Or, if you aren't even as clever as that (and you probably
_are!_) you can decorate your painted furniture with narrow lines of
color: dark green on a light green ground; dark blue on yellow; _any_
color on gray or cream--there are infinite possibilities of color
combinations. In one of the rooms shown in the illustrations the posy
garlands on the chest of drawers were inspired by a lamp jar. This
furniture was carefully planned, as may be seen by the little urns on
the bedposts, quite in the manner of the Brothers Adam, but delightful
results may be obtained by using any simple modern cottage furniture
and applying fanciful decorations.
Be wary of hanging many pictures in your bedroom. I give this advice
cheerfully, because I know you will hang them anyway (I do) but I warn
you you will spoil your room if you aren't very stern with yourself.
Somehow the pictures we most love, small prints and photographs and
things, look spotty on our walls. We must group them to get a pleasant
effect. Keep the framed photographs on the writing table, the dressing
table, the mantel, etc., but do not hang them on your walls. If you have
small prints that you feel you must have, hang them flat on the wall,
well within the line of vision. They should be low enough to be
_examined_, because usually such pictures are not decorative in effect,
but exquisite in detail.
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