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.

FURNITURE-COVERING FOR A GIVEN ROOM

Silk, velvet, corduroy, rep, leather, use of antique silks, chintz.--When and how used.