LESSON FOR THE FARM HOME 



Published Semi-monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture at 

 Cornell University, Throughout the Year. Application for Entry as 

 Second-Class Matter at the Post Office at Ithaca, N. Y., Pending 



L. H. Bailey, Director 



Course for the Farm Home ] ^':V^L\%f^^.fr^^^\ Supervisor 



( Mrs. Ida b. Harrington, Assistant Supervisor 



VOL. I. No. 7 



ITHACA, N.Y. 

 JANUARY I, 1 91 2 



FARM HOUSE SERIES No. 2 



HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING 



Helen Binkerd Young 



" How much there is in this world that I do not want." — Socrates. 



With most persons, furnishing the home is a threefold study. It consists, 

 first, in arranging one's present belongings to the best possible advantage ; 

 second, in discarding all useless and ugly 

 objects; third, in selecting new articles 

 that shall fit appropriately into the al- 

 ready estabHshed home. The ability to 

 do any one of these things comes only 

 through patience, experiment, and a 

 clear conception of the final effect de- 

 sired. It is of no use to begin moving 

 things about and buying new material 

 until one knows what result she is after. 

 Almost any phase of furnishing can be 

 analyzed, pondered over, and to some 

 extent decided on before the first move 

 is made. And this conception of the 

 complete home picture must be spirit- 

 ual as well as material. Many a house 

 containing correct furniture and deco- 

 ration fails to become a home because 

 of its coldness, and many a home 

 exists in spite of atrocious furnish- 

 ings. For home consists not merely 

 of a roof over one's head and of ex- 

 ternal trappings about us; it is a 

 place where dwell peace and harmony. 



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Fig. 22. — A colonial doorway. Simple 

 structural form with appropriate orna- 

 ment 



