There is nothing so like the magicians we read of as Parisian upholsterers; for no sooner have they entered a house, than, as if touched by the hand of the enchanter, it assumes a totally different aspect.

I could hardly believe my eyes when I entered our new dwelling, to-day.
Already were the carpets--and such carpets, too--laid down on the _salons_; the curtains were hung; _consoles_, sofas, tables, and chairs placed, and lustres suspended.

In short, the rooms looked perfectly habitable.
The principal drawing-room has a carpet of dark crimson with a gold-coloured border, on which is a wreath of flowers that looks as if newly culled from the garden, so rich, varied, and bright are their hues.

The curtains are of crimson satin, with embossed borders of gold-colour; and the sofas, _bergeres, fauteuils_, and chairs, richly carved and gilt, are covered with satin to correspond with the curtains.
Gilt _consoles_, and _chiffonnieres_, with white marble tops, are placed wherever they could be disposed; and, on the chimney pieces, are fine _pendules_.
The next drawing-room, which I have appropriated as my sitting-room, is furnished with blue satin, with rich white flowers.

It has a carpet of a chocolate-coloured ground with a blue border, round which is a wreath of bright flowers, and carved and gilt sofas, _bergeres_, and _fauteuils_, covered with blue satin like the curtains.
The recess we have lined with fluted blue silk, with a large mirror placed in the centre of it, and five beautiful buhl cabinets around, on which I intend to dispose all my treasures of old _Sevre_ china, and ruby glass.
I was told by the upholsterer, that he had pledged himself to _milord_ that _miladi_ was not to see her _chambre a coucher_, or dressing-room, until they were furnished.