There is always a possibility for rose-red in my rooms, I love it so. I
manage the other colors so that they will admit a chair or a stool or a
bowl of rose color. In this room the two chairs beside the couch are
covered with rose-colored damask, and this brings out the rose in the
rug and in the chintz, and accents the deep red note of the leathern
book-bindings. The rose red is subordinated to the importance of the
book-bindings in this room, but there is still opportunity for its use
in so many small things.
In this room, you will notice, I have used open shelves for my books,
and the old secretary which was once a combination desk and bookcase, is
used for the display of my little treasures of porcelain and china, and
its drawers are used for papers and prints. The built in shelves have
cupboards beneath them for the flimsy papers and pamphlets that do not
belong on open shelves. If the same room were pressed into service as a
guest room I should use the drawers in the secretary instead of the
usual chest of drawers, and the day bed for sleeping.
[Illustration: MISS MORGAN'S LOUIS XVI. _LIT DE REPOS_]
The writing-table is placed at right angles to one of the book-filled
panels between the front windows. I have used a writing-table in this
room because I like tables better than heavy desks, and because in this
small apartment a desk would seem heavy and ponderous.
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