or butler's pantry, and
display only the excellent things--the old china, the pewter tankard,
the brass caddy, and so forth,--in the dining-room.

However, if you have a real dining-room in your apartment, do try to
have chairs that will be comfortable, for you can't afford to have
uncomfortable things in so small a space! Windsor chairs and rush bottom
chairs are best of all for a simple dining-room, I think, though the
revival of painted furniture has brought about a new interest in the old
flare-back chairs, painted with dull, soft colored posies on a ground of
dull green or gray or black. These chairs would be charming in a small
cottage dining-room, but they might not "wear well" in a city apartment.

[Illustration: BUILT-IN BOOKSHELVES IN A SMALL ROOM]

If your apartment has two small bedrooms, why not use one of them for
two single beds, with a night stand between, and the other for a
dressing-room? Apartment bedrooms are usually small, but charming
furniture may be bought for small rooms. Single beds of mahogany with
slender posts; beds of painted wood with inset panels of cane; white
iron beds, wooden beds painted with quaint designs on a ground of some
soft color--all these are excellent for small rooms. It goes without
saying that a small bedroom should have plain walls, papered or painted
in some soft color. Flowered papers, no matter how delightful they may
be, make a small room seem smaller. Self-toned striped papers and the
"gingham" papers are sometimes very good. The nicest thing about such
modest walls is that you can use gay chintz with them successfully.

Use your bedrooms as sleeping-and dressing-rooms, and nothing more. Do
not keep your sewing things there--a big sewing-basket will add to the
homelike quality of your living-room. Keep the bedroom floor bare,
except for a bedside rug, and possibly one or two other rugs. This, of
course, does not apply to the large bedroom--I am prescribing for the
usual small one. Place your bed against the side wall, so that the
morning light will not be directly in your eyes. A folding screen
covered with chintz or linen will prove a God-send.

Perhaps you will have a guest-room, but I doubt it. Most women find it
more satisfactory and less expensive to send their guests to a nearby
hotel than to keep an extra room for a guest. The guest room is
impractical in a small apartment, but you can arrange to take care of an
over-night guest by planning your living-r