Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-01-11
TO BRIGHTEN ROOM
PAPER AND FURNISHINGS OF
MOMENT.
Writer'S Idea Which Is at Once Orig.
inai and Hsrmonious-inexpensive
Scheme fer Pretty and Ap-
propriate Decorations.

A letter fror1 Mrs. s. J. d. asks my
advice in the matter Of furnishing a
room. she says:
Please tell me how l can change a
room which is meant for a dining room
into a cheerful waiting room. leading
into a physicians Office.
The room at present is in dark red
tapestry paper is paneled in brown
oak and has a shelf about three feet
from the ceiling.
The Office has a deep yellow
cartridge paper and mahogany stained
woodwork.
There is another room papered in
light pink and cream color. which
shows from this old diningroom and I
suppose this should blend with the
other two rooms"
I viii give you a scheme for this
room which may startle you by fits
originality. but 1 assure you. you will
find It effective and thoroughly har-
monious
1 would advise you 10 use blue
dark rich blue-with your red walls.
Having covered my floor with Grim
son wool terry at so cents a yard. I
laid on &c two of these Indian rugs.
and hung my windows daringly with
blue and white Japanese crepe. The
clear. blue figures of the crepe on a
white ground showed delightfully."-
against the crimson walls
Against one wall 7 placed a wooden
cot and mattress for which I paid
eight dollars. / covered this with dark
blue denim. making a box-pleated val
ance Of the denim 90 just escape the
floor
paid an upholsterer a dollar each
for two huge pillows two and a half
feet square and six inches thick. 20 set
fat against the wall at the back OF
the couch; these pillows were stuffed
with excelsior and cotton wool. we're
made with square edges and were COW
cred with the blue denim.
! could have made them myself for
tride less money. but ! preferred TO
economize in some other direction as
style and finish OF this couch (which
could upon occasion be used as a 1ed)
depended upon it's cushions.
In front OF these stin and formal pill
lows ! placed two small soft ones.
covered with blue and white crepe
The suggestion OF this crepe was
beautifully carried out in some blue
and white china with which I deco
rated the wall.
AT the end OF the room facing the
windows 1 hung a china cabinet of
simple dark wood. in fact 7 may con-
fess that ] manufactured this cabinet
from an old crate. rubbing SC down
with sandpaper and painting Il black.
From a row OF small brass hooks 7
hung some extremely effective delft
blue cups; there were also some plates
and saucers and some very pretty lit
tie windmill pitchers. This cabinet
was pronounced a great success and
balanced the blue and white effect 40
the other end of the room finely
! also covered a large stuffed chair
with blue denim and placed IL beside
the dark wood table which held a blue
and white vase. and a brass candei-
brum carrying white wax candles) as
well as books and magazines.
a large Chinese jardlniere Of blue
and white porcelain which held a fern
by the window was my one extrava-
gance hesitated about buying Il
but IL seemed so eminenuy fitted for
the place &c filled that have not re-
GREETED purchasing it-Chicago Inter
Ocean.