12 
House & Garden 
Here a Colonial scenic wall 
paper is used in reproduc¬ 
tion. The furniture is con¬ 
sistently simple. The cost 
of the decorations is $449.10 
Their particularly high backs 
give to the arm chairs in 
the room above an unusual 
touch. The one shown at 
the left is priced at $22.50 
painted furniture, this 
same suggestion might be 
carried out in a restful 
green at very little extra 
expense. With this, a good 
serviceable chenille rug in 
two tones of sand color 
would be appropriate. On 
the whole, this room, as 
you may see from the il¬ 
lustration, would have a great deal of char¬ 
acter, which is often difficult to attain, especial¬ 
ly when one has economy in mind. 
A complete list of all the decorations in this 
room, which we are estimating to be about 
12'xl5', follows: 
8 rolls of scenic wall paper at 95c. a roll.... $7.60 
1 gate leg table 48"x48". 45.00 
3 arm chairs at $22.50. 67.50 
3 side chairs at $18.50. 55.50 
1 side table . 45.00 
For making curtains, including sateen lining, 
at $24 a pair. 48.00 
13 yards self-striped green toile at $4.50_ 58.50 
1 reversible Chenille rug 9'xl2'. 72.00 
1 Colonial mirror. 50.00 
Total . $449.10 
Of a totally different sort is the room illus¬ 
trated on page 13. All the furniture in this 
room is walnut. The refectory table and the 
dresser are both reproductions, but the Lan¬ 
cashire rush-seated chairs are old ones. As a 
background for the mellow walnut tones of 
the furniture, we have chosen a Georgian green 
painted wall, with moldings rubbed in with 
dull gold. At the windows is a many 
colored English chintz bound in dull green 
taffeta, and a dull gold oval mirror between 
is the only wall decoration. The side lights 
are shielded with parchment paper shades, 
painted a rosy flame color, with a design in 
dull black. The reproduction of the old Eng¬ 
lish dresser allows for a display of old Spode 
or Worcester, if one be the 
happy possessor of any 
such; and as the walls of 
the room are plain, this 
decorative piece with its 
collection of old china and 
silver is quite appropriate, 
and adds a note of inter¬ 
est to the whole. 
A neutral toned or black 
wool rug would fit in with this plan very well. 
A list of the furniture for this room follows: 
1 walnut Stratford dresser. $290.00 
1 walnut refectory table . 145.00 
6 Lancashire chairs at $25. 150.00 
Making two pairs of curtains with straight 
valances, including lining and making cur¬ 
tains to draw, $30 a pair. 60.00 
13^ yards 50" chintz at $3.50. 47.25 
3 yards 36" taffeta for binding curtains at 
$3.35 . 10.05 
1 reversible wool rug, 9'xl2'. 57.75 
1 oval mirror . 40.00 
Total . $800.05 
Another enchanting dining room which we 
have seen has fawn colored walls with vivid 
jade green taffeta outer curtains, caught back 
with old glass rosettes, and beneath these hang 
thin orange colored taffeta curtains through 
which the light filters pleasantly. The furni¬ 
ture, which consists of an oval shaped table, a 
