November, 1918 
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Softness of tone would make 
this suitable for a bedroom 
in rose on a blue background? 
The value of this simple, home¬ 
made product must of necessity de¬ 
pend upon many things. First of 
all, are the primary factors—artistic 
designs and coloring. In connection 
with these, quality should be taken 
into consideration and the rug chosen 
for firmness, closeness of weave, weight or 
thickness, all four of which are points pro¬ 
claiming its superiority. 
Scarcely one out of a hundred people realize 
that the common hooked rug will harmonize 
with French furnishing. Considering its sur¬ 
roundings, New England farm life of a cen¬ 
tury ago seems hardly to have been in sym¬ 
pathy with the sort of environment that would 
produce the French mode of living, more espe¬ 
cially the Louis XV mode. But it did. 
Careful study will show that scrolls and 
shells were popular in the designs during this 
regime, and the French also were fond of col¬ 
ors as brilliant and gorgeous as were found in 
their brocades. On examining the home-made 
products of New England one is surprised to 
Because of its broken border this rug with brilliant 
cockatoos is an unusual example 
Blue predominates in this 
Oriental design imitation 
find that much the same sort of 
scroll, often with a Rococo feeling, 
and gaily colored flowers emblematic 
of the French brocades of that period 
are introduced. In the drawing in of 
calla lilies, poppies or daisies, each 
one of which has a great variety of 
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BUYING NOW for the FUTURE HOUSE 
A Footnote On Conservation In City Apartments As It Was 
Tried In a War Bride's Living Room 
C ONSERVATION is 
the smart thing now¬ 
adays.” 
That is how the renting 
agent replies when you de¬ 
spair at the absurdities of 
rooms he shows you. That 
also is the enigma set before 
the decorator. We must leave 
free spaces, keep to plain 
tones and “attic” every un¬ 
necessary piece of furniture. 
So many people are just 
biding their time now; furni¬ 
ture is bought with a view 
toward the future house. In 
this apartment, then, we find 
the vis-a-vis of every fire 
place — the long refectory 
table and the comfortable 
lounge. This lounge has the 
left end on a ratchet to let 
down, so that an extra war¬ 
rior can be stowed away. For 
who is not offering hospitali¬ 
ty to some soldier or sailor? 
And it is the war brides who 
are clamoring for hints on 
flat furnishing. 
As the exposure is north, 
the walls are a soft sea green. 
At the windows, chiffon cur- 
When Johnnie comes marching home the war bride will move from her flat 
into a house. Hence the fireplace table and couch. Agnes F. Wright, decorator 
tains of American Beauty 
color—thin and not too in¬ 
tense. Two deep ruffles, 
picoted on with a pi cot edge, 
give weight so that they hang 
with a soft richness. Over 
these are curtains of deep 
American Beauty velvet. 
The lounge is upholstered 
in velvet and has a cushion 
of brilliant Jaqueminot taf¬ 
feta covered with tete de 
negre chiffon. It repeats the 
colors of the lampshade and 
the lamp base which is Ital¬ 
ian glazed pottery, almost 
black in color. The wrought 
iron lamp was toned up with 
dull silver, and the vellum 
shade is a tone of green 
darker than the walls, with 
black and Jacqueminot deco¬ 
rations. 
The old Italian desk is 
walnut and so is the table, 
which is covered with a strip 
of dark filet. In the fore¬ 
ground is a “Polly With a 
Past” chair, in heavy plain 
satin of American Beauty 
several shades lighter than 
the velvet. 
