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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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The
little
entrance
hall
was
worse
than
a
question,
it
was
a
problem,
but
I
finally
solved
it.
The
floor
was
paved
with
little
hexagon-shaped
tiles
of
a
wonderful
old
red.
A
door
made
of
little
square
panes
of
mirrors
was
placed
where
it
would
deceive
the
old
hall
into
thinking
itself
a
spacious
thing.
The
walls
were
covered
with
a
green-and-white-stripe
wall-paper
that
looked
as
old
as
Rip
Van
Winkle.
This
is
the
same
ribbon-grass
paper
that
I
afterward
used
in
the
Colony
Club
hallway.
The
woodwork
was
painted
a
soft
gray-green.
Finally,
I
had
my
collection
of
faded
French
costume
prints
set
flat
against
the
top
of
the
wall
as
a
frieze.
The
hall
was
so
very
narrow
that
as
you
went
up
stairs
you
could
actually
examine
the
old
prints
in
detail.
Another
little
thing:
I
covered
the
handrail
of
the
stairs
with
a
soft
gray-green
velvet
of
the
same
tone
as
the
woodwork,
and
the
effect
was
so
very
good
and
the
touch
of
it
so
very
nice
that
many
of
my
friends
straightway
adopted
the
idea.
But
I
am
placing
the
cart
before
the
horse!
I
should
talk
of
the
shell
of
the
house
before
the
contents,
shouldn't
I?
It
is
hard
to
talk
of
this
particular
house
as
a
thing
apart
from
its
furnishings,
however,
for
every
bit
of
paneling,
every
lighting-fixture,
the
placing
of
each
mirror,
was
worked
out
so
that
the
shell
of
the
house
and
its
furnishings
might
be
in
perfect
harmony.
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