room, it must be neutral in colour--a chintz in which the colour
scheme is, say, yellows in different tones, browns in different tones,
or greens or greys. To vary the character of each room, introduce
different colours in the furniture covers, the sofa-cushions and
lamp-shades. Our point is to urge the repetition of a main background
in a small group of rooms; but to escape monotony by planning that the
accessories in each room shall strike individual notes of decorative,
contrasting colour.


PLATE II

A room with modern painted furniture is shown here. Lines and
decorations Empire.

Note the lyre backs of chairs and head board in day-bed.
Treatment of this bed is that suggested where twin beds are used
and room affords wall space for but one of them.

[Illustration: _Bedroom in Country House. Modern Painted Furniture._]


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What to do with old floors is a question many of us have faced. If
your house has been built with floors of wide, common boards which
have become rough and separated by age, in some cases allowing dust to
sift through from the cellar, and you do not wish to go to the expense
of all-over carpets, you have the choice of several methods. The
simplest and least expensive is to paint or stain the floors. In this