For the house occupied only in summer this furniture with a lattice of willow gives a bright and cheery effect and lightens the appearance of furni¬ 
ture that is all of solid wood. The willow panels are in natural color, the wood finished a greenish tone 
Putting the House in Summer Trim 
THE FURNITURE, HANGINGS, UPHOLSTERY AND RUGS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR HOME ATTRACTIVE 
IN SUMMER OR GIVE A SENSE OF COOLNESS TO THE HOUSE OCCUPIED ONLY IN WARM WEATHER 
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by Lydia LeBaron Walker 
T HE decoration of sum¬ 
mer homes has a dis¬ 
tinctive charm. It partakes 
somewhat of the compara¬ 
tive unconventionality that 
characterizes summer life 
itself. In a word, the 
difference between styles 
respectively of summer and 
winter homes, takes its 
note from the life of the 
particular season. And as 
the life of summer is a re¬ 
lief and foil against the 
more stressful demands of 
winter, so the appropriate 
houses should emphasize 
that variety. Change is 
often a form of rest. 
There are possibly sev¬ 
eral ways of accomplishing 
this change, several ways 
to modify winter’s dress 
within the house to the ap¬ 
propriate light costume of 
summer. Some of the 
schemes here illustrated 
show this. For instance, 
Photographs by Courtesy of Manufacturers and Dealers 
Rugs may now be had for the summer house with borders woven to match the 
main design of the cretonne 
in entering the hall of the 
summer house revealing 
the foliage paper, one ob¬ 
serves that the atmosphere 
of the woods is not left be¬ 
hind. There is a continu¬ 
ance of perspective, scenic 
suggestions, glimpses of 
opening vistas where one 
might imagine the leaves 
still swaying and the birds 
still singing. The same im¬ 
pression of the open con¬ 
tinues when one passes 
through the wide doorway 
into the living-room. The 
rather plain walls are in ac¬ 
cord with prevailing dec¬ 
orative taste. The paper 
is a remarkable reproduc¬ 
tion of woven raffia, on the 
same order as grass-cloth, 
only coarser. The softness 
and freedom of the forest- 
fringe above are grateful 
to the eye. So cleverly in¬ 
terwoven are branches and 
foliage that they reproduce 
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