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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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Open
shelves
are
good
enough
for
any
house
in
these
days
of
vacuum
cleaners.
In
the
Bayard
Thayer
house
I
had
the
pleasure
of
furnishing
a
wonderful
library
of
superb
paneled
walls
of
mahogany
of
a
velvety
softness,
not
the
bright
red
wood
of
commerce.
The
open
bookshelves
were
architecturally
planned,
they
filled
shallow
recesses
in
the
wall,
and
when
the
books
were
placed
upon
them
they
formed
a
glowing
tapestry
of
bindings,
flush
with
the
main
wall.
I
think
the
nicest
living-room
I
know
is
the
reading
room
of
the
Colony
Club.
I
never
enjoyed
making
a
room
more,
and
when
the
Club
was
first
opened
I
was
delighted
to
hear
one
woman
remark
to
another:
"Doesn't
it
make
you
feel
that
it
has
been
loved
and
lived
in
for
years?"
The
room
is
large
and
almost
square.
The
walls
are
paneled
in
cream
and
white,
with
the
classic
mantel
and
mirror
treatment
of
the
Adam
period.
The
large
carpet
rug
is
of
one
tone,
a
soft
green
blue.
The
bookcases
which
run
around
the
walls
are
of
mahogany,
as
are
the
small,
occasional
tables,
and
the
large
table
in
the
center
of
the
room.
In
this
room
I
have
successfully
exploded
the
old
theory
that
all
furniture
in
a
well
planned
room
must
be
of
the
same
kind!
In
this
room
there
are
several
Marlborough
chairs,
a
davenport
and
a
semi-circular
fireside
seat
upholstered
in
a
soft
green
leather,
several
chairs
covered
in
a
chintz
of
bird
and
blossom
design,
and
other
chairs
covered
with
old
English
needle-work.
The
effect
is
not
discord,
but
harmony.
Perhaps
it
is
not
wise
to
advise
the
use
of
many
colors
and
fabrics
unless
one
has
had
experience
in
the
combining
of
many
tones
and
hues,
but
if
you
are
careful
to
keep
your
walls
and
floors
in
subdued
tones,
you
may
have
great
license
in
the
selecting
of
hangings
and
chair
coverings
and
ornament.
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