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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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If
your
apartment
has
two
small
bedrooms,
why
not
use
one
of
them
for
two
single
beds,
with
a
night
stand
between,
and
the
other
for
a
dressing-room?
Apartment
bedrooms
are
usually
small,
but
charming
furniture
may
be
bought
for
small
rooms.
Single
beds
of
mahogany
with
slender
posts;
beds
of
painted
wood
with
inset
panels
of
cane;
white
iron
beds,
wooden
beds
painted
with
quaint
designs
on
a
ground
of
some
soft
color--all
these
are
excellent
for
small
rooms.
It
goes
without
saying
that
a
small
bedroom
should
have
plain
walls,
papered
or
painted
in
some
soft
color.
Flowered
papers,
no
matter
how
delightful
they
may
be,
make
a
small
room
seem
smaller.
Self-toned
striped
papers
and
the
"gingham"
papers
are
sometimes
very
good.
The
nicest
thing
about
such
modest
walls
is
that
you
can
use
gay
chintz
with
them
successfully.
Use
your
bedrooms
as
sleeping-and
dressing-rooms,
and
nothing
more.
Do
not
keep
your
sewing
things
there--a
big
sewing-basket
will
add
to
the
homelike
quality
of
your
living-room.
Keep
the
bedroom
floor
bare,
except
for
a
bedside
rug,
and
possibly
one
or
two
other
rugs.
This,
of
course,
does
not
apply
to
the
large
bedroom--I
am
prescribing
for
the
usual
small
one.
Place
your
bed
against
the
side
wall,
so
that
the
morning
light
will
not
be
directly
in
your
eyes.
A
folding
screen
covered
with
chintz
or
linen
will
prove
a
God-send.
Perhaps
you
will
have
a
guest-room,
but
I
doubt
it.
Most
women
find
it
more
satisfactory
and
less
expensive
to
send
their
guests
to
a
nearby
hotel
than
to
keep
an
extra
room
for
a
guest.
The
guest
room
is
impractical
in
a
small
apartment,
but
you
can
arrange
to
take
care
of
an
over-night
guest
by
planning
your
living-room
wisely.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
