Visualize robin’s egg blue walls., furni¬ 
ture and curtains in a chintz with fawn 
colored stripes and roses, and a deli¬ 
cate mauve Scotch rug. Other acces¬ 
sories add further color. The furnish¬ 
ing cost $855 
quisite colorings. We have used it on the 
comfortable davenport, drawn up at one side 
of the fireplace, on the roomy wing armchair, 
opposite, and also at the windows. The only 
other fabric we have used in the room is a 
striped rep, in purple, yellow and green, 
which we used on the two chairs, which are 
shown at the bottom of page 14 and on a 
small bench. 
Next to the armchair, we have placed at a 
convenient angle, an unusually distinguished 
little book table, which is painted a blue green, 
and painted inside with the Pompeian red of 
the chintz. On this stands a gray green iron 
lamp, with a parchment shade of unusual 
shape, bound in green, with a green and blue 
decoration painted on its panels. To complete 
the fireplace, we have a pair of dull brass 
andirons, a pair of tall many-branched iron 
candlesticks, which give quite an air to the 
room, and a mirror with flower overpainting, 
in which all the colors of the chintz occur, with 
the frame done in Pompeian red. 
Near the davenport stands a rusty, iron read¬ 
ing lamp, with a simple natural color parch¬ 
ment paper shade, with lines of plum color, 
red and black. 
Between the long French windows, leading 
to the garden, we have placed a secretary-desk 
of excellent design, painted the Pompeian red 
of the chintz, with a line of gray green fol¬ 
lowing its graceful contours. A dull oak 
Windsor chair is used with this, our theory 
being that it is more interesting to use painted 
furniture together with furniture in natural 
wood tones. We have carried out this idea 
in the refectory table and a pair of Spanish 
chairs which you may see in the plan and at 
the bottom of page 14. They are all in wal¬ 
nut, with a wax finish, and are of very good 
design. There is also a long, low bench shown 
on the plan, which is Spanish in feeling and 
design. This, together with the sand color 
rug completes a room which we feel is both 
restful distinguished, and to which, from 
time to time, one might add a few personal 
touches. 
Following is the list with prices for the fur¬ 
nishings of this room: 
The furniture group in the bow end is 
particularly happy, with its table desk 
and ivy on tall stands. The book shelves, 
not shown in the drawing, can be easily 
made by any carpenter, out of plain 12" 
boards painted 
Davenport, 5' 6" long.$150.00 
O /2 yards of 50" purple chintz to cover same 
at $2.65 a yard. 17.23 
Painted secretary-desk . 125.00 
Painted table for books. 30.00 
Wing armchair . 70.00 
4 yards of 50" purple chintz to cover same at 
$2.65 a yard. 10.60 
Mirror with over-painting. 40.00 
Seminole rug, sand color, 10 by 14. 85.00 
1 pair of dull brass andirons. 20.00 
Making two pairs of curtains at $22. 44.00 
14 yards of 50" purple chintz at $2.65 a 
yard . 37.10 
Reading lamp and shade. 50.00 
Table lamp with shade. 30.00 
1 pair of tall brass candlesticks. 25.00 
1 desk chair. 19.00 
1 refectory walnut table. 75.00 
2 walnut chairs at $28.75. 57.50 
1 bench, walnut. 74.75 
$960.18 
A ROOM of quite another character is our 
second plan. Crisp white ruffled muslin 
curtains and gay chintz give it a daintiness 
and freshness all its own. The walls are 
painted that indescribable and elusive shade 
known as robin’s egg blue. The chintz we 
have chosen has a wide fawn colored stripe 
with a lighter fawn stripe of rose colored 
flowers in varying tones. The chintz is used 
for outer curtains and valances, as well as on 
the davenport of graceful lines and unusual 
shape, and on the chair opposite. It is an 
interesting contrast to the walls and a very 
smart design. 
We think the furniture grouping at the win¬ 
dows is particularly happy. In this case the 
windows themselves form part of a slight 
