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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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First
I
found
a
wee
Oriental
rug
that
repeated
the
colors
of
the
jugs.
This
was
to
go
before
the
hearth.
Then
I
worked
out
the
shell
of
the
room:
the
woodwork
white,
the
walls
bluish
green,
the
plain
carpet
a
soft
green.
I
designed
the
furniture
and
had
it
made
by
a
skilful
carpenter,
for
I
could
find
none
that
would
harmonize
with
the
room.
The
day
bed
which
is
forty-two
inches
wide,
is
built
like
a
wide
roomy
sofa.
One
would
never
suspect
it
of
being
a
plain
bed.
Still
it
makes
no
pretensions
to
anything
else,
for
it
has
the
best
of
springs
and
the
most
comfortable
of
mattresses,
and
a
dozen
soft
pillows.
The
bed
is
of
wood
and
is
painted
a
soft
green,
with
a
dark-green
line
running
all
around,
and
little
painted
festoons
of
flowers
in
decoration.
The
mattress
and
springs
are
covered
with
a
most
delightful
mauve
chintz,
on
which
birds
and
flowers
are
patterned.
There
are
several
easy
chairs
cushioned
with
this
chintz,
and
the
window
hangings
are
also
of
it.
The
chest
of
drawers
is
painted
in
the
same
manner.
There
are
glass
knobs
on
the
drawers,
and
a
sheet
of
plate
glass
covers
the
top
of
it.
An
old
painting
hangs
above
it.
The
open
bookshelves
are
perfectly
plain
in
construction.
They
are
painted
the
same
bluish-green,
and
the
only
decoration
is
the
line
of
dark
green
about
half
an
inch
from
the
edge.
Any
woman
who
is
skilful
with
her
brush
could
decorate
furniture
of
this
kind,
and
I
daresay
many
women
could
build
it.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
