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House & Garden 
In remodeling a city house it 
is often possible to create a 
much more spacious living 
room by eliminating the in¬ 
evitable upper hall. This was 
done in the New York resi¬ 
dence of Mrs. Claude Penney. 
The walls are paneled in Adam 
green. Chairs and sofas lend 
the air of Louis XV. The cur¬ 
tains are yellow taffeta with 
plain valances of old brocade. 
Sterner & Wolfe, architects 
When one desires to create a 
room in which to live com¬ 
fortably for a long time it is 
advisable to use strong colors 
with restraint. Make the back¬ 
ground neutral and concen¬ 
trate the color in small ac¬ 
cessories. This is the prin¬ 
ciple employed in the room 
to the left. Another view, on 
the opposite page, shows the 
fireplace grouping. Here are 
shown plain taffeta curtains 
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