January, 1914 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
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The attractive gray enameled and cane bed- 
room suite, of which the dresser, bedstead, 
chiffonier and dressing table are here illus- 
trated, can be purchased complete for 
$86.50. This suite also includes chairs, and 
may be had in white enamel finish instead 
of the gray 
on a limited amount we will see that we have had an expendi- 
ture of $1,232.70, which we may present itemized by rooms 
as follows: Dining-room, $311; dining-room 
veranda, $71; living-room, $289: living-room, 
veranda, $38; hall, $77 ; Mission bedroom, 
$127.40; grey bedroom, $132.90; blue room, 
$95 ; guest room, $91.40; total, $1,232.70. 
I his leaves a balance of $267.30 to be ex- 
pended on bathroom, kitchen, upper hall and 
miscellaneous furnishings, which should be a suf- 
ficiently liberal allowance. 
The task of placing the furniture in bedrooms 
and dining-room is not difficult. In the draw- 
ing-room or living-room one has more latitude. 
We suggest, however, that one of the sofas 
should be placed on the left of the fire- 
place, endwise, forming a cosy seat by 
the fire, and that the other sofa should 
stand on the right of the bay window 
against the wall. Near it the tea-table 
might be conveniently stationed. The 
large table with its lamp and books, pam- 
phlets, flowers, etc., might stand on the 
other side of the bay window toward the 
veranda to balance the sofa and near it 
the armchairs. Always try to keep a 
bright fire; it adds to the cheer and charm 
of a home. Flowers, too, are an addition 
that means much to 
the adornment of the 
rooms. 
In arranging the 
furniture in any 
room, the quick, in- 
telligent and accus- 
tomed eye will see at 
a glance exactly 
how to place every 
piece where it will 
appear to the best 
advantage for its 
own sake, where it 
will accord best with 
the other pieces in 
the room and where 
it will best serve its 
purpose of usefulness permitted by the limits of the space. 
Once having the furniture in place, the wise and tasteful 
home-maker should hesitate to shift it about. 
To move the chairs and sofas and tables from 
place to place gives a feeling of impermanence 
anil restlessness to those who are at home. 
Next to comfort, symmetry is one of the 
chief things to be thought of, although few deco- 
rators would go so far in this matter as the 
wealthy Dutchman who bought two grand pianos 
to stand on either side of the chimney-piece in 
his drawing-room. In great houses and apart- 
ments “de luxe” formality should be strictly ob- 
served; but in a simple house the keynote should 
ease and restfulness. Conse- 
the sofa drawn near the open 
fire; the logs at hand ready to throw upon 
the glowing firebrands; the teatable 
ready for quick service; books and maga- 
zines temptingly lying on the tables; 
fresh flowers in the vases — in short, all 
great and little comforts anticipated make 
a house not merely a place to be lived in 
or a place to be endured, but a home to 
be loved. So, in the charming words that 
Sir Henry YVootton wrote in 1600, at 
once so true and beautifully expressed: 
“Every man’s proper mansion house 
and home being 
the Theatre of his 
Hospitality, the 
seat of his self-frui- 
tion, the Comfort- 
ablest part of his own 
Fife, the noblest of 
his Son's Inheritance, 
a kind of Private 
Princedom — nay, the 
possession thereof an 
Epitome of the whole 
World, may well de- 
serve by these attri- 
butes, according to 
the degree of the 
Matter, to be delight- 
fully adorned.” 
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Dressing-table of suite 
shown above 
comfort and 
quently, 
The Mission furniture for the man’s room shown in the above illustrations will cost as 
follows: Bedstead $25, armchair $12.50, desk $22, and stool $7.50 
