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I am convinced that two minor rooms that are present in almost every apartment are not given an adequate share of attention as regards their decoration, and these are the kitchen and the bathroom. There is really no reason why such excellent appurtenances of the home should not be made thoroughly attractive by the introduction of brilliant colors which might be resented in the major chambers. I suggest, in this connection, gay towels for the kitchen, together with painted and decorated tin and glass receptacles for dry food products, a painted shade for the light, curtains for the windows and the china closets; and an interesting chair is almost as cheap and quite as serviceable as the customary ugly chair which people
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A living room, originally a kitchen, reconstructed into two duplex apartments.
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Design of a kitchen designed to afford esthetic pleasure.
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somehow seem to feel called upon to furnish to their maids. In the bathroom a variety of color spots can be made entertaining and delightful, such as a shower sheet of colored fabric with window curtains to match, a decorated window shade or one of figured glazed chintz, ornamental bottles and glasses, painted lighting shades, and, if the room is large enough, a draped dressing table and mirror, not to mention an attractive laundry box and bath rug.
These small apartments are, after all, the only ones that present a distinct problem, for the large apartment is practically a house, although it is built on a single level instead of in stories and lacks the halls and staircases that require treatment in a residence. But essentially there is little difference between an apartment of twenty rooms and a house of a like number, from the decorator's standpoint: both contain plenty of space for their occupants, and the owners of both are likely to have plenty of money. It is the two-room, three-room and four-room apartments that are difficult to furnish, and the lessees of these, unfortunately for themselves, do not often enough employ decorators. If they did they would find themselves repaid tenfold in their saving of space, time and irritation. The good decorator really studies his clients' requirements, he charges nothing for his services and for his merchandise he is often more reasonable than an ordinary shop.
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