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PORCH FURNISHINGS L 
N OW that the spring gardening rush is over 
the lover of outdoors and gardens can 
invest his spare time most profitably planning the 
furnishings for porch, and garden, and summer- 
house, and get the furniture ready for immediate 
use. 1 1 is work that can be done in odd moments 
and is pleasant when one sees the results. 
The kinds of porch furniture most used to-day 
are, perhaps, maple with woven straw backs and 
seats, old hickory furniture, reed or wicker and 
the new painted wooden furniture of simple line. 
If one has odds and ends, one should decide 
which kind one wishes to use this present season 
and remodel the other pieces to match, or ex- 
change or sell them, and replace with a few new 
pieces. But an odd rustic piece always looks 
well out on the lawn under a spreading tree or 
placed in the garden among the Larkspurs and 
Gillyflowers. Hickory always looks well also 
set among the garden shrubs. 
Wicker furniture and the new, painted furni- 
ture is particularly attractive on the veranda or 
in the tea-house. 
Maple furniture of several season’s wear can 
be put in first class shape by washing the wood- 
work with a weak solution of cold water and sal 
soda, and when dry, sand-papering off all old 
varnish that is still left. It is then ready for a 
very thin coat of light varnish and, when finished, 
the woodwork will look like new. If one wishes 
a change from the natural color, either dark 
green or brown paint is a good choice. 
Hickory looks well no matter how old it is, for 
stains and darkened wood seem to add to its 
rustic appearance. The only repairing necessary 
on this kind of furniture is thorough brushing 
and dusting; and perhaps a few nails or tacks 
driven in to hold strips of the woven seat or back 
that have become loose or have been broken off, 
and then it is ready for the garden the first fair 
day in June! • I 
Wicker furniture in natural finish is very 
popular. If one has pieces that have become 
soiled, they are best cleaned and bleached by 
washing with a weak solution of chloride of lime 
and rinsing with plain cold water. All pieces 
should be dried quickly in a strong breeze and 
should not be left in the sun any length of time. 
Wicker is hard to paint or varnish successfully, 
but if one wishes to give it a coat of dark green, 
brown, or soft gray, the paint must be very thin 
and applied sparingly, or drops will run down in 
the crevices and be moist and mussyfor some time. 
After the furniture is painted it should be dried 
as quickly as possible in some warm, dry place. 
The enameled furniture made of pine is much 
favored for porch and out-door use nowadays, 
and the best of this is that many an odd chair or 
table from kitchen or attic can be painted and 
decorated to match this new style furniture. 
Plain lines are the one requisite. Some of the 
popular colors are dove gray, apple green, light 
blue, bright blue, pale yellow, orange, and 
black. Stencilled designs of fruits (apples, 
grapes, pears, cherries, oranges), birds (parrots, 
canaries, blackbirds and bluebirds), flowers 
(rosebuds, forget-me-nots, pansies, poppies), 
butterflies, and bees can all be used as one likes. 
Saucy blackbirds perched on the back of an 
orange painted chair would be most charming, 
or big yellow and black bumble bees humming 
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