Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1918 — COZY, ARTISTIC LIVING ROOK [ARTICLE]

COZY, ARTISTIC LIVING ROOK

Sunshiny, Floor Covered With Neutral Gray Filler Carpet, Wall* Blue, Woodwork White. One of the most beautiful living rooms the writer has ever seen, observes a correspondent, was a bright, sunshiny one, with a floor covered with? a neutral gray filler carpet The walls were in plain old blue, the woodwork white. The dull brick fireplace, with the white overmantel, and the built-in book shelves, were quite noticeable features in the room and decidedly helped the colonial furniture. For there was a mahogany gateleg table in the center of the room, a large armchair and a wall chair with a rush seat A huge wing armchair upholstered in rose and blue chintz was drawn up* to the fireplace, and seemed to dominate the room. The chintz was repeated in the sidedrapes at the windows. And the* beauty of it is that a room like this iSi within the reach Of almost anyone!