CONTENTS


FOREWORD


CHAPTER I. HOW TO REARRANGE A ROOM

Method of procedure.--Inherited eyesores.--Line.--Colour.--Treatment
of small rooms and suites.--Old ceilings.--Old floors.--To paint brass
bedsteads.--Hangings.--Owning two or three antique pieces of
furniture, how proceed.--Appropriateness to setting.--How to give your
home a personal quality.


CHAPTER II. HOW TO CREATE A ROOM

Mere comfort.--Period rooms.--Starting a collection of antique
furniture.--Reproductions.--Painted furniture.--Order of procedure in
creating a room.--How to decide upon colour scheme.--Study
values.--Period ballroom.--A distinguished room.--Each room a
stage "set."--Background.--Flowers as decoration.--Placing
ornaments.--Tapestry.--Tendency to antique tempered by vivid Bakst
colours.