DECORATION IN THE HOME 



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A PRETTY DINING-ROOM BAY 

 With plate-rack above supported on slender columns. 



devoted to the dining-room fail to allow 

 of a wood wainscot, use a base and a 

 molding at the proper height, with the 

 dado of some heavy material, matting of 

 good design, burlaps, or some of the newer 

 materials, such as fabrikona; above this 

 it is a good idea to have the wall finished 

 with a tapestry or other patterned paper, 

 or if frescoing is to be used, have it with 

 simple broad color effects that are well 

 balanced, but not strictly synimetrical. 

 The com.paratively plain dado must be 

 oifset by the treatment which is given the 

 wall surface. 



The ceiling should be paneled if pos- 

 sible, or at any rate be traversed with 

 beams more or less heavy, depending on 

 the general design of the room, though I 

 have seen some very pretty dining-rooms 

 with plaster paneled ceilings in fancy 

 designs, but it is difficult to treat these 

 prettily in the decorative scheme. 



A few words as to the mantel and side- 

 board. Do not have either of these 

 spindly, but broad and with simple lines. 

 In many cases the sideboard has to do duty 

 as a china cabinet also; in this case see 

 that there is no attempt at small, cut-up 

 mirrors, and, if possible, have no mirrors 

 at all. The glass in the doors may be 

 leaded in simple designs. 



As a final word, see that the kitchen is 

 spotless, the china-room sparkling, and 

 the dining-room inviting in its tones. 

 Physiologists tell us that digestion is per- 

 formed with greater celerity where the 

 food and its surroundings tempt the appe- 

 tite. Experience shows that no other spot 

 of the old home lingers so long as the one 

 associated with childhood's feasts and 

 frolics, and in manhood's joys none seem 

 deeper than the gathering with loved ones 

 around the oaken board in the old, old 

 room. 



