Better Homes in America: Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 · Chapter 5Boy's Rooms
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A Suggested Color Scheme
Walls—Buff-colored paint, or tinted walls.
Woodwork—Stained mission oak or walnut.
Floors—Hardwood floor, strips of coco matting, or woolbraided rugs. Softwood—a large square of linoleum.
Suggested List of Furnishings
Bed—Something of the day bed type. Bedspread of blue denim, with stitched bands of yellow sateen at edge.
Chest of Drawers—Painted buff or brown, or walnut or mission oak.
A Mirror—Antique gilt, or of wood to match chest of drawers, hung low.
A Desk—Of the craftsman type, with stool or bench to match.
Two Wooden Chairs—Either painted or of mission oak.
A Table—Low, plain wooden table, of walnut, or stained to match the woodwork.
One Comfortable Chair—Brown wicker, or the Windsor type.
A Lamp—Of the student type, or on a bracket, securely fastened on the wall.
A Tie Rack—Hung near chest of drawers.
One or two shelves—For books, trophies, etc. Made of plain wood, stained to match the woodwork of a plain bookcase of mission oak.
Curtains—Of blue denim, with stitched bands of sateen at edge—hung straight.