A Bedroom For Rest.

We want a pleasant room to go to sleep in and a pleasant room to wake up in. We want a room coloured correctly for electric light, for a sunny morning or a grey day. We want a room which will enhance the beauty of the furniture.

The richness of mahogany looks well against a light, cool green, but if the room has a southerly aspect the green will have to be warmed by applying deep cream to doors and woodwork.

Light oak or satinwood looks best against blue or blue-green, but for a bedroom an orange lampshade is necessary to correct the too stimulating effect of blue.

For a young girl's room, painted furniture lends itself to dainty furnishing schemes. Pale green lacquered furniture may be the basis of a green and primrose, or green and pink room. Deep cream with blue or green lightened with a splash of gold in cushion or lampshade is charming.

Green and gold is a popular bedroom combination of colours. The green is restful and the gold prevents any effect of dullness.

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Bedroom lighting requires consideration as the bedroom is in most cases the dressing-room. The dressingtable should be placed where, during the day, light from the window will fall upon the face. A recessed window is the best position. Here, a central curtain will hide the back of the mirror from outside and will not detract from the lighting of the room. A long mirror in the dressing-table is a great advantage, as it saves the bother of placing the wardrobe mirror in a good light. At nights, a special fitting should be switched on over the dressing-table. I saw a crystal lamp, matching the tray, powder bowl, etc., on a mahogany dressing-table surfaced with plateglass.

Reading lamps are essential fittings in any modern bedroom, as are bedside tables with book rests or shelves.

A stool in front of the dressingtable is an incentive to careful dressing. One takes that extra minute or two for the extra polish to the nails, the inspection of the back curls, bob or roll.

A hospitable idea for the guest-room (which incidentally saves work for the hostess or maid) is the early morning tea tray or table complete with electric jug or kettle and tea paraphernalia set by the bed-side.