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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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Nothing
is
more
comfortable
in
a
boudoir
than
a
day
bed.
It
serves
so
many
purposes.
In
my
own
house
my
boudoir
is
also
my
sitting-room,
and
I
have
a
large
Louis
XV
day
bed
there
which
may
be
used
by
an
overnight
guest
if
necessary.
In
a
small
house
the
boudoir
fitted
with
a
day
bed
becomes
a
guest-room
on
occasion.
I
always
put
two
or
three
of
these
day
beds
in
any
country
house
I
am
doing,
because
I
have
found
them
so
admirable
and
useful
in
my
own
house.
As
you
will
see
by
the
photographs,
this
bed
in
no
way
resembles
an
ordinary
bed
in
the
daytime,
and
it
seems
to
me
to
be
a
much
better
solution
of
the
extra-bed
problem
than
the
mechanical
folding-bed,
which
is
always
hideous
and
usually
dangerous.
A
good
day
bed
may
be
designed
to
fit
into
any
room.
This
one
of
mine
is
of
carved
walnut,
a
very
graceful
one
that
I
found
in
France.
In
a
small
sitting-room
in
an
uptown
house,
an
illustration
of
which
is
shown,
I
had
a
day
bed
made
of
white
wood
that
was
painted
to
match
the
chintzes
of
the
room.
The
mattress
and
springs
were
covered
with
a
bird
chintz
on
a
mauve
ground,
and
the
pillows
were
all
covered
with
the
same
stuff.
The
frame
of
the
bed
was
painted
cream
and
decorated
with
a
dull
green
line
and
small
garlands
of
flowers
extracted
from
the
design
of
the
chintz.
When
the
mattress
and
springs
have
been
properly
covered
with
damask,
or
chintz,
or
whatever
you
choose
to
use,
there
is
no
suggestion
of
the
ordinary
bed.
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