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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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After
all,
for
simple
American
houses
there
is
nothing
better
than
a
straightaway
staircase
of
broad
and
easy
treads,
with
one
or
two
landings.
There
may
be
a
broad
landing
with
a
window
and
window-seat,
if
there
is
a
real
view,
but
the
landing-seat
that
is
built
for
no
especial
purpose
is
worse
than
useless.
It
is
not
at
all
necessary
to
have
the
stairs
carpeted,
if
the
treads
are
broad
enough,
and
turned
balusters
painted
white
with
a
mahogany
hand
rail
are
in
scheme.
Such
a
staircase
adds
much
to
the
home-quality
of
a
house.
X
THE
DRAWING-ROOM
A
drawing-room
is
the
logical
place
for
the
elegancies
of
family
life.
The
ideal
drawing-room,
to
my
mind,
contains
many
comfortable
chairs
and
sofas,
many
softly
shaded
lights
by
night,
and
plenty
of
sunshine
by
day,
well-balanced
mirrors
set
in
simple
paneled
walls,
and
any
number
of
small
tables
that
may
be
brought
out
into
the
room
if
need
be,
and
an
open
fire.
The
old
idea
of
the
drawing-room
was
a
horrible
apartment
of
stiffness
and
formality
and
discomfort.
No
wonder
it
was
used
only
for
weddings
and
funerals!
The
modern
drawing-room
is
intended,
primarily,
as
a
place
where
a
hostess
may
entertain
her
friends,
and
it
must
not
be
chill
and
uninviting,
whatever
else
it
may
be.
It
should
not
be
littered
up
with
personal
things--magazines,
books
and
work-baskets
and
objects
that
belong
in
the
living-room--but
it
welcomes
flowers
and
objets
d'art,
collections
of
fans,
or
miniatures,
or
graceful
mirrors,
or
old
French
prints,
or
enamels,
or
porcelains.
It
should
be
a
place
where
people
may
converse
without
interruption
from
the
children.
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