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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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The
drawing-room
and
dining-room
occupied
the
first
floor
of
the
house.
The
drawing-room
was
a
long,
narrow
room
with
cream
woodwork
and
walls.
The
walls
were
broken
into
panels
by
the
use
of
a
narrow
molding.
In
the
large
panel
above
the
mantel-shelf
I
had
inset
a
painting
by
Nattier.
You
will
see
the
same
painting
used
in
the
Fifty-fifth
Street
house
drawing-room,
in
another
illustration.
The
color
scheme
of
rose
and
cream
and
dull
yellow
was
worked
out
from
the
rose
and
yellow
Persian
rug.
Most
of
the
furniture
we
found
in
France,
but
it
fitted
perfectly
into
this
aristocratic
and
dignified
room.
Miss
Marbury
and
I
have
a
perfect
right
to
French
things
in
our
drawing-room,
you
see,
for
we
are
French
residents
for
half
the
year.
And,
besides,
this
gracious
old
house
welcomed
a
fine
old
Louis
XIV
sofa
as
serenely
as
you
please.
I
have
no
idea
of
swallowing
my
words
about
unsuitability!
Light,
air
and
comfort--these
three
things
I
must
always
have
in
a
room,
whether
it
be
drawing-room
or
servant's
room.
This
room
had
all
three.
The
chairs
were
all
comfortable,
the
lights
well
placed,
and
there
was
plenty
of
sunshine
and
air.
The
color
of
the
room
was
so
subdued
that
it
was
restful
to
the
eye--one
color
faded
into
another
so
subtly
that
one
did
not
realize
there
was
a
definite
color-scheme.
The
hangings
of
the
room
were
of
a
deep
rose
color.
I
used
the
same
colors
in
the
coverings
of
the
chairs
and
sofas.
The
house
was
curtained
throughout
with
fine
white
muslin
curtains.
No
matter
what
the
inner
curtains
of
a
room
may
be,
I
use
this
simple
stuff
against
the
window
itself.
There
isn't
any
nicer
material.
To
me
there
is
something
unsuitable
in
an
array
of
lace
against
a
window,
like
underclothes
hung
up
to
dry.
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