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The dining room then is left intact unless the back yard is to be rebuilt and in that case an exterior stairway to it is desirable, opening through one of the windows. This may be done by replacing the fence with an attractive tapestry brick wall, cementing the open space of the yard, planting trees and flowers around it, and supplying an awning for comfort, and willow or reed furniture. Or it may be made over into a children's playground with appropriate equipment. The furniture and decorations of the dining room are similar to those which might be used in an apartment room of the same size, but the ceiling in 'the present case is higher and permits of the use of large wall
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Three tones of painted furniture and three tints of taffeta prevail in this bedroom: tan, orchid and green.
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This dining room is designed in the style of Queen Anne, executed in walnut, with the carved portions of the furniture
in dull'gold.
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mirrors or tapestries, or the retention of a mantelpiece.
The bedchambers of either type of city house differ in no essential from those of apartments, except in being generally of greater dimensions, higher, with fewer windows (on account of the extension opening into the rear rooms) and having too often ugly mantels and center lights. When the house is being altered, side brackets should be installed and unless wall paper is desired, wood mouldings should be applied. A lessening of the height of the room can be obtained by the use of a chair rail and a cornice. In most old houses if fireplaces are to be used, the mantels should be replaced by marble or imitation stone or wood ones in the period of the furnishings, but in most of the bedrooms all the wall space will be utilized for the furniture. Bedrooms, in fact, are the rooms most often crowded in both apartments and homes and great care should be exercised in avoiding this.
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