62 FARM* HOMES, IN -DOORS AND OUT-DOORS. 



corn-husks or nice oat straw. Over this a thick com- 

 forter of cotton or wool. No matter how coarse and plain 

 the sheets and pillow slips, if they are only beautifully 

 white. And the pillows must be round and plump, 

 though filled with nothing more costly than fine soft hay. 

 The counterpane may be of white, with rounded corners 

 at the foot else it will not hang gracefully on such a 

 bedstead. It and the shams may be trimmed with bias 

 bands of blue or pink, or left plain white, as one chooses. 

 Something will be added to the prettiness of this couch 

 if a few yards of book-muslin, or of the lambrequin ma- 

 terial, be fastened to an ornamental hook in the wall high 

 above the head of the bed, and the ends made to fall 

 gracefully at either side of it. 



For a cheap toilet table, and one easily made, secure a 

 large three-cornered piece of board large enough to 

 comfortably accommodate a wash bowl, pitcher, boxes, etc. 

 and fasten it into a corner of the room where the light 

 is best. Cover it with suitably colored cambric, and tack 

 around it a slightly full flounce of the same, long enough 

 to reach the floor. Over this place plain book-muslin, 

 with box plaitings across the edge and along the bottom. 

 The frame of the mirror hanging above it should also be 

 draped with cambric and muslin, together with a little 

 bracket at either side. Common paper boxes covered 

 with fancy paper or zephyr-work should be added, for 

 holding brushes, combs, etc. 



A long packing box of the right height, lined with 

 paper, the coyer hinged, and the whole neatly cushioned 

 and draped with tastefully chosen calico, will make not 

 only a pretty lounge, but an excellent place for keeping 

 one's best dresses. 



If one has no bureau, another box, not so long, miirlit 

 be fixed in the same way, with partitions added, making 

 " a place for everything." 



Saw off two or three inches from the le#s of some old 



