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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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Of
course,
one
needs
a
desk
in
one's
own
room.
Here
there
is
infinite
latitude,
for
there
are
dozens
of
delightful
possibilities.
I
always
place
my
desks
near
the
windows.
If
the
wall
space
is
filled,
I
place
an
oblong
table
at
right
angles
to
a
window,
and
there
you
are.
In
my
own
private
sitting-room
I
have
a
long
desk
so
placed,
in
my
own
house.
In
a
guest-room
I
furnished
recently,
I
used
a
common
oblong
table
of
no
value,
painting
the
legs
a
soft
green
and
covering
it
with
a
piece
of
sage-green
damask.
This
is
one
of
the
nicest
writing-tables
I
know,
and
it
could
be
copied
for
a
song.
The
equipment
of
it
is
what
counts.
I
used
two
lamps,
dull
green
jars
with
mauve
silk
shades,
a
dark
green
leather
rack
for
paper
and
envelopes,
and
a
great
blotter
pad
that
will
save
the
damask
from
ink-spots.
The
small
things
are
of
green
pottery
and
crystal.
In
a
young
girl's
bedroom
I
used
a
sweet
little
desk
of
painted
wood,
a
desk
that
has
the
naïve
charm
of
innocence.
I
do
hope
it
inspires
the
proper
love-letters.
I
always
make
provision
for
writing
in
dressing-rooms--a
sliding
shelf
in
the
dressing-table,
and
a
shallow
drawer
for
pencils
and
paper--and
I
have
adequate
writing
facilities
in
the
servants'
quarters,
so
that
there
may
be
no
excuse
for
forgetting
orders
or
messages.
This
seems
to
me
absolutely
necessary
in
our
modern
domestic
routine:
it
is
part
of
the
business
principle
we
borrow
from
the
efficient
office
routine
of
our
men
folk.
The
dining-room
and
the
bathrooms
are
the
only
places
where
the
writing-table,
in
one
form
or
another,
isn't
required.
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