January, 1913 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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This is the table suggested for the living-room. A 

 table of this sort costs about $44.00 



small house illustrat- 



A gate-leg table shown in the closed posi- 

 tion. One of this sort can be had in any 



upon the individual 

 needs of the house- 

 wife that they will 

 not be included for 

 the consideration in 

 the expense items of 

 this article. 



It is often a good 

 plan to make a defi- 

 nite selection of the 

 furnishings for a 

 house even though it 



ed, the living-room is 

 found to occupy the 

 long side of the south 

 end of the dwelling, 

 having the windows 

 east and west with 

 French doors open- 

 ing upon the loggia 



under the overhang Thisllustration shows the appearance of a 

 of the upper story, gate-leg table when open. The lamp, com- 

 The importance of plete costs about $12.00 



finish for about $18.00 



may take some years to complete the selection, buying from this room in the scheme of the house will, at once, lead us 

 time to time such pieces as one needs or can afford, rather to give to it the key-note for the expression of individual 



than buying at haphazard anything that can 

 boused for the moment with no definite idea 

 or the final decorative scheme. A definite 

 plan is, therefore, the only sensible and satis- 

 factory foundation on which to work out the 

 furnishings for the small house. 



While the furnishings suggested in this 

 article may not suit each and every individual 

 requirement, the writer has attempted to 

 select those furnishings from models obtain- 

 able, which should make the widest appeal in 

 the matter both of good taste and of mode- 

 rate cost. 



In the choice of furniture that which has 

 good lines as well as strength to endure long 

 service has been given precedence. In the 

 matter of color schemes, those colors which 

 do not obtrude violent tones will be con- 

 sidered as well as the matter of patterns that 

 will still pleasantly stimulate the imagination 

 when age rests upon them. The sensible 

 home-maker will choose enough furniture to 

 give the impression of a well-furnished house, 

 but he will not overcrowd it with any un- 

 necessary unlovely thing. 



THE LIVING-ROOM. 



Studying the plans of the interior of the 



taste in its furnishing, bearing in mind that 

 its seeming proportions call for furniture in 

 accord. No small fussiness or over-orna- 

 mentation must be allowed to spoil the 

 breadth and clear space we would preserve 

 here. 



The wooden settle by the fireplace shown 

 in the illustration on page 1 1 could be re- 

 placed, with advantage, by one of oak and 

 cane having a high back like all the settles of 

 English ancestry. The chairs should con- 

 form to the sense of comfort suggested by 

 the settle, with an armchair near the fire- 

 place also. The room will require a good- 

 sized library table, a bookcase against the 

 wall space at the left of the window in the 

 south wall, and a writing-desk of good design 

 near the west window, where one may have 

 good light during the day. An electric 

 movable reading lamp may be placed on the 

 desk for evening light. 



With two low-backed chairs having up- 

 holstered seats, a large, comfortable chair 

 near the library table, the room will be fur- 



The desk shown above can be 



obtained for $62.00, and the nished, so far as its seating requirements are 



large three-division bookcase for concerned. We must not forget, however, 



$60.00 to add a few low cane or rustic-bottomed 



Two views of the unfurnished living-room from which the stairs ascend 



