The Living Room
As the living room is the gathering place for family and friends, it may well be considered the most important room in the house. It should take its keynote for decoration from the hall. If there is a wide doorway connecting the living room with the hall, the color scheme should be the same. As the living room serves as library also, open book shelves, painted the same as the woodwork, are essential, and more substantial than book cases.
The first requisite of such a room is that it shall be restful. Avoid using rocking chairs. Use little bric-a-brac. Nothing which does not contribute to the necessity and beauty of the room should be allowed.
Tan or ivory is good in a room which is inclined to be dark, or gray and gray-green in a room inclined to be bright.
A Suggested Color Scheme for Living Room
Walls—Ivory, cream or gray—paper or paint.
Woodwork—Ivory paint—dull finish.
Floors—Hardwood—Stained antique oak with wax or varnish finish.
Floors—Softwood—Painted a deep yellow or gray, or stained to represent hardwoods.
A Suggested List of Furnishings for Living Room