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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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The
house
is
narrow
in
the
extreme,
and
the
secret
of
its
successful
renaissance
is
plenty
of
windows
and
light
color
and
mirrors--mirrors--mirrors!
It
has
been
called
the
"Little
House
of
Many
Mirrors,"
for
so
much
of
its
spaciousness
and
charm
is
the
effect
of
skilfully
managed
reflections.
The
stair-landings
are
most
ingeniously
planned.
There
are
landings
that
lead
directly
from
the
stairs
into
the
rooms
of
each
floor,
and
back
of
one
of
the
mirrored
stair
walls
there
is
a
little
balcony
connecting
the
rooms
on
that
floor,
a
private
passageway.
The
drawing-room
and
dining-room
occupy
the
first
floor.
The
drawing-room
is
a
pleasant,
friendly
place,
full
of
quiet
color.
The
walls
are
a
deep
cream
color
and
the
floor
is
covered
with
a
beautiful
Savonnerie
rug.
There
are
many
beautiful
old
chairs
covered
with
Aubusson
tapestry,
and
other
chairs
and
sofas
covered
with
rose
colored
brocade.
This
drawing-room
is
seemingly
a
huge
place,
this
effect
being
given
by
the
careful
placing
of
mirrors
and
lights,
and
the
skilful
arrangement
of
the
furniture.
I
believe
in
plenty
of
optimism
and
white
paint,
comfortable
chairs
with
lights
beside
them,
open
fires
on
the
hearth
and
flowers
wherever
they
"belong,"
mirrors
and
sunshine
in
all
rooms.
But
I
think
we
can
carry
the
white
paint
idea
too
far:
I
have
grown
a
little
tired
of
over-careful
decorations,
of
plain
white
walls
and
white
woodwork,
of
carefully
matched
furniture
and
over-cautious
color-schemes.
Somehow
the
feeling
of
homey-ness
is
lost
when
the
decorator
is
too
careful.
In
this
drawing-room
there
is
furniture
of
many
woods,
there
are
stuffs
of
many
weaves,
there
are
candles
and
chandeliers
and
reading-lamps,
but
there
is
harmony
of
purpose
and
therefore
harmony
of
effect.
The
room
was
made
for
conversation,
for
hospitality.
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