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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1917 



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INSIDE 



THE 



GARDEN HOME 



JAMES COLLIER MARSHALL 



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CONVENIENCES FOR THE COTTAGE 



Mr. James Collier Marshall, Director of the Decorating Service of The Garden Magazine's Advertising Dept., 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. 



IT IS easy enough to furnish a large house if the 

 wherewithall to do it is available, but it is no mean 

 task to outfit a cottage successfully when one must 

 take into consideration limited space as well as cost of 

 each piece. 



This was borne in on me forcefully not long since 

 when a reader asked me to tell where might be had a 

 table with a lid-covered drawer for letter writing, such 

 as are found in most hotel bedrooms. Wrote my in- 

 quirer: "I have a tiny house with only one guest room 

 furnished I think satisfactorily, though I want to add a 

 table of the sort that may be both centre table and 

 writing desk, yet of the smallest size and simplest 

 appearance. My guests shall be comfortably though 

 simply served." 



My search for this table led me through all the shops 

 to the manufacturer's showrooms until I found what I 

 wanted, and it occurred to me that we frequently over- 

 look the comfort of our guests in outfitting our houses 

 in simple ways that are easy to rectify. For instance, 

 whether the house be large or small, rarely does one find 

 a trunk or suitcase rack in his room. There is nothing 

 that gives such satisfaction in either unpack- 

 ing or packing one's belongings as to be able 

 to get at the bag comfortably. 



Every one knows the alternatives — using 

 the bed and soiling the spread, a chair — and 

 defacing it, the floor and ruining one's dis- 

 position! The worst of it all is when a rack 

 is found it is invariably ricketty. However, 



Your guests will 



appreciate 

 stand. It 



this mahogany trunk and suitcase 

 costs only S3.50 



A good many wooden tables have been put on the 

 market with flower boxes arranged in the ends but they 

 have always seemed incongruous. The wicker one 

 reproduced here, the first of its kind to be so built, gives 

 no such unpleasant impression. Indeed, quite the 

 opposite may be said of it, since its lines are not only 

 not marred by the floral insets but improved thereby. 

 Exceptionally well built, its proportions are correct — 

 every inch being well accounted for. It is notable as 

 being equally serviceable for use in the centre of the 

 room or at its side, and while it was designed for a 

 summer porch, it might in perfect taste be employed 

 inside the house the whole year through. 



Apropos of tables and their dressings, I am reminded 

 that the old time vogue, a custom that has never waned 

 in England, of placing jars of fragrant salts on the 

 tables in the living rooms of the house to freshen the air 

 has come again into favor. These may be either of 

 plain or cut glass or crystal filled with gaily tinted salts, 

 or after the newer fashion, the jars and bottles may be 

 decorated and the salts tinted to match the decorations. 

 The idea is as gay as the salts are refreshing and the 

 vogue promises to become a sensible custom. 

 Anent fresh scents, let me tell also that a 

 well known hostess has a maid carry 

 through her drawing rooms just before the 

 guests arrive a dish of burning lavender, 

 which gives off" a faint but delicious scent 

 that lasts all evening. This custom of per- 

 fuming the house artificially is as old as his- 

 tory, and one that loses nothing through age. 



Note the dignity and dainty lines of this mahogany 

 cellaret wmcn adapt it to any setting 



The fine proportions, simple lines and wisely conserved space recommend this 



table highly 



the one pictured here is a fine exception, being excellently made and 

 good looking enough to suit any setting, folding easily into a limited 

 place in the closet when not in use. 



Another interesting, if not altogether necessary, piece of furniture 

 is the circumspect looking cellaret shown here whose nice proportions 

 and dainty lines when closed in no manner prepare one for its very 

 complete outfitting. As will be seen the roll top conceals three decanters 

 on a revolving stand as well as six wine and six toddy glasses. There 

 is room also for a cocktail shaker, the preparation of which appetizing 

 drink is conducted on the porcelain topped slide seen below. The 

 drawer is arranged with compartments for cards, score pads, poker 

 chips and other first aids to these amusements. This is a most satis- 

 factory article of furniture for the household that boasts no cellar, 

 the summer cottage, or for a bachelor's rooms. 



Its reserved manner gives place to hospitality when 

 the top of the cellaret is rolled back 



