Elsie De Wolfe Design

Ashleigh Richards, INDS 211, Professor Gonano, Spring 2011

The Drawing Room

• A drawing room is intended as a place where a hostess may entertain her friends

• Plenty of sunshine

• Use mirrors as decorative panels

• Should have an open fireplace

• It should not be cluttered by personal things yet flowers, porcelains, collection of fans, and old French

prints are acceptable.

• No matter how large the room, keep it intimate in spirit

• No isolated chairs

• plenty of chairs and sofas, and a few small tables to hold lights and flowers

• Must have a writing desk for those who would like to write a note, but also functions as decoration

• Another good place for a piano is a sort of alcove or small room opening from the large living or

drawing room where the piano and a few chairs may be placed

Key Points…

Floor Plan

Window

chair

Sofa

End tableCoffee table

Window

Sofa

Open Doorway

Open Doorway

Writing desk

End table

Window

Piano

Bookcase

Fireplace

Extra chair

Extra chair

mirror

mirror

Furniture & Finishes

Wall Surfaces

Lighting & ceilings