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THE SMALL APARTMENT
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-room
wisely.
As for the kitchen-that is another story. It is
impossible to go into that subject. And anyway, you
will find the essentials supplied for you by the landlord.
You won't need my advice when you need a broom or a
coffee pot or a saucepan-you '11 go buy it!
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