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House & Garden 
The decorative fruit and 
flower design of these 
candle shields and mirror 
panel copied from an 
old chintz. Courtesy of 
Darnley, Inc. 
I N C I D E N T A 
L L Y 
I N C I 
DENTALS 
Proving That Accessories Have Much to Do With the 
Lived-In Look So Necessary to a Successful Room 
JOHN J. GATJEN 
W HO cannot recollect 
rooms without number, 
architecturally correct, 
color and furnishings harmoni¬ 
ous, but still without that 
most important note of all, the 
“lived in” look? They were 
interiors evidently intended 
merely to be passed through, 
for one could not imagine liv¬ 
ing contentedly in surround¬ 
ings so lacking individuality. 
The accumulated interest of 
a room should not be the dec¬ 
orator’s task; some do succeed 
in giving all the personal notes 
a room requires and expert ad¬ 
vice as to decorations and fur¬ 
nishings cannot be discounted. 
Knowledge of the source of 
things, a sense of fitness and 
gift of arrangement make the 
professional decorator invalu¬ 
able, but how often after he 
has gone and we have settled 
down to live, does the feeling 
of strangeness about our sur¬ 
roundings come upon us? The 
nerve-racking period of sam¬ 
ples, tours to warehouses, 
showrooms and antique shops 
over, the time is ready for 
Drix Duryea 
The group above owes much of its intimate charm to 
the variety of accessories used—delicate porcelain figur¬ 
ines, a crystal candelabra and French prints framed in 
black glass. From Darnley, Inc. 
A note of red is the feature of A sandalwood sewing box, 
the group at the left—a red flower vase and Staffordshire 
lacquer table, wall pocket figurines fit in with this old ma- 
and mirror in red and gold hogany table and English prints 
Bradley & Merrill 
Bradley & Merrill 
