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House & Garden 
Canton furniture is 
always pleasing hi 
the outdoor living- 
room. Cushions 
and curtains afford 
pleasant color relief 
Lattice will prove a 
pleasing back¬ 
ground for some 
porches. H ere 
wicker is used with 
gay toned cushions 
The all-year porch 
below is the ideal 
arrangement. It 
can readily be 
changed from sum¬ 
mer to winter garb 
MIDWAY BETWEEN 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
The New Swedish Note in Porch 
Furnishings — Cool Color Schemes 
AGNES FOSTER 
T he modern porch, like Joseph’s coat, 
is a thing of many colors—and a vari¬ 
ety of pieces. A new note has been 
sounded. We greet it with enthusiasm, for 
in no other part of the house do we strive 
to do more daring things. Each porch tries 
to outdo in brilliancy of color and novelty 
of furniture and arrangement the porch of 
the preceding season and the porches of 
interested, incpiisitive and emulative neigh¬ 
bors who have eyes to see. 
The Swedish Note 
This new note is Swedish. Two seasons 
ago we went mad over things Viennese and 
Hoffmanish. Then things Russian and 
Bakstish were adored. Now has come a 
singularly adaptable mode for porch fur¬ 
nishings in the Swedish colorings and 
designs in use today. 
The construction of Swedish furniture is 
pre-eminently solid, bold and simple. This 
also is true of the coloring. The red is red 
—with no suggestion of blue or of yellow 
about it. The blue is marine blue and the 
yellow is intense, full of splendid warmth 
and brightness. And always there are 
masses of white—not ivory, not cream, but 
])ure white. These are the main colors. 
It is the simplicity of their color units 
and their limited variety that make for tell¬ 
ing strength. The wonderful but compli¬ 
cated semi-Oriental color schemes of the 
Russians have somewhat lost their popu¬ 
larity. It is by their very direct naivete 
that the Swedish colorings hold their charm 
for us. It is the coloring of the bread and 
hutter age—blue skies, red roofs, yellow 
sunshine and dancing white waves. And 
what could be more suitable than these for 
porch furnishings? 
Using Stick Furniture 
A porch could be built up using blue stick 
furniture. Stick furniture is made of 
heavier reeds than willow. It is more sim¬ 
ple, of straighter line and more ‘ durable. 
It requires for finisb a coat of paint, where¬ 
as reed and willow may be left in their 
natural state or stained. But stick furni¬ 
ture, or Swiss reed, as it is sometimes called, 
must be painted and enameled. It also is 
better in line and has much more style, as it 
is woven vertically and horizontally, not 
dias'onally as in the case of willow. 
There should be a pair of high back 
cbairs—only two, as high back chairs are 
sworn enemies to broad brimmed garden 
hats—and four more comfortable small 
armchairs. In addition, a couple of stools, 
which can always be used for low tables. 
If a porch is any sort of a porch it should 
boast a chaise longue, that delight of the 
summer novel fiend. If a chaise longue 
seems too luxurious and fastidious, how¬ 
ever. a swinging hammock seat mieht an¬ 
swer almost the same purpose. Hammocks 
are not the maximum of beauty and con¬ 
venience, but they serve their purpose. Add 
to this group a large reed table with a 
