasting 
hues. Your lampshades 
may be of decorated vel¬ 
lum with black grounds. 
The blue gingham may 
be used in other ways 
besides the window cur¬ 
tains: for pillows, por¬ 
tieres, the upholster}' of 
a wicker chair or so, and 
the pads of some side 
chairs. A narrow wool 
fringe in blue will pro¬ 
vide an effective edge at 
any point where finish is 
needed, and you may line 
your curtains with plain 
blue if you wish. 
Even in the hall there 
is a chance for gingham. 
It need not be a fluffy 
little hall in a bungalow. 
Even in this tiled hah 
ginghams in black, yel¬ 
low, cream and tobacco 
brown have been used on 
the chairs and for por¬ 
tieres. The furniture is 
walnut, the walls cream, 
the floor black and brown 
but one as formal as you 
please, as witness this 
tiled hall of the tall can¬ 
dlesticks. Against walls 
and woodwork of cream 
is silhouetted the walnut 
furniture. The backs 
and edges of the side 
chairs are covered with 
tobacco brown panne vel¬ 
vet, and gingham diag¬ 
onally plaided in brown 
and black on an ivory 
ground is used for the 
upholstery of the fronts 
of the backs and seats. 
Horizontally striped 
gingham in black, yel¬ 
low and cream, lined 
with tobacco brown, is 
used for the portieres; 
the floor is tiled in black 
and brown, and the oval 
hook rug is in black, 
brown and orange. The 
tall candlesticks are of 
gilded wood with orange 
candles, the mirror 
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Gingham is glorified in 
this bedroom, where a 
white and green design 
has been used with green 
painted furniture, sea 
green georgette glass cur¬ 
tains and a rose and gray 
rug 
