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Below is a corner of the Italian Room, in our Studios 
House & Garden 
A commode with two chairs and their accom¬ 
panying small tables can be effectively used 
in a large space between windows. Baron 
Voruz de Vdux, decorator 
Grouping Furniture 
(Continued from page 65) 
rooms are not nearly as dull as they 
used to be. Painted panels, vivid wall 
papers and amusing effects gained by 
woodwork and furniture in some 
brilliant, contrasting color all have 
their places in an interior that one 
passes through and does not have to 
live with any length of time. On en¬ 
tering one should have the shock of 
some, unusual, compelling effect in the 
hall. It is soon forgotten in the more 
conventional furnishings of the other 
rooms. 
If a hall is very narrow, furniture 
should be selected with this in mind. 
Wrought iron consoles with black 
glass or marble tops can be made any 
size and width and with chairs and a 
mirror in keeping create a formal group 
pleasing to the eye as well as utilitarian. 
A mirror should be in every hall. It 
enlarges the apparent size besides being 
a great comfort. Another way of 
making a narrow space seem larger is 
by using a landscape paper, one with 
vistas down which the eye can travel. 
The console with a chair on either 
side is capable of many interpretations. 
Where the hall is wider a painted com¬ 
mode with chairs to match will pro¬ 
vide an interesting note of color. The 
other side wall might have a long, 
narrow settee with a flower painting 
above to balance the mirror on the 
other side. In a spacious early 
English hall the same idea can be 
carried out using a chest or long 
Jacobean table with chairs of the 
same era, the whole silhouetted by a 
colorful tapestry. There is a preci¬ 
sion and formality about this grouping 
that is very restful, however stereo¬ 
typed it may be. Also it keeps most 
of the furniture on one side wall and 
gives people plenty of room to pass 
through the hall easily and quickly. 
Nothing is worse than to have to pick 
and thread one's way around mean¬ 
ingless pieces of furniture. 
If the hall is large enough to be 
used as a reception room as well, the 
furniture can be grouped differently. 
Perhaps there is a fireplace. In this 
case a comfortable chair or two will 
not be out of place. Or a corner 
might have an easy chair or small 
sofa with a table near to hold the 
latest magazines, books and a lamp. 
And every hall whether of the simple 
cottage type or one of more formal, 
dignified proportions, should contain a 
bowl of flowers. Flowers soften all 
the bad points of a room and intensi¬ 
fy the good ones. Also it is good to 
have flowers part of one’s first im¬ 
pression of a house. 
The bedroom does not offer so many 
problems in the matter of arranging 
furniture. There are certain places for 
certain pieces and the others group 
themselves naturally. For instance, a 
(Continued on page 100) 
The above plan suggests ways of arranging furniture in a large 
living room. There are four distinct groups; those that cluster 
about the fireplace, sidewall, piano and desk 
