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An inexpensive but tastefully furnished bedroom 
Bed, $16.00; chiffonier, $15.00; one wicker chair with 
cretonne cushions, $6.00; one small rocking-chair with cush- 
ions of catawba silk, $4.00; one wicker table, $3.00; two 
muslin window curtains, $2.00; cretonne cornice ruffle for 
windows, $2.00; two utility window-box seats, $2.00 each, 
$4.00. Total, $52.00. 
Room No. 4, a little room with one window, we shall 
arrange for a child, selecting a cheerful design in cretonne, 
such as apple blossoms, daisies or butterflies, and calling it 
by the name of the “‘Apple Blossom Room,” or the ‘Daisy 
Room,” or the “Butterfly Room.” 
The cretonne will be used to drape the window and for 
cushions for the chairs, which consist of a small armchair 
and a small rocking chair. A little table or child’s desk is a 
necessity. [here should be a chiffonier—a small one—and 
a pretty bed, both of white enamel. A white enamel bed, 
with cane or picture panel, is listed at $12.00, and a very 
attractive way to fill the panel would be by placing in it two 
or three of Kate Greenaway’s pictures. It would be a never- 
ceasing pleasure to the child if Kate Greenaway’s books, 
“Under the Window,” ‘Marigold Garden,” ‘‘The Pied 
Piper,” etc., were purchased and the pictures cut out and 
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used as a frieze for this room. The remainder of the pic- 
tures could be framed and hung upon the wall. 
RooM NO. 4—CHILD’s ROOM: Child’s bed, white enamel, 
$12.00; chiffonier, $10.00; one small rocking chair, $2.00; 
one small armchair, cushioned like window, $2.00; one 
utility box window-seat, $1.50; one little table, $2.00; drap- 
ery for window, $2.00; three Kate Greenaway books, $1.50 
Queen Anne sofa should be especially upholstered in selected fabrics 
HOMES AND GARDENS 
January, 1912 
Various types of chairs, excellent in design and moderate in cost 
each, $4.50, and framing pictures taken from them, $3.00. 
Total, $39.00. One must remember that there are few per- 
sons who go about furnishing a house completely to the 
minutest detail, from cellar to garret, at one time, and this 
estimate neither pretends nor is expected to be one inclusive 
of everything, from lares and penates, to china upon the 
table. However, such an estimate as has here been pre- 
sented ought to prove useful to the homemaker who has a 
problem of furnishing in mind and desires some basis on 
which to work, either toward evolving a plan for a more 
elaborate expenditure or for economizing by bringing this 
estimate lower where necessity requires it, and careful shop- 
ping, guided by good taste, makes it possible to do so. It 
is hoped that the various hints contained in this article will 
prove of service to the American homemaker of moderate 
means, and also be a reliable guide to the inexperienced. 
Queen Anne armchair and side chair, to be upholstered like the sofa 
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