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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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A dining-room table of this sort costs about $40.00. This sideboard would cost $60.00, the serving-table about $26.00. 

 the sideboard, shown in the photograph as supported by strips, should hang independently above it 



Th 



e mirror above 



stools with cushions, and cushions for the high-backed settle green in the pattern. The border should show somewhat of 



by the fireplace. These may be covered with silk velour, a contrast to the rest of the rug, though not too emphatic 



which in the Summer season will give place to linen cover- a one. If more rugs are required for the floor space, two 



ings. The colors chosen for a living-room must not be long narrow rugs of similar pattern to the large one may be 



harsh or too striking, but soft and with a note of quiet chosen to cover the floor at either end of the room, 



warmth and richness (avoiding anything like red walls) The high mantle-shelf should have brass candle-sticks and 



which yet may be in accord with simplicity and unpretend- a large Chinese jar, very few ornaments, or if the space 



ing elegance in a space so modest 



Much richness can be given the 

 walls by the use of Japanese grass- 

 cloth, whose quality is now imitated 

 in wall papers, but not by any means 

 rivaled, since the sheen of the grass 

 used by the Japanese in the manu- 

 facture of the wall-coverings men- 

 tioned is quite unlike any other 

 fabric. Nevertheless the two-toned 

 wall papers made to imitate it are 

 very agreeable to the eye and con- 

 stitute a pleasing substitute where 

 the expense of the Japanese material 

 is greater than one wishes to con- 

 sider. 



A medium shade of brown stain 

 would be suitable for the woodwork 

 of the first floor of this house. The hardwood floors may 

 also have a dark, rich stain, with wax finish, though lighter 

 floors would be more in harmony with yellower walls. A 

 large Oriental rug should cover the main portion of the 

 living-room floor, the background of which should have 

 shades of old rose if, as we shall here imagine the case to 

 be, the walls are dull green, light in shade, or dull blue and 



Dining-room chairs in this style may be had for 

 $10.00, the arm-chair here illustrated costing $14.50 



above is left for a decorative paint- 

 ing with a border of its own, only 

 two objects should be placed on the 

 shelf against it, two candle-sticks or 

 two jars. For the fireplace tall 

 andirons of wrought-iron, simple 

 and dignified in design, will hold 

 logs for a real fire, or if coal is used 

 a basket grate for coal can be in- 

 stalled. In either case there will be 

 the necessary accompaniment of 

 tongs, shovel and poker, and care 

 must be exercised in selecting these 

 adjuncts to fire-side comfort. 



The portieres and curtains for 

 this living-room now come in for 

 consideration. As there are no 

 outside shutters to the house, heavy 

 curtains for Winter use against the cold winds must be 

 provided, with some sort of thin curtaining next the glass. 

 These may be of Swiss muslin, with a small figure, hav- 

 ing some of the pattern in dull blue or dull green or 

 they may be of plain cream-colored scrim with a delicately 

 stenciled border in color. For the windows these curtains 

 should not fall below the wood-work underneath the sill. 



One of the bedrooms 



The dining-room 



