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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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Charming
Eighteenth
Century
prints
that
are
full
of
valuable
hints
as
to
furniture
and
decorations
for
bedrooms
can
be
found
in
most
French
shops.
The
series
known
as
"Moreau
le
Jeun"
is
full
of
suggestion.
Some
of
the
interiors
shown
are
very
grand,
it
is
true,
but
many
are
simple
enough
to
serve
as
models
for
modern
apartments.
A
set
of
these
pictures
will
do
much
to
give
one
an
insight
into
the
decoration
of
the
Eighteenth
Century,
a
vivid
insight
that
can
be
obtained
in
no
other
way,
perhaps.
I
do
not
like
the
very
large
bedrooms,
dear
to
the
plans
of
the
American
architect.
I
much
prefer
the
space
divided.
I
remember
once
arriving
at
the
Ritz
Hotel
in
London
and
being
given
temporarily
a
very
grand
royal
suite,
overlooking
the
park,
until
the
smaller
quarters
I
had
reserved
should
be
ready
for
me.
How
delighted
I
was
at
first
with
all
the
huge
vastness
of
my
bedroom!
My
appreciation
waned,
however,
after
a
despairing
morning
toilet
spent
in
taking
many
steps
back
and
forth
from
dressing-table
to
bathroom,
and
from
bathroom
to
hang-closets,
and
I
was
glad
indeed,
when,
at
the
end
of
several
hours,
I
was
comfortably
housed
in
my
smaller
and
humbler
quarters.
I
think
the
ideal
bedroom
should
be
planned
so
that
a
small
ante-chamber
should
separate
it
from
the
large
outside
corridor.
The
ideal
arrangement
is
an
ante-chamber
opening
on
the
boudoir,
or
sitting-room,
then
the
bedroom,
with
its
dressing-room
and
bath
in
back.
This
outer
chamber
insures
quiet
and
privacy,
no
matter
how
small
it
may
be.
It
may
serve
as
a
clothes-closet,
by
filling
the
wall
with
cupboards,
and
concealing
them
with
mirrored
doors.
The
ante-chamber
need
not
be
a
luxury,
if
you
plan
your
house
carefully.
It
is
simply
a
little
well
of
silence
and
privacy
between
you
and
the
hall
outside.
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