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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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There
are
so
many
inspirations
for
bedrooms
nowadays
that
one
finds
it
most
difficult
to
decide
on
any
one
scheme.
One
of
my
greatest
joys
in
planning
the
Colony
Club
was
that
I
had
opportunity
to
furnish
so
many
bedrooms.
And
they
were
small,
pleasant
rooms,
too,
not
the
usual
impersonal
boxes
that
are
usually
planned
for
club
houses
and
hotels.
I
worked
out
the
plan
of
each
bedroom
as
if
I
were
to
live
in
it
myself,
and
while
they
all
differed
in
decorative
schemes
the
essentials
were
the
same
in
each
room:
a
comfortable
bed,
with
a
small
table
beside
it
to
hold
a
reading
light,
a
clock,
and
a
telephone;
a
chaise-longue
for
resting;
a
long
mirror
somewhere;
a
dressing
table
with
proper
lights
and
a
glass
covered
top;
a
writing
table,
carefully
equipped,
and
the
necessary
chairs
and
stools.
Some
of
the
bedrooms
had
no
connecting
baths,
and
these
were
given
wash
stands
with
bowls
and
pitchers
of
clear
glass.
Most
of
these
bedrooms
were
fitted
with
mahogany
four
post
beds,
pie
crust
tables,
colonial
highboys,
gay
chintzes,
and
such,
but
there
were
several
rooms
of
entirely
different
scheme.
Perhaps
the
most
fascinating
of
them
all
is
the
bird
room.
The
walls
are
covered
with
an
Oriental
paper
patterned
with
marvelous
blue
and
green
birds,
birds
of
paradise
and
paroquets
perched
on
flowering
branches.
The
black
lacquer
furniture
was
especially
designed
for
the
room.
The
rug
and
the
hangings
are
of
jade
green.
I
wonder
how
this
seems
to
read
of--I
can
only
say
it
is
a
very
gay
and
happy
room
to
live
in!
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