THE FARMSTEAD BEAUTIFUL 



large or small. You can add an ell for a 

 kitchen or not as you please. So of bay 

 windows, dormer windows, and porches. 

 Other impressive advantages of the struc- 

 ture are the great strength and the great 

 economy of space going with it. Much sav- 

 ing of expense is also secured by the sim- 

 plicity of this style of building when repairs 

 become necessary, there being the fewest 

 possible queer angles, breaks, turnings, 

 pockets, gewgaws and places hard to get at. 



It is with much hesitation that I approach 

 the subject of interior house decoration. 

 Tastes differ and many different methods 

 for house beautification might be suggested 

 each of which would be pleasing to highly 

 cultivated people. 



We need first of all to divest ourselves of 

 the idea that beautifying the inside of a 

 house need involve great expense. The 

 truth is otherwise. Many a householder 

 could make a truly elegant interior with half 

 the expense to which he has gone to burden 

 and disfigure his walls, ceilings and floors. 

 Simplicity is a chief rule of art. 



