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4 Bare or covered stairs 



5 Color and pattern in rugs 



6 How to use old carpets 



7 Rag rugs ; sorted for color and woven into harmonious designs 



8 Comparative expense and satisfaction of various weaves of rugs: 



ingrain, body brussels, velvet, axminster, and straw, or matting 



9 Oriental rugs 



Furniture: its construction and decoration 



1 Object of furniture 



2 Study carefully the illustrations on page 72 of Cornell Reading- 



Course Lesson for the Farm Home, No. 7, " Household Furnish- 

 ing," showing studies in construction and decoration, and test 

 two or three pieces of furniture at the club meeting 



3 Vital points to consider in selecting furniture 



4 How to tell the difference between true decoration that beautifies, 



and false decoration that cheapens 



5 Furniture built with drawers 



6 Relation of chair to bodily form 



Styles and fads in furniture 



1 Characteristics of colonial work: sound workmanship, simple forms, 



beautiful wood, appropriate and restrained decoration 



2 Repainting or refinishing old pieces 



■ 3 Walnut furniture : beautiful wood ; designs too ornate ; less valuable 

 than colonial work 



4 Varnished oak furniture: excellent wood, abused by machinery, 



manufacture, and cheap finish; machine decoration; false ideals 

 of beauty 



5 Burnt-wood fad. Decoration substituted for form and usefulness. 



Tawdry products. Poor art 



6 Mission or craftsman furniture: an answer to the craving for plain, 



gei^aine forms; wholesome and permanent influence of the style 



Furnishing the hall 



1 Atmosphere of orderliness and cheer 



2 Color scheme 



3 Rug 



4 Coat closet, hatrack, or other furniture 



5 Absence of pictures and ornaments 



Furnishing the living-room 



1 Atmosphere of comfort and harmony 



2 Influence of this room especially on lives of others 



3 Nothing that is not^useful and beautiful in this room 



