Part 12

Woodwork--Ivory.

Floors--Hardwood--Stained antique oak, with wax or varnish finish.

Floors--Softwood--Painted a deep yellow or gray, or covered in plain brown, gray, or Jaspe linoleum.

Suggested List of Furniture for Dining Room

Table--Round or square extension, or drop-leaf--six legs--in mahogany, walnut, weathered oak, or painted black, gray, or coco. Might be reproduction of Hepplewhite, Sheraton, or Georgian period. A glass, silver, or pottery bowl, containing flowers, on the table; plain ecru linen doilies.

Chairs--8 chairs--Mahogany--Damask seats, Hepplewhite backs. Walnut--English linen seats, Sheraton backs. Weathered Oak--Velvet Seats, Queen Anne backs. Painted--Rush seats, or wooden seats, Windsor or straight backs.

Sideboard--Low, broad, after Hepplewhite or Sheraton, a Welsh dresser with Windsor chairs. (Here keep either a few good pieces of silver with candlesticks on either end, or a large pottery bowl filled with fruit in the center, and candlesticks to match the bowl placed at either end, or some bits of red or yellow glass, but do not combine all three. Do not use delicate lace runners or doilies. Plain linen, or heavy real filet is far more effective Display no cut glass or hand-painted china.)

Mirror or Mellow, dark-toned painting--Framed in antique gilt or to correspond with the wood of the furniture selected, and hung on level with the eye, directly in the center and over the sideboard.

Serving Table--To correspond with other furniture selected, and placed as near the kitchen door as possible.

Here keep two or four silver or glass candlesticks which are used on the table at night, also a silver, mahogany, or wicker tray.

Mirror--Queen Anne type--over serving table--especially if serving table is between two windows, it gives effect of space.

Muffin stand--Especially for maidless house--of mahogany, walnut, or painted to correspond with furniture selected.

Nest of Tables--Small, square, of either mahogany, walnut, or black lacquer, to be kept in a corner and used for tea parties, functions, etc.

Rug--Large Oriental--In blues, yellows, browns, or old rose and black; Wilton--in blues, yellows, brown, or old rose, and black; Axminster--in blues, yellows, browns, or old rose, and black; Chenille or velvet, in plain colors.

Curtains--Glass curtains to match living room, in either marquisette, cheese cloth, or scrim, made plain.

Overdraperies--If desired, can be either like the living room, if rooms are in close proximity, or taken from the predominating color note of living room hangings if these are figured.

With a cloudy or landscape paper, use plain poplin, rep, or sunfast, in warm tans, sage green, with bands of black or orange, or both, across the bottom; this would give character to the room.

Uniformity in furniture chosen--Be sure in choosing your furniture that uniformity is observed as to period, wood, and type. For example, if a Sheraton sideboard in mahogany is selected, then the entire furniture of the dining room should be of the Sheraton type in mahogany.

Bedrooms

The first requisite in furnishing a bedroom is that it appears crisp and clean. The walls, light in color, must be restful and simple in design. The woodwork should be white, if possible. Painted furniture is very popular for a bedroom because of its dainty appearance, but dull-finished mahogany or walnut in four post or Colonial design, with rag, braided, or hooked rugs, makes a charming bedroom.

Place the bed where the sleeper will not be subject to strong light or cross drafts (see page 27 for proper ventilation). A dressing table is fashionable, but not as practical as a chest of drawers with mirror above. A full-length mirror installed in a closet door, or hung in a narrow wall space, is a very decided adjunct. Be sure to place the dressing table or chest of drawers where the light is not reflected from an opposite window. To secure a good view, the light should be directed upon the person to be reflected, and not upon the mirror.

Avoid placing the furniture all on one side of the room. If possible, intermingle high and low pieces to secure a proper balance. If one bed is used, be sure to place beside it a table on which should be a lamp, telephone, and small water bottle and glass. If two beds are used, place this table between the two beds.

If the walls are plain in color, figured draperies and bedspreads can be used. If the walls have on them a small design, plain materials for these purposes should be used.

Suggested Color Scheme for Bedroom

Walls--Corn colored cross-bar paper.

Woodwork--White, dull finish, paint.

Floors--Hardwood--Stained antique oak, with wax or varnish finish.

Floors--Softwood--Painted a deep yellow, or covered in plain brown, tan, or Jaspe linoleum.