An Artist’s Home 
THE DINING-ROOM FIREPLACE 
is of Roman brick, a soft yellow gray, the opening 
set with semi-regular blocks of gray sandstone with 
keystone, and forming a slightly pointed or Tudor 
arch. The heavy wooden mantel that extends be¬ 
yond each side, as well as the paneling above, is 
Gothic. In the large center panel, intended for a 
bas-relief, a pastoral scene was painted on the plaster. 
On the opposite side the wall space is broken by a 
cluster of three windows. Three broad false beams 
cross the ceiling, their ends supported by a six-inch 
flat moulding. 
1 he fun now came in planning a color scheme for 
the living-room. The woodwork was of cypress, 
selected because of its beautiful grain and adapta¬ 
bility to even staining. We wanted the room to be 
cool, airy, and spacious in effect. The soft gray 
green suggested by old Japanese temple doors and 
screens we found could be produced by an inexpen¬ 
sive preparation of coal tar and turpentine to which 
was added a little blue. When applied with a brush 
and wiped, this gave an extremely soft effect, ranging 
from a delicate green tone to an orange where the 
grain of the wood was exposed. The walls were 
tinted a light warm yellow gray, and the ceiling 
between the false beams the same shade, but of 
lighter tone. 
On the floor, stained a gray brown with a prepara¬ 
tion made of tar, umber and hard oil, were spread a 
large cashmere rug with tones of dull yellow, Turkey 
red, and deep purple, and other smaller Oriental 
rugs ot the same blending. 
The andirons, fire set and screen, lamps and gas 
fixtures were of old brass. It might be of interest to 
state that we had made to order by a small manu¬ 
facturing company, and at an expense no greater 
than that of ordinary fixtures of stock pattern, gas 
sconces of our own design. 
With a scheme of soft yellow and green grays in 
wall and woodwork as a background, we arranged 
to advantage old studio furnishings, straight-back 
and arm chairs of dead black, tables of old mahogany, 
a Chinese lantern of teak, bits of porcelain, Russian 
copper and dull brass urns, and vases of mellow 
Satsuma. A bit of antique Persian embroidery, care¬ 
lessly thrown over a grand piano in one corner, broke 
the too great expanse of ebony. Hangings in 
