House Furnishing

According to what dealers in furnlture say, mahogany has the first place in popular esteem, with dark oak second. In this way it is found that for a drawing-room of lofty proportions Louis XV., with its broad, sweeping rococo details, is desirable. The small reception room is generally done ia Louis XVI. In the dining-room, if a cheerful, moderate sized apartment, the oíd Dutch or colonial styles are found to be most popular. If the diningroom be a grand salon with high ceiling and much. wainscoting, Henry I. or Francis I., in the usual dark oak, are