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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1910 



The hanging shelves above the study table are simple exterior with a white lining. The decoration of the walls 



pieces of construction designed to fit the jog in the wall, may be a plain color, either in a tint or a paper, or one 



For the accommodation of heavy volumes of reference, the of the texture effects in the latter. While there are innu- 



book stand in the small picture is adaptable. merable varieties from which to choose, a pleasing tone 



Shelves built against the wall have a stability of ap- for a background may be the ideal to attain. The choice of 



pearance that appeals to the coming man. In a rented pictures may well be left to the boy himself, whose taste will 



or temporary house, how- 

 ever, the book shelves may 

 better be of the sectional 

 variety that can be adjust- 

 ed to different spaces. In 

 the earlier make of these 

 shelves, horizontal cases 

 were considered the most 

 practical, but the newer 

 forms are upright, about 

 thirty inches wide, and 

 made to fit together like 

 continuous shelving. The 

 open shelves are often pre- 

 ferred by a boy, to those 

 cased-In with glass doors, 

 but the difference In cost 

 will often decide this point. 

 If curtains are put up 

 across open shelves, it is 

 better to use a plain than 

 a figured material, and for 

 easy adjustment it should 

 be sewed to flat brass rings. 



Window curtains for a 

 boy's sitting-room may be 

 of net, muslin or novelty 

 goods, avoiding lace, silk and velvet effects. If an at- 

 tractive color and texture are chosen it Is not necessary 

 to add any ornamentation In the way of trimming. The 

 less the windows are cumbered, and the more perfect the 

 mechanical contrivances, the more satisfactory will be the 

 result. 



If a door curtain 

 is needed, the same 

 rule is applicable. 

 Among the mater- 

 ials for portieres 

 the mercerized ef- 

 fects, wool dam- 

 asks and jute afford 

 an opaque surface, 

 and thick-meshed 

 nets if only a par- 

 tial screen is de- 

 sired. 



If a portion of 

 the room is to be 

 screened, there are 

 three and four-pan- 

 eled screens cov- 

 ered with burlap. 

 Or, the upper part 

 of the screen may 

 be a panel of wood, 

 or fitted with a pic- 

 ture. An amateur 

 design and work- 

 manship may, per- 



Bunks for a boy's room 



Good design for bedroom furniture 



develop more rapidly if al- 

 lowed the freedom of ex- 

 pression. 



rhe principles of sim- 

 plicity and good taste that 

 have been suggested for 

 the sitting-room of a boy, 

 hold good also in the de- 

 tails of the bedroom. 

 Some plain designs in bed, 

 bureau and night stand are 

 shown in the illustration of 

 a bungalow chamber. A 

 novel economy of space is 

 accomplished with bunks or 

 berths. Metal beds of the 

 newest type are made with 

 square posts instead of the 

 round, omitting the brass 

 knob that formerly finished 

 the corner pillars. 



A bureau or a chiffonier 

 with an adjustable mirror 

 is next in importance to the 

 bedstead In the list of furni- 

 ture. A side chair, a night 

 table and a washstand are 

 also to be considered, with rugs and wall-paper. If the 

 bedroom is also to be the study and sitting-room, a com- 

 bination of furnishings to meet all three needs must be 

 planned for, according to the space at hand and the money 

 that can be drawn upon. For consideration of ventilation 



and general com- 

 fort, it would seem 

 that one large 

 apartment carefully 

 arranged for all 

 three uses would be 

 preferred to sub- 

 divisions of small 

 dimensions. 



In fact, where the 

 two plans have 

 been experimented 

 with, the former 

 has been found of 

 much greater ad- 

 vantage. Wall 

 spaces can be treat- 

 ed on a broader 

 scale ; furniture 

 may be better 

 placed; windows 

 may be a more pos- 

 itive factor in dec- 

 oration, and every 

 detail that enters 

 into the develop- 

 ment of a boy's sur- 



haps, be utilized for this piece of furniture, expressing some roundlngs may be given more ample consideration, 

 original idea. If radical changes cannot be made in the room occupied 



A reading light is an article that must have real prac- by the boy of the family, the lesser possibilities need not 



ticability, whether it be an oil lamp or the more up-to-date be disregarded, as a single effort, carefully made, towards 



electric fixture. The lamp itself may be of metal or improving the conditions is oftentimes the opening wedge 



pottery, and the shade of the celadon variety — a pale green for more complete alterations. 



