The combination of
dressing-room and bathroom is successful only in those large houses
where each bedroom has its bath. I have seen such rooms in modern
American houses that were quite as large as bedrooms, with the supreme
luxury of open fireplaces. Think of the comfort of having one's bath and
of making one's toilet before an open fire! This is an outgrowth of our
passion for bedrooms that are so be-windowed they become
sleeping-porches, and we may leave their chill air for the comfortable
warmth of luxurious dressing-rooms.
[Illustration: By permission of the Butterick Publishing Co.
FURNITURE PAINTED WITH CHINTZ DESIGNS]
If I were giving advice as to the furnishing of a dressing-room, in as
few words as possible, I should say: "Put in lots of mirrors, and then
more mirrors, and then more!" Indeed, I do not think one can have too
many mirrors in a dressing-room. Long mirrors can be set in doors and
wall panels, so that one may see one's self from hat to boots. Hinged
mirrors are lovely for sunny wall spaces, and for the tops of
dressing-tables. I have made so many of them. One of green and gold
lacquer was made to be used on a plain green enameled dressing-table
placed squarely in the recess of a great window. I also use small
mirrors of graceful contour to light up the dark corners of
dressing-rooms.
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