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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
97
So
many
people
ask
me:
How
shall
I
furnish
my
living-room?
What
paper
shall
I
use
on
the
walls?
What
woodwork
and
curtains--and
rugs?
One
woman
asked
me
what
books
she
should
buy!
Your
living-room
should
grow
out
of
the
needs
of
your
daily
life.
There
could
be
no
two
living-rooms
exactly
alike
in
scheme
if
they
were
lived
in.
You
will
have
to
decide
on
the
wall
colors
and
such
things,
it
is
true,
but
the
rest
of
the
room
should
grow
of
itself.
You
will
not
make
the
mistake
of
using
a
dark
paper
of
heavy
figures
if
you
are
going
to
use
many
pictures
and
books,
for
instance.
You
will
not
use
a
gay
bed-roomy
paper
covered
with
flowers
and
birds.
You
will
know
without
being
told
that
your
wall
colors
must
be
neutral:
that
your
woodwork
must
be
stained
and
waxed,
or
painted
some
soft
tone
of
your
wall
color.
Then,
let
the
rugs
and
curtains
and
things
go
until
you
decide
you
have
to
have
them.
The
room
will
gradually
find
itself,
though
it
may
take
years
and
heartache
and
a
certain
self-confession
of
inadequacy.
It
will
express
your
life,
if
you
use
it,
so
be
careful
of
the
life
you
live
in
it!
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