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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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some country homes one finds that a fireplace has been 



introduced in a corner of the piazza, with spaces to be filled 



with glass during the winter months. With a fireplace to 



fit up, there must be a pair 



of andirons, shovel, tongs 



and poker, with a fire 



screen for protection. For 



this place, the black iron 



has a more substantial look 



than brass, and also exacts 



no attention on cleaning 



day. 



A glass fire screen re- 

 cently made in New York 



terials are sometimes more pleasing than an opaque weave. 

 For large expanses, a figured material is usually better than 

 something plain. Some of the India prints are serviceable, 



as the colors are dignified 

 and will stand laundering. 

 Homespun and crash at 

 one dollar and a quarter a 

 yard have a certain fitness 

 for the porch, and the 

 color range is satisfying. 

 To the amateur worker 

 with stencils there is a field 

 for employing this art in 

 the curtains for the porch. 



was especially decorative 

 for a porch fireplace. This 

 was cut from brass that 

 was laid against a luminous 

 sheet of glass showing ships 

 in a sunset glow, and one 

 could imagine its brilliance 

 displayed in an out-of- 

 doors setting. 



If curtains are to be ad- 

 mitted to the porch, there 

 should be some obvious 

 reason for their introduc- 

 tion. Lace and net are not 

 called for, but colored 

 gauze or wide meshed ma- 



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and for originating both 

 design and color combina- 

 tions. 



In a seashore cottage 

 that was only occupied 

 during the summer months, 

 the rough boards that 

 formed the two sides of 

 the walls were hung with 

 discarded fish nets, looped 

 in simple folds to suit the 

 spaces, the weather-worn 

 colors of the net suiting the 

 gray wood and softening 

 the long, plain expanses of 

 boards. 



Table cover for a porch 



