BEDROOM WOODWORK

The very prettiest bedroom woodwork is of white enamel, which has that
light, airy look we so want to catch, and never quarrels with either
furniture or decorations. But of woodwork painted in any color beware,
take care! Finely finished hardwood has the honesty of true worth and
needs no dressing up; but its poor relation, that hideous product of
old-time dark stain and varnish is only a kill-beauty, and should be
wiped out of existence with a dose of white paint.



BEDROOM DRAPERIES

In selecting bedroom draperies, two "don'ts" must be strictly observed:
don't use flowered drapery with a flowered wall, and don't buy heavy,
unwashable hangings of woolen, damask, satin, or brocade, which not
only are out of harmony with the whole idea of bedroom simplicity, but
shut out air and sunlight, make the room seem stuffy, and collect and
hold dust and odors. The patterns of chintzes, cretonnes, and
silkolenes are manufactured to follow closely the paper designs, and
where flowered ceiling and frieze are used with a plain wall, the same
color and design may be carried out in bed and window draperies, and in
couch and chair coverings. With a flowered or much-figured wall snowy
curtains of Swiss, muslin, or net, with ruffles of lace or of the same
material, are prettier than anything else; and for that matter, they
are appropriate with any style of decoration and can always be kept
fresh and dainty. But elaborate lace curtains which have seen better
days elsewhere are most emphatically _not_ for bedrooms, and should
find another asylum. A pretty window drapery is the thin white curtain