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curve, which extends from wall to wall at that 
end of the room. The table-desk, painted a 
shade or two lighter than the walls is placed 
at right angles to the windows. At the curve 
in the walls, are a pair of tall stands painted 
black with gilt decorations, on which pots of 
trailing ivy have been placed, over these hang 
unusually attractive mirrors in black and gold 
frames, the whole arrangement makes a well 
balanced and inviting grouping. The use of 
ivy on stands with the mirrors in question is 
shown at the top of page 14. An English 
library table, finished in dull oak is hand- 
carved and stands at the wall opposite the 
fireplace. It is of good design, well built with 
stretcher below and carved apron. Next to it 
stands a tall, Liberty long-back chair, with a 
rush seat, also finished in the dull oak. Along 
the wall, opposite the windows, as shown in the 
plan, run built-in book shelves. These may be 
made very simply, of plain twelve-inch boards, 
and painted the color of the woodwork. It is 
well to plan to have plenty ot book space in 
the living room, even if there be another room, 
set aside for books, as nothing adds so much 
to the general effect of comfort. 
The small decorative touches, which we have 
chosen, are a white alabaster lamp on the desk, 
with a painted, deep rose colored parchment 
shade, edged with a line of silver, a small 
black painted table, with a line decoration of 
gold, which is placed near the davenport, and 
on this a mauve glass lamp with painted shade 
in rose, mauve and blue morning glories, on 
a cream ground. The cushions are black taf¬ 
feta, with three-inch puffings. A delicate 
mauve, Scotch wool rug is as practical as its 
name implies. Its texture is very uneven with 
gray and mauve combination, the mauve pre¬ 
dominating. This makes an interesting note 
of color on the hardwood floor, which has been 
The cottage living room requires only a few 
pieces of simple furniture. It is planned 
without a fireplace 
stained a very dark tone, nearly the tone of 
the oak furniture. Below is the list of objects 
with prices for this room. 
1 davenport .$160.00 
10 yards 50" chintz for it at $3. 30.00 
1 armchair . 60.00 
4 yards of material for same at $3. 12.00 
1 oak, hand-carved library table. 115.00 
1 Liberty long-back chair. 60.00 
2 taffeta cushions at $9 each. 18.00 
1 Scotch wool Seminole rug, 10' by 14'. 85.00 
2 black painted stands for ivy at $24. 48.00 
2 mirrors with black frames at $15. 30.00 
1 alabaster lamp and shade. 23.00 
1 mauve glass lamp and shade. 27.00 
1 black and gold painted table. 25.00 
1 painted table desk. 25.00 
1 rush seated painted chair for desk. 26.00 
2 pairs white ruffled muslin curtains at $12.50. 25.00 
Making 2 pairs chintz curtains at $22. 44.00 
14 yards chintz at $3. 42.00 
$855.00 
O UR third living room, we have imagined 
to be in a small country house, rather 
of a New England farmhouse type, with just 
enough of the old English spirit left in it to 
have tiled floors, beamed ceilings and walls 
tinted buff. For this we have chosen a group 
of excellent reproductions of the 18th Century, 
English Colonial, and we have tried to make 
it a friendly and approachable room, with no 
claims to drawing room distinction. We have 
planned it as a room without a fireplace, which 
of course is always a handicap, but since that 
is a problem which so many of our readers 
constantly inquire about, we felt that this might 
help solve it for them. Consequently, we have 
This room is planned for a New England farmhouse or cottage, with tiled floor, beamed ceiling and buff tinted walls. English Colonial 
furniture is painted tulip yellow with green lines; the desk is green. Gate leg and small corner tables are oak. Upholstery and curtains 
are of quaint glazed chintz in an old-fashioned floral design of mauve, blue, yellow and green. Furniture, $464.25 
