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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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The
woman
who
cannot
afford
such
expensive
simplicity
might
model
a
dining-room
on
this
same
plan
and
accomplish
a
beautiful
room
at
reasonable
expense.
Paneled
walls
are
always
possible;
if
you
can't
afford
wood
paneling,
paint
the
plastered
wall
white
or
cream
and
break
it
into
panels
by
using
a
narrow
molding
of
wood.
You
can
get
an
effect
of
great
dignity
by
the
use
of
molding
at
a
few
cents
a
foot.
A
large
panel
would
take
the
place
of
the
Grinling
Gibbons
carving,
and
a
mirror
might
be
inset
above
the
fireplace
instead
of
the
portrait.
The
dining-table
and
chairs
might
give
place
to
good
reproductions
of
Chippendale,
and
the
marble
console
to
a
carpenter-made
one
painted
to
match
the
woodwork.
The
subject
of
proper
furniture
for
a
dining-room
is
usually
settled
by
the
house
mistress
before
her
wedding
bouquet
has
faded,
so
I
shall
only
touch
on
the
out-of-ordinary
things
here.
Everyone
knows
that
a
table
and
a
certain
number
of
chairs
and
a
sideboard
of
some
kind
"go
together."
The
trouble
is
that
everyone
knows
these
things
too
well,
and
dining-room
conventions
are
so
binding
that
we
miss
many
pleasant
departures
from
the
usual.
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