Furnishing and Decorating the Nursery 
A PORTION OF “THE CHILDREN’S FRIEZE ” 
for the nursery panels. The ceiling was tinted ivory 
white. At the windows were hung green and white 
embroidered muslin curtains. A long low cabinet 
for books and toys was placed at one end of the room, 
the shelves within easy reach, supplying the children 
with much entertainment in the arranging and 
rearranging of their belongings. This cabinet was 
stained and finished to match the standing woodwork 
of the room in a beautiful shade of green. Most of 
the chairs were of wicker, stained green, the same 
shade as the woodwork and the cushions covered 
with bright colored chintz. 
There was also a small table and a few small 
mission chairs in dark oak. The rug showed shades 
of green and tan. It was not possible in this partic¬ 
ular case to have the day and night nursery con¬ 
nected. This was of no great importance as the 
latter was used only for sleeping purposes. The 
character of the decoration here differed greatly 
from that of the day nursery. 
The room was worked out in the daintiest and 
most sanitary fitments. On the walls were hung a 
rich deep cream paper with a frieze showing gar¬ 
lands of pale pink roses and green leaves. This 
was set close to the ceiling line. At the lower edge 
of this frieze — around the garlands of roses and 
leaves,—the paper was cut out, forming an irregu- 
lar line against the 
wall covering. White 
muslin curtains, em¬ 
broidered in dainty 
effects of pink and 
green, were hung next 
to the glass of the win¬ 
dows. These curtains 
were made with tiny 
trills and caught well 
back on either side of 
the window. 
The miniature furni¬ 
ture was finished with 
ivory enamel as was the 
standing woodwork of the room. One small 
upholstered wing chair was covered with a rose 
figured cretonne which was also used as over drap¬ 
eries at the windows. These draperies were a 
special feature of the room. They hung straight 
and fell from the top of the window to the lower edge 
of the sill. They were lined with a cream colored 
satin exactly matching the wall covering and were 
finished about the lower edge and up the front with 
a tiny moss cotton fringe showing pink, white and 
green. These curtains were run by a casing on a 
rod set under the eight-inch valance of the same 
material which finished this drapery at the top. 
These curtains slipped readily on their rods and were 
cosily drawn at night. A washable cotton rug, in 
tones of old rose and deep ivory, w'as the floor cover¬ 
ing used here. An open fireplace gave additional 
charm to this quite perfect room. The brass fire¬ 
screen and fire-irons were decorative as well as 
useful and the high fender was topped by a cushion 
seat made possible by the eft'ectual screening of the 
fire. 
In homes too small to allow a day and night 
nursery, these two rooms may be combined in one. 
In every home, however, the child should have a 
room which is wholly its own, and the child should 
be encouraged in the occasional rearrangement of 
the contents of it. This 
will develop in it an ap¬ 
preciation of values of 
the different effects, re¬ 
sulting from the varying 
combinations of form 
and color. Careful direc¬ 
tion and advice should 
be given at such times. 
As will be seen by the 
illustrations accompa¬ 
nying this article, the fur¬ 
niture and fitting of such 
rooms need not neces¬ 
sarily be extravagant. 
