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FURNITURE IN FEBRUARY 
T HE contents page of House & Garden is 
like the synopsis of a symphony. They are 
major and minor themes indicated; there 
is a new melody just starting and another just 
finishing. There are series of articles commenc¬ 
ing and others ending. The leit motif of the 
Home is repeated in a dozen different variations— 
the windows, the doors, the ceilings, the roof, the 
floor, the stairs, the furniture, the curtains, the 
pictures, the painted walls, the garden, the rose 
arch, the seemly lines of vegetables, the noble out¬ 
lines of trees, the stretch of shadowy lawns. To¬ 
gether they make a magnificent harmony. We 
believe that it is this harmony and this fidelity 
to our major theme which makes the ever-in¬ 
creasing readers of House & Garden as attentive 
as the issues appear from month to month. 
This issue—January—accents the building of the 
house. Next month—February—accents the fur¬ 
nishing of the house. In March is accented the 
making of the garden. Thus in our first three 
issues we boldly state the three component notes 
of House & Garden's motif—building, furnishing 
and gardening. 
February opens up with the first of a new ser¬ 
ies: the color scheme and furnishing of a sep¬ 
arate room will be considered in each issue. Each 
room in the house will be created by a well-known 
decorator. These are not merely pretty interviews 
with the decorator; the actual fabrics and pieces 
of furniture will be assembled by her. In the course 
of the year House & Garden’s readers will enjoy 
this unique opportunity of having the furnishing 
of their rooms suggested by decorators of note. 
The first article—on the furnishing of a formal 
living room—is by Mrs. Emott Buel. 
Following this, Miss Nancy McClelland, another 
well-known New York decorator, will write on 
using old French scenic papers in dining rooms; 
and she shows them charmingly used. A study of 
how to group furniture^ showing the work of 
several decorators; an article on the decorative carv¬ 
ings of Grinling Gibbons; two pages showing the 
modern use of Directoire furniture; an old room 
painted to simulate walls hung with needlepoint; 
—these articles also enrich the February Furni¬ 
ture number. 
Only a few more lines are left to mention the 
One of the most interesting old fact that five houses will be shown, that there 
rooms in London has walls be articles on arbors and pergolas, rock gar¬ 
dens and bridges for country estates, a London 
painted to simu ate petit point. - town g arc j eni shopping pages for the sewing room 
This will be described in a nd the use of thermometers in the kitchen. A 
February full and lively issue it will be. 
Contents for January , 1923. Volume XLTII, No. One 
Cover Design by Benito 
The House & Garden Bulletin Board. 35 
The Approach to an Island Home. 36 
Frank P. Whiting, Architect 
The Electrically Equipped House. 37 
Ethel R. Peyser 
The Home of James P. Cahill, Greenwich, Ct. 4G 
Frank P. Whiting, Architect 
The Connoisseur Taste. 42 
Tree Doom. 42 
Harry Kemp 
The House and Its Site. 43 
Lewis Bowman, Architect 
The Formality of French Town Gardens. 44 
Minga Pope Duryea 
A Treasure from the XVth Century. 46 
Harry Redfern, Architect 
Decorative New Valances. 48 
Chandler Ireland 
The Beauty of Dark Woodwork. 51 
Mary H. Northend 
When You Plan Your Garden. 53 
Richard H. Pratt 
The First Step in Gardening. 54 
Alexander Dorn 
A Little Portfolio of Good Interiors. 55 
Three Gardens for Grownups and One for Children. 58 
Faience of Old France. 59 
Gardner Teall 
The Roof of the Room. 61 
Mary Fanton Roberts 
The Connecticut Home of Chamberlain Dodds. 63 
Italy on Long Island. 64 
Henry Corse, Jr., Architect 
A Remodeled Colonial House. 66 
James O’Connor 
The Newer Permanent Floor Coverings. 68 
Henry Compton 
A Group of Three Houses. 69 
How Do You Enter Your House?. 72 
The Progress in Decoration. 73 
Eugene Clute 
Seen in the Shops. 74 
The Gardener’s Calendar.'. 76 
Pages from a Decorator’s Diary. 78 
Ruby Ross Goodnow 
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