Lab
Library
Journal
Shop
Sign in
to keep
Share image
1
192
The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
61
The
most
satisfactory
of
all
chintzes
is
the
Toile
de
Jouy.
The
designs
are
interesting
and
well
drawn,
and
very
much
more
decorative
than
the
designs
one
finds
in
ordinary
silks
and
other
materials.
The
chintzes
must
be
appropriate
to
the
uses
of
the
room,
well
designed,
in
scale
with
the
height
of
the
ceilings,
and
so
forth.
It
is
well
to
remember
that
self-color
rugs
are
most
effective
in
chintz
rooms.
Wilton
rugs
woven
in
carpet
sizes
are
to
be
had
now
at
all
first
class
furniture
stores.
Painted
furniture
is
very
popular
nowadays
and
is
especially
delightful
when
used
in
chintz
rooms.
The
furniture
we
see
now
is
really
a
revival
and
reproduction
of
the
old
models
made
by
Angelica
Kaufman,
Heppelwhite,
and
other
furniture-makers
of
their
period.
The
old
furniture
is
rarely
seen
outside
of
museums
nowadays,
but
it
has
been
an
inspiration
to
modern
decorators
who
are
seeking
ideas
for
simple
and
charming
furniture.
A
very
attractive
room
can
be
made
by
taking
unfinished
pieces
of
furniture--that
is,
furniture
that
has
not
been
stained
or
painted--and
painting
them
a
soft
field
color,
and
then
adding
decorations
of
bouquets
or
garlands,
or
birds,
or
baskets,
reproducing
parts
of
the
design
of
the
chintz
used
in
the
room.
Of
course,
many
of
these
patterns
could
be
copied
by
a
good
draftsman
only,
but
others
are
simple
enough
for
anyone
to
attempt.
For
instance,
I
decorated
a
room
in
soft
cream,
gray,
yellow
and
cornflower
blue.
The
chintz
had
a
cornflower
design
that
repeated
all
these
colors.
I
painted
the
furniture
a
very
soft
gray,
and
then
painted
little
garlands
of
cornflowers
in
soft
blues
and
gray-greens
on
each
piece
of
furniture.
The
walls
were
painted
a
soft
cream
color.
The
carpet
rug
of
tan
was
woven
in
one
piece
with
a
blue
stripe
in
the
border.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
