um. I cannot imagine anyone sleeping calmly
in such a room!

This bedroom is eminently suited to the needs of a man. The hangings are
of a plain, soft stuff, accenting one of the deep tones of the wall
covering, and the sash curtains are of white muslin. The furniture is of
oak, of the Jacobean period. The bed is true to its inspiration, with
turned legs and runners, and slatted head and foot boards. The legs and
runners of the bed were really inspired by the chairs and tables of the
period. This is an excellent illustration of the modern furniture that
may be adapted from old models. It goes without saying that the beds of
that period were huge, cumbersome affairs, and this adapted bed is
really more suitable to modern needs in size and weight and line than an
original one.

There are so many inspirations for bedrooms nowadays that one finds it
most difficult to decide on any one scheme. One of my greatest joys in
planning the Colony Club was that I had opportunity to furnish so many
bedrooms. And they were small, pleasant rooms, too, not the usual
impersonal boxes that are usually planned for club houses and hotels. I
worked out the plan of each bedroom as if I were to live in it myself,
and while they all differed in decorative schemes the essentials were
the same in each room: a comfortable bed, with a small table beside it
to hold a reading light, a clock, and a telephone; a _chaise-longue_ for
resting; a long mirror somewhere; a dressing table with proper lights
and a glass covered top; a writing table, carefully equipped, and the
necessary chairs and stools. Some of the bedrooms had no connecting
baths, and these were given wash stands with bowls and pitchers of clear
glass. Most of these bedrooms were fitted with mahogany four post beds,
pie crust tables, colonial highboys, gay chintzes, and such, but there
were several rooms of entirely different scheme.

[Illustration: A COLONY CLUB BEDROOM]

Perhaps the most fascinating of them all is the bird room. The walls
are covered with an Oriental paper patterned with marvelous blue and
green birds, birds of paradise and paroquets perched on flowering
branches. The black lacquer furniture was especially designed for the
room. The rug and the hangings are of jade green. I wonder how this
seems to read of--I can only say it is a very gay and happy room to live
in!

There is another bedroom in pink and white, which would be an adorable
room for a young girl. The bed