42 FARM HOMES, IN-DOORS AND OUT-DOOES. 



The Spare Bedroom, the Boys' Eoom, and even the 

 Parlor which maybe has long been a draw-back to happy 

 existence because of its scanty and unlovely furniture, 

 may all be made quite nice and cozy at such a small out- 

 lay of money that it is not really wise to wait any longer 

 for the more splendid things that may never come. 



Let us begin first with Bedrooms, for no matter how one 

 may yearn to place every pretty thing where it will make 

 the most display, an honest house-keeper will scrimp par- 

 lor and dining-room before adorning them at the expense 

 of sleeping-rooms just as a genuine lady will have good 

 and neatly made underclothing rather than outside silks 

 and velvets, if her purse will not admit of both. 



THE SPARE BEDROOM. 



If one has good bedding and a pretty bedstead for this 

 room, the expense of additional furnishing will be quite 

 light. If these are lacking, then it is a more serious 

 affair. If furniture can be bought unpainted directly 

 from the factory or shop where it is made, it can he had 

 at comparatively low figures. Send to the manufactur- 

 ers for a catalogue, if you are too far from them for a 

 personal call, select something in pine or white wood, and 

 trust to your genius and the paint-pot for a respect- 

 able bedstead, and some sort of small table for lamp, 

 books, etc. 



First decide what the color or tone of the room shall 

 be, and paint the furniture accordingly. If it is a north 

 room, I suggest a delicate peach or a straw color ; if a 

 south room, a soft blue, sage-green, or pale lilac. 



Suppose a light pink decided upon. Let the wood- 

 work be painted with white paint, in which has been 

 stirred enough vermilion powder to make a tint not 

 deeper than that of a blush rose. A room having but 

 one door and a window or two, presents so little wood 



