Studio: international art (16.1899)

A Bachelor s Room

ASCHEME OF DECORATION imposing in the first place by its very size, for it is
FOR A BACHELOR'S ROOM, thirty feet long by nineteen feet wide, the major
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY portion of one side being taken up by the principal
G. M. ELLWOOD. window, the entrance door at one end, while the

other end is occupied entirely by the ingle-nook.
There are bachelors and bachelors, and it Facing the window is a large settle with book-
would be a task of some little difficulty to decide shelves on either side of it, while the two corners
upon the type thereof for whom the typical bachelor's flanking the entrance door are also fitted with book-
room should be designed, decorated and furnished, shelves ; on one side of the ingle-nook again is a
Mr. G. M. Ellwood, however, whose study for small window, on the other the passage leading to
A Bachelor's Room I am about to consider, has the other rooms of the house. One sees at a glance,
evidently had in mind that sort of bachelor whom therefore, that much of the furniture partakes of
even married men may be allowed at times to the nature of permanent fittings, which seems to
envy. He is evidently a man of means in the first me to strike at the outset the "bachelor" note by
place, of excellent taste in the second. He is ensuring a species of perfunctory tidiness and trim-
probably, indeed, an artist or designer, and his room ness. Taking for granted that this particular room
has to serve as studio and living-room combined, is intended for a designer's studio as well as an
A very charming combination it makes. It is ordinary living-room, it is quite in accord with the

fitness of things that Mr.
Ellwood should have
elaborated its decoration
to a degree somewhat
beyond that suitable to
the " common or garden "
bachelor. So elaborate
indeed is it, that it calls
for a somewhat detailed
description. In the first
place, the colour scheme
is simple, natural, and re-
posefully pleasing. It is
afforded by the pale brown
of the natural oak which is
used for all the fittings,
and a tender tone of green
which pervades the deco-
ration of the walls. On
these green walls are sten-
cilled conventional stems
in brown, which suggest
their being carried through
the frieze as a support to
the decoratively treated
peacocks and birds of
Paradise which form the
richly glowing frieze. The
brown and green scheme is
even carried easily and natu-
rally into the furniture. All
the fixed woodwork is in the
natural colour of the oak,

L_, BHI^BBI^™* _ ________ii while the chairs and tables

are stained green to afford
design for a door by g. m. ellwood the necessary contrast.

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