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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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I
had
the
pleasure
recently
of
planning
a
trellis
room
for
Mrs.
Ormond-Smith's
house
at
Center
Island,
New
York.
Here
indeed
is
a
garden
room
with
a
proper
environment.
It
is
as
beautiful
as
a
room
very
well
can
be
within,
and
its
great
arched
windows
frame
vistas
of
trees
and
water
which
take
their
place
as
a
part
of
the
room,
ever
changing
landscapes
that
are
always
captivating.
This
trellis
room
is
beautifully
proportioned,
and
large
enough
to
hold
four
long
sofas
and
many
chairs
and
tables
of
wicker
and
painted
wood.
The
grouping
of
the
sofas
and
the
long
tables
made
to
fit
between
them
is
most
interesting.
These
tables
are
extremely
narrow
and
just
the
length
of
the
sofas,
and
are
built
after
the
idea
of
Mrs.
Armour's
garden
room
desk,
with
flower
boxes
sunk
in
the
ends.
The
backs
of
two
sofas
are
placed
against
the
long
sides
of
the
table,
which
holds
a
reading
lamp
and
books
in
addition
to
its
masses
of
flowers
at
the
ends.
Two
such
groups
divide
the
room
into
three
smaller
rooms,
as
you
can
see
by
the
illustration.
Small
tables
and
chairs
are
pulled
up
to
the
sofas,
making
conversation
centers,
or
comfortable
places
for
reading.
The
trellis
work
covers
the
spaces
between
windows
and
doors,
and
follows
the
contour
of
the
arches.
The
ceiling
is
bordered
with
the
trellis,
and
from
a
great
square
of
it
in
the
center
a
lamp
is
suspended.
The
wall
panels
are
broken
by
appliques
that
suggest
the
bounty
of
summer,
flowers
and
leaves
and
vines
in
wrought
and
painted
iron.
There
are
pedestals
surmounted
by
marbles
against
some
of
the
panels,
and
a
carved
bracket
supporting
a
magnificent
bust
high
on
one
of
the
wider
panels.
The
room
is
classic
in
its
fine
balance
and
its
architectural
formality,
and
modern
in
its
luxurious
comfort
and
its
refreshing
color.
Surely
there
could
be
no
pleasanter
room
for
whiling
away
a
summer
day.
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