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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 1908 



9 — Living-room 



main to be purchased only beds, seats and tables. A large 

 roll of matting will cover the floors of living-room, dining- 

 room and bedrooms, and will certainly last one season; rugs 

 of any quality will, of course, look, well; but in case they 

 have to be purchased, rag, jute or Japanese rugs can be 

 bought for comparatively small prices; and these should 



1 — A Nautical Bedroom 



accord in color with the 

 hangings of each room. 

 Durable carpet in plain 

 colors can be purchased for 

 $1.00 a yard, and square 

 rugs can be made of this, 

 with border. 



We will suppose that 

 each room is lighted by two 

 double windows, each two 

 feet by three. These 

 should be hung with dotted 

 muslin inner curtains and 

 outside curtains of some 

 bright hue or artistic de- 

 sign. Sills or shelves, in- 

 side or outside, should be 

 added for potted plants, or 

 window boxes. 



Of the many attractive 

 materials and colors that 

 have been recently placed 

 upon the market, the most 

 practical and decorative is 

 the India print cotton with 

 bold design in colors on a 

 white ground. This artis- 

 tic material is heavy, hangs 

 beautifully and has the ad- 

 ditional recommendation of 

 being washable. Another 

 advantage that it possesses is that of being inexpensive and 

 needing no lining. Durable, cleanly, cheap and decorative, 

 it is an ideal material for draperies. It also stands the mists 

 of mountain and sea. This India print costs $1.85 a yard, 

 and is sixty inches wide. The design and colors are scarlet 

 bamboo on a white ground; bright green on a white ground; 



yellow on a white ground; 

 blue on a white ground. 

 The design is bold, show- 

 ing the jointed stalks and 

 spiky leaves gracefully 

 twined as they shoot up- 

 ward. This material may 

 also be had in a variety of 

 other patterns of Japanese 

 character. 



Living-room and dining- 

 room decorated with this 

 material, one green and 

 white and the other scarlet 

 and white — or one blue and 

 white instead of the green 

 — would furnish two rooms 

 of a simple bungalow very 

 artistically. 



Let us first furnish the 

 living-room. 



In one corner we place 

 a couch covered with India 

 print bamboo design in blue 

 and white. On this four 

 large floss-filled cushions 

 covered with plain blue 

 velours, velveteen (or even 

 cotton) stand stiffly against 

 the wall, while four down- 

 filled cushions (two covered 

 with India print bamboo 



