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Title: Homes and their decoration
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: French, Lillie Hamilton, 1854-1939
Subjects: Interior decoration
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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nd a floorwashed without any great upheaval. Mattings teareasily, and should not be used in a room where abed to be made must be drawn out from the wall.The bare floor is not injured by the moving of fur-niture. Its scratches can be concealed by a rug, andit can be kept shining after it has been washed bybeing rubbed with a coarse flannel dampened with amere suggestion of oil. In the treatment of the walls, the size of the roomand the amount of light admitted must be takeninto consideration ; also the position of the bed, itsstanding against the wall or with the head onlyagainst it; and last, but by no means least, is theowners predilections for particular colors. Thesepredilections should always be respected, althougha woman with a weakness for red is advised toindulge her liking sparingly in a bedroom. Redflowers on a white ground may be introduced, butthe red should be scattered and broken, and relievedby white. She may use it again in her draperies if 79 HOMES AND THEIR DECORATION
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