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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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If
your
house
is
clean
and
you
intend
to
keep
it
so,
a
wooden
bed
that
has
some
relation
to
the
rest
of
your
furniture
is
the
best
bed
possible.
Otherwise,
a
white
painted
metal
one.
There
is
never
an
excuse
for
a
brass
one.
Indeed,
I
think
the
three
most
glaring
errors
we
Americans
make
are
rocking-chairs,
lace
curtains,
and
brass
beds.
XV
THE
DRESSING-ROOM
AND
THE
BATH
Dressing-rooms
and
closets
should
be
necessities,
not
luxuries,
but
alas!
our
architects'
ideas
of
the
importance
of
large
bedrooms
have
made
it
almost
impossible
to
incorporate
the
proper
closets
and
dressing-places
a
woman
really
requires.
In
the
foregoing
chapter
on
bedrooms
I
advised
the
division
of
a
large
bedroom
into
several
smaller
rooms:
ante-chamber,
sitting-room,
sleeping-room,
dressing-room
and
bath.
The
necessary
closets
may
be
built
along
the
walls
of
all
these
little
rooms,
or,
if
there
is
sufficient
space,
one
long,
airy
closet
may
serve
for
all
one's
personal
belongings.
Of
course,
such
a
suite
of
rooms
is
possible
only
in
large
houses.
But
even
in
simple
houses
a
small
dressing-room
can
be
built
into
the
corner
of
an
average-sized
bedroom.
In
France
every
woman
dresses
in
her
cabinet
de
toilette;
it
is
one
of
the
most
important
rooms
in
the
house.
No
self-respecting
French
woman
would
dream
of
dressing
in
her
sleeping-room.
The
little
cabinet
de
toilette
need
not
be
much
larger
than
a
closet,
if
the
closets
are
built
ceiling
high,
and
the
doors
are
utilized
for
mirrors.
Such
an
arrangement
makes
for
great
comfort
and
privacy.
Here
I
find
that
most
of
my
countrywomen
dress
in
their
bedrooms.
I
infinitely
prefer
the
separate
dressing-room,
which
means
a
change
of
air,
and
which
can
be
thoroughly
ventilated.
If
one
sleeps
with
the
bedroom
windows
wide
open,
it
is
a
pleasure
to
have
a
warm
dressing-room
to
step
into.
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