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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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My
own
bedroom
in
this
house
was
very
pleasant
to
me.
The
house
was
very
small,
you
see,
and
my
bedroom
had
to
be
my
writing-and
reading-room
too,
so
that
accounts
for
the
bookshelves
that
fill
the
wall
space
above
and
around
the
mantel
and
the
large
writing-table.
The
room
was
built
around
a
wonderful
old
French
bed
which
came
from
Brittany.
This
old
bed
is
of
carved
mahogany,
with
mirrored
panels
on
the
side
against
the
wall,
and
with
tall
columns
at
the
ends.
It
is
always
hung
with
embroidered
silk
in
the
rose
color
that
I
adore
and
has
any
number
of
pillows,
big
and
little.
The
chaise-longue
was
covered
with
this
same
silk,
as
were
the
various
chair
cushions.
The
other
furnishings
were
in
keeping.
It
was
a
delightfully
comfortable
room,
and
it
grew
a
little
at
a
time.
I
needed
bookshelves,
and
I
built
them.
A
drop-light
was
necessary,
and
I
found
the
old
brass
lantern
which
hung
from
the
ceiling.
And
so
it
was
furnished,
bit
by
bit,
need
by
need.
Miss
Marbury's
bedroom
in
this
house
was
entirely
different
in
type,
but
exactly
the
same
in
comfort.
The
furniture
was
of
white
enamel,
the
walls
ivory-white,
and
the
rug
a
soft
dull
blue.
The
chintz
used
was
the
familiar
Bird
of
Paradise,
gorgeous
in
design,
but
so
subdued
in
tone
that
one
never
tires
of
it.
The
bed
had
a
flat,
perfectly
fitted
cover
of
the
chintz,
which
is
tucked
under
the
mattress.
The
box
spring
was
also
covered
with
the
chintz,
and
the
effect
was
always
tidy
and
satisfactory.
This
is
the
neatest
disposal
of
the
bed-clothes
I
have
seen.
I
always
advise
this
arrangement.
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