May, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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colors at the same time as the fabric. The illustration gives 

 a curtain that has been designed and executed by the Misses 

 Glantzberg in this manner. 



Portieres should not be discarded in the bungalow from 

 too strenuous motives for simplifying the furnishings. In 

 making a cozy inclosure for the living-room on windy days 

 or stormy evenings, the door hangings are 

 always helpful. 



One of the new materials that may be bought 

 by the yard for this purpose is an arras cloth 

 that gives a wide width, a double-faced tex- 

 ture, and a variety of colors at the moderate 

 price of one dollar and ten cents. Untrimmed 

 or decorated with needlework, applique, tap- 

 estry borders or stenciling, the arras cloth has 

 a unique fitness for its service in the doorways 

 of the bungalow. 



Portieres woven by hand of colored thread 

 in the Swedish way are now being made in 

 this country by the Misses Glantzberg. The 

 rag-weaving of Colonial times is also being 

 adapted to hangings by the pliable materials 

 and skilful dyeing used by Miss Little, who 

 was one of the first to capture the popular at- 

 tention with a revival of this work. 



An original trimming for a door hanging is 

 illustrated in the bungalow interior. Narrow 

 strips of brown leather were applied on soft- 

 finished green burlap as a fringe at the top, and 

 as a lacing on the sides, top and bottom. 



At the seaside the old fish nets are much in 

 evidence for door drapery. A graceful loop- 

 ing of the nets against the side walls will take 

 away the bareness of rough boards or plaster. 



With such lesser features as lounge and pil- 

 low covers and the mats or spreads for tables, 

 one may give accent to the general color scheme of the bunga- 

 low interior. In these articles a repetition of some color 

 already in evidence on the walls or in the rugs, window or 

 door hangings, is advisable; if contrast is desired, it should 

 not be introduced at any loss of harmony. 



A Scrim Curtain Designed 



and Executed by the 



Misses Glantzberg 



The Bagdad couch cover of five narrow strips of as many 

 colors of woolen goods which, by sewing together, make the 

 necessary width, has been imitated in so many cheap forms 

 that it has become very commonplace. A better choice is 

 the Bagdad in a plain color upon which a mosque is outlined 

 with crewels in an exceedingly effective way. 



Kelim rugs are one of the most durable 

 couch covers, and their purchase is a good in- 

 vestment. Both the modern and the antique 

 Kelims are offered for sale, but a regard for 

 sanitary ideas will give the modern the prefer- 

 ence, when it is to be laid on the bungalow 

 couch. 



An old-time blue-and-white bedspead was 

 given a new lease of life as a sofa cover in a 

 living-room where blues and browns were the 

 predominating colors, and no figured pillow 

 covers were allowed to compete with its quaint 

 design. 



In selecting the coverings for the pillows one 

 needs to exercise considerable restraint to pre- 

 vent a confused mingling of colors and pat- 

 terns. An easy rule to follow is to use plain 

 materials for the pillows when the couch cover 

 is figured, and vice versa. 



Ready-made table covers are not easily ob- 

 tained, although one is occasionally so for- 

 tunate as to combine the right size, color, pat- 

 tern and texture without having the article 

 made to order. For a small table a square of 

 linen in the natural color may be woven with 

 the design incorporated with the weaving. Or 

 a stencil border may be painted upon a piece 

 of cloth that suits the purpose. Leather mats 

 in round, oval or square may be ornamented 

 with metal or other paints, or an undecorated 

 skin of irregular size may be laid on the top of the table. 

 Squares of printed linen taffeta, such as are sold in the dry 

 goods and upholstery shops for pillow tops, may be turned 

 to another use by finishing the edges with chintz braid and 

 laying them on the tables. 



Two New England Bungalows 



(Concluded from page ijj) 



remarkable feature. No andirons are used, and great 

 logs burn cheerfully, when simply thrown upon the hearth. 

 This hearth, in front of the fireplace, is five feet wide, laid 

 with red Dutch tiles, one of which can be removed in order 

 that the ashes may be brushed down into an iron barrel. 



Two feet above the fireplace is a large stone shelf made 

 of granite blocks, upon which stand many cups and trophies 

 won in boat races by the Hammond brothers. Half-way up 

 the chimney-breast, above the mantel, is a magnificent moose 

 head, and the fireplace is flanked by two heavy, red-cushioned 

 settles, above which bookcases have been built into the wall. 

 'I he rib of some old ship, wrecked off the rocky coast of 

 Gloucester, makes a fine footrest, and in front of the fire- 

 place lies the pelt of a splendid polar bear made into a rug 

 which is copper-bottomed and riveted throughout. 



Overhead are heavy 6x8 hewn rafters, from the central 

 one of which, upon an iron chain, hangs a large electric 

 lamp, appropriate to the room in both shape and detail. 

 The furniture is of the Mission type, with comfortable chairs 



and low reading tables, equipped with electric reading lamps. 

 Doors lead off at each side to the five bedrooms, the lava- 

 tory and the entrance hall. 



Running across the whole seaward side of the house, and 

 forming a part of this charming living-room, is the sun-par- 

 lor. The entire front of this room and the ends, including 

 the doors which directly face the fireplace, have plate-glass 

 windows. This sun-parlor is forty feet long by twelve feet 

 wide. Along each side, and facing the sea, run long moss- 

 green settles, fitted up with red leather cushions and red pil- 

 lows. Nothing more delightful can be conceived for a 

 stormy day than to sit comfortably in this room and watch 

 the waves break into surf upon the rocks, and the famous 

 Gloucester fishing fleet, deeply laden, stagger home under 

 full canvas. 



The bungalow has a gas burner in the basement, connected 

 with the coil, which supplies hot water at all hours of the day 

 or night, and is fully equipped with electricity and telephone 

 to the main house and stable. 



