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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
47
How
often
we
get
a
more
definite
idea
of
brilliant
color
from
a
white-walled
room,
with
dark
and
severe
furniture
and
no
ornaments,
no
actual
color
save
the
blue
sky
framed
by
the
windows
and
the
flood
of
sunshine
that
glorifies
everything,
than
from
a
room
that
has
a
dozen
fine
colors,
carefully
brought
together,
in
its
furnishings!
We
must
decide
our
wall
colors
by
the
aspect
of
our
rooms.
Rooms
facing
south
may
be
very
light
gray,
cream,
or
even
white,
but
northern
rooms
should
be
rich
in
color,
and
should
suggest
warmth
and
just
a
little
mystery.
Some
of
you
have
seen
the
Sala
di
Cambio
at
Perugia.
Do
you
remember
how
dark
it
seems
when
one
enters,
and
how
gradually
the
wonderful
coloring
glows
out
from
the
gloom
and
one
is
comforted
and
soothed
into
a
sort
of
dreamland
of
pure
joy,
in
the
intimate
satisfaction
of
it
all?
It
is
unsurpassable
for
sheer
decorative
charm,
I
think.
For
south
rooms
blues
and
grays
and
cool
greens
and
all
the
dainty
gay
colors
are
charming.
Do
you
remember
the
song
Edna
May
used
to
sing
in
"The
Belle
of
New
York"?
I
am
not
sure
of
quoting
correctly,
but
the
refrain
was:
"Follow
the
Light!"
I
have
so
often
had
it
in
mind
when
I've
been
planning
my
color
schemes--"Follow
the
Light!"
But
light
colors
for
sunshine,
remember,
and
dark
ones
for
shadow.
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