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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1915 



INSIDE 



THE 



GARDEN HOME 



JAMES COLLIER MARSHALL 



Comfort Idealized 



Mr. James Collier Marshall will solve your problems of home decoration — color schemes, hangings, floor coverings, 

 art objects and interior arrangements, making purchases at the most favorable prices. This service is free to our 

 readers. Address inquiries to "Inside the Garden Home", The Garden Magazine, 1 1 West 32nd Street, New York. 



THE joy of living, as understood in its higher 

 sense, may not entirely depend on the condition 

 of physical comfort in which one finds one's 

 self, but without doubt this happy mental status is 

 marvelously exalted when one's surroundings are not 

 only good-looking but rich in comfort yielding qualities. 



So with the approach of the winter season, with its 

 long evenings to be enjoyed or endured as the case may 

 be, it will be wise to consider those arrangements that 

 will make the house more homelike, a 

 place at once attractive and comfort- 

 able. This is really an easy task which 

 can be worked out as successfully in the 

 simple cottage home as in the great 

 house, the essentials and methods of pro- 

 cedure being identical 



The most important factor toward 

 living comfort is sufficient and proper 

 light. Nothing is so depressing as an 

 ill-lighted house, an error that should 

 be corrected at once, any expense being 

 justified by the happy result obtained. 



A lack of daylight is, of course, deplor- 

 able, but even this can be corrected by a 

 clever arrangement of lamps, and while it 

 rather grates on one's feelings to resort to 

 this method in this country, yet it will 

 be found most satisfactory and especially 

 when one uses those shades of warm 

 color in the decorative scheme which 

 will light well. 



For example, if the living room walls 

 are neutral in tint and a warm colored 

 carpet and upholstery are employed, not only will the 

 whole scheme be brightened but it will be made to seem 

 natural by the use of lamplight, artificiality being only 

 apparent when the wall and overhead lights are in oper- 

 ation. These wall lamps should always be shaded. 



Following this important item, the actual furnishing 

 of the house takes next rank. Assuming that the 

 decorative color scheme is correct and agreeable, the 

 choice and grouping of the furniture must be made with 

 restraint and with an eye solely to its usefulness and 

 comfort. There is no place in the modern house for 

 useless articles of furnishings and in doing over the 

 house such pieces should be relegated to the scrap heap 

 that they may no longer plague the soul of man. 



What is more conducive to dreamy fireside comfort than this charming down cushioned sofa 

 6 foot long. 2 feet, 8 inches deep, and 3 feet, 1 inch high 



The actual placing of furniture is essentially a matter 

 of personal taste, but there should be carefully pre- 

 served a balance neither too exact nor too regular, yet 

 quite even in elect. For instance, if the mantelpiece, 

 before which is stationed a table and couch, as is so 

 commonly done to-day, is to be flanked by furniture, 

 do not use the same kind of articles for both sides, 

 but rather emplay pieces of similar lines and weight. 

 This will obviate a duplication of decoration that, 

 while interesting for the moment, is 

 museum-like and wearying. 



As for the comfort-yielding qualities 

 of the furniture for the winter living 

 room, only such articles should be chosen 

 whose comfort and hospitality are 

 patent. It is not enough that their 

 lines are easy, but they must also be 

 inviting. A chair should suggest a book 

 or a pipe, and a couch be conducive to 

 lazy dreaming. 



Much comfort, too, is found in the 

 decorative small articles that, picked 

 up here and there, go so far toward 

 making the house liveable. Imagine 

 a living room furnished with the com- 

 fortable pieces shown here, add a 

 spacious centre lable, a writing desk, 

 well lighted, a smoking set and humidor 

 on a convenient taborette, an orderly 

 magazine and newspaper rack, a wisely 

 chosen and companionable clock with 

 some candlesticks on the mantelshelf, a 

 footstool before the winged chair, some 

 pillows beside you on the couch, and a capacious 

 dish of sweetmeats within easy reach on the table 

 behind you, while before you the polished brasses 

 reflect the flickering lights of the fire. This is the 

 very idealization of comfort. 



While serving their practical purpose, these andirons can 

 express a dignified hospitality and in this are abetted by 

 the dainty brass trivet 



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One can hardly hope for a better bargain than this comfortable 

 and goodlooking chair with dainty linen cushions, at $11 



ANNOUNCEMENT 



Since a friend in need is a friend indeed — we 

 are about to put our friendship for our readers 

 to the test by offering them the free service of 

 this Department for their Christmas shopping. 

 For further information see the great Christ- 

 mas Number of The Gcrden Magazine ap- 

 pearing November 28. 



The snug comfort of a winged chair is found nowhere else. 

 This well made one comes in denim at $22.50 



