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walls and woodwork in both rooms 
alike. 
With plain wall surfaces you need 
design in either the hangings or up¬ 
holstery. Chintz is always charming 
with mahogany and I think hangings 
of this material in the living room in 
mauve, blue and taupe on a cream 
ground over- cream colored gauze glass 
curtains would be attractive spots of 
color. The hangings can be either 
bound with blue taffeta or edged with 
little box pleated ruffles of this ma¬ 
terial. 
A room of this kind needs a com¬ 
fortable davenport and I would sug¬ 
gest covering it in either mohair or 
heavy satin in old blue, to harmonize 
with the blue in the curtains. One 
overstuffed chair might be done in the 
chintz and another in a rose and cream 
striped material. On account of the 
design in the hangings and chair cover¬ 
ings, I would suggest a plain taupe 
rug. 
You can keep to the same general 
color scheme in the dining room by 
having hangings of blue taffeta, using 
the chintz on the chair seats. These 
can be piped in deep rose and the cur¬ 
tains can be bound in this for another 
note of color. 
If you wish to have a different color 
scheme in the dining room, I would sug¬ 
gest Adam green walls and woodwork, 
hangings of glazed chintz with a green 
ground and a design in mulberry and 
blue. In this case the rug should be 
mulberry in tone. 
We do not send any samples of ma¬ 
terial but I shall be glad to send you 
a list of shops from which you can 
obtain them. 
Question: Will you kindly tell me 
what kind of window curtains one 
should use on a sleeping porch that 
has seven windows, each having an 
upper and lower sash? 
Answer: I think the most satisfactory 
solution for the windows on a sleep¬ 
ing porch is Venetian blinds as they 
exclude the light, at the same time 
admitting plenty of air. Another way 
to curtain these windows is to have 
double sash curtains, one set at the 
top of the window and another set 
hung from the middle sash. In this 
way the lower set of curtains will be 
entirely out of the way when the 
window is open and the upper set can 
be drawn together to temper the light. 
Question: I notice in House & Garden 
that you offer to help people in the 
decoration of their homes, so I am 
taking advantage of this assistance by 
asking you a few questions. I have 
been a subscriber to House & Garden 
for some years and hope to have it 
always. No other magazine comes into 
my home which I enjoy so much. 
We are building a small Dutch 
Colonial house. The woodwork and 
walls all over the house are to be a 
cream gray, the floors oak, stained 
dark brown, linoleum in the kitchen 
and tile in the bathroom. Can you 
suggest anything better? 
What color draperies and covering 
for my overstuffed sofa shall I have 
in the living room? Shall I use glass 
curtains? I have two lamps that have 
to have new shades. What shall they 
be? 
In the dining room I should like 
to use green somewhere and painted 
furniture. This room has a southern 
exposure. Please tell me the color for 
the furniture and draperies. 
Can I use apple green in the large 
bedroom and how? The other room 
has a northeastern exposure and will 
be used for my small daughter. What 
do you suggest for draperies, rugs, etc 
in here? 
I shall be very grateful for your 
advice on these questions and hope I 
may write you later about my garden. 
Answer: The color you have planned 
for walls and woodwork is extremely 
good as it makes such an effective 
background for colorful hangings and 
upholstery. 
In the living room I think I should 
use glazed chintz hangings, a chintz 
that has a neutral ground to tone in 
with the walls and a design that has 
blue, terra cotta and some green in it. 
The davenport and chair might be 
covered in plain blue satin or antique 
satin striped in blue and cream. Silk 
gauze, also in a neutral shade makes 
attractive glass curtains and these 
might be bound with green taffeta or 
edged with a narrow green fringe. 
For lamp shades, cream colored silk- 
corded in green or plain glazed chintz 
in cream color, pleated and bound 
with green, would be attractive. 
As you want to introduce green 
into the dining room, why not paint 
the furniture a soft, antique green 
with gold flower decorations using green 
taffeta the same shade for hangings 
and pale gold gauze for under curtains. 
There is a charming chintz with an 
apple green ground and leaves in blue- 
green and a flower in dull pink that 
I think would be charming in your 
large bedroom. Let the curtains be 
of this with under curtains of pale 
green organdie scalloped around the 
bottom and picoted. Make the bed¬ 
spread of taffeta the same shade and 
drape the dressing table in the green 
organdie trimmed with narrow French 
picot ribbon in pink, to match the 
flower in the chintz. 
In your little girl’s room, I think 
it would be nice to make the glass 
curtains and bedspread of white dotted 
Swiss with tiny red dots with over¬ 
hangings of pink English print. These 
hangings might be made in three 
tiers, each flounce scalloped and picoted 
in red. Cover one chair in red and 
cream striped material and use a sand 
colored rug. 
Question: I am a devotee of your 
magazine and am now going to take 
advantage of your Information Service. 
We are building an Italian house. 
The living room is 13' x 26'. The 
walls will be rough plaster tinted dark 
brown shading into a lighter brown. 
Kindly send me suggestions for a color 
scheme for this room and also sugges¬ 
tions for the kind of furniture to use. 
My dining room is small. I have 
walnut furniture. Please send me a 
scheme for this room, walls, draper¬ 
ies, etc. 
I also have two big bedrooms. Please 
send me color schemes for these. 
Answer: I think dark brown walls 
will be rather gloomy in your living 
room and would suggest that you have 
them tinted a light tan with wood¬ 
work stained deep brown. Gold 
colored gauze glass curtains bound in 
blue-green with damask hangings in 
blue-green and gold and an Oriental 
rug, subdued in coloring, will make an 
attractive and dignified room. Pottery 
jars in the same blue-green shade as 
the curtains might be made into lamps 
with parchment shades. 
The furniture should conform to the 
type of room, that is Italian or early 
English in design. An overstuffed sofa 
might be covered in a mohair to 
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