May, 1919 
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The second year is the transition period, the perioa of decorative adolescence, as it were. 
A screen in soft green and orange is added, as are chintz over-curtains and valance. The 
mantel, too, is finished with a mirror and large bowl. The outlay this year is $205 
A close-up of the 
first-year fixtures. 
Gray painted shield 
with decoration 
and electric can¬ 
dles. $2 7 each 
2 brass candlesticks (5 $6.00. 12.00 
1 pair andirons. 12.00 
These side fixtures 
will be replaced in 
the third year with 
others, as shown 
on the following 
page 
are furnishing two rooms at once. And con¬ 
sidering the fact that the second year of mar¬ 
ried life is always expensive these few items 
should not prove too much a burden for the 
purse. This $205.45 has been spent after the 
following fashion; 
1 screen. $90.00 
Over curtains, 7 yds. SO" linen @ $7.50 a yd... 52.50 
Lining, 7 yds. @ $0.85 a yd. 5.95 
These can be made and hung, including all 
rods and fixtures, per pair. 25.00 
1 large bowl on mantelpiece. 10.00 
1 mirror over mantelpiece. 22.00 
$205.45 
The Third Year 
Coming to the third year we begin to do 
some moving. Remember, we have built up 
this room with the view to furnishing a break¬ 
fast room at the same time, the breakfast room 
furniture doing dining room service for two 
years. Now it can be moved out to the en¬ 
closed porch or the corner chosen for it. If 
the paint looks a bit worn, it can easily be 
refreshed, and the man of the house, if you 
get him in the proper mood, will really enjoy 
painting over these pieces. Make him under¬ 
stand that it is his house—well, you know how 
to handle him! 
And having moved out the painted set, we 
move in a Duncan Phyfe set consisting of a 
table, side chairs, arm chairs and two consoles. 
In the second year the room is in a transition 
stage, a sort of decorative adolescence. It is 
still the breakfast room, but we have added 
some pieces which foreshadow the permanent 
furnishings to come. 
The biggest expenditure is for a screen that 
will stand by the service door. It is a triple 
fold, painted and glazed with a soft green back¬ 
ground and darker green foliage and orange 
flowers. A screen of this type gives immediate 
character to the room. It lends privacy to the 
diners and gives a necessary finish to that 
comer. 
Two other parts of the room are finished 
now—the mantel and the curtains. 
The orange silk curtains of last year become 
under-curtains. This was the purpose in put¬ 
ting them on rods fastened to the inner window 
trim. Now over-curtains are added and a 
valance. The fabric is chintz with a gray 
ground to tone in with the walls and wood¬ 
work, and a design in gray, green and orange. 
The orange of this pattern tones in with the 
orange of the under-curtains, affording a note 
of harmony. While thesfe curtains represent 
an outlay, the expenditure is necessary for the 
completion of the room. They will have to be 
Chintz with a gray ground and design 
in gray, green and orange makes the sec¬ 
ond year over-curtains 
lined, which will make them permanent and 
better wearing. 
The other corner we are completing this sec¬ 
ond year is the mantel. The natural finish for 
it is a mirror, which occupies the entire over¬ 
mantel and adds to the apparent size of the 
room by its reflections. It is 42" wide by 36" 
high, framed on the wall by a narrow molding. 
One little accessory comes in this year, too— 
a pottery vase for the mantel shelf. Visualize 
this mantel without it and then with, and you 
will see that the expenditure is justified. 
We have spent in this second year the sum 
of $205.45. Not a huge sum, seeing that we 
