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wooden top, or an iron table, and see to it 
that there are two or three little wooden 
tables in reach. Little oval coffee tables, 
whose leaves can he dropped by twisting 
the top around and made into most com¬ 
pact oblongs, afford an excellent oppor¬ 
tunity for the use of interesting color. 
Painted white, with mouldings brought out 
in blue and red, they are very decorative. 
Oblong benches can he used, with cut¬ 
out side supports pinned in with wooden 
])egs showing peasant construction, and 
lending themselves wonderfully to stripings 
of blue and white on a red background. 
One can stencil a design on them, hut that 
detracts from the smartness. Smartness is 
achieved not only by knowing how daring 
to he, hut when to stop. 
On the floor a red and white, or black 
and blue, or red and blue checker-board 
rug could suitably he used. These rugs are 
saved from being glaring by being woven 
with wool; the checkers are softened by the 
fibre of the wool. 
For hangings and upholstery, that is, the 
necessary cushions—as stick furniture does 
not look well u])holstered — a black and 
white 2" stripe linen with a dashing spot 
of color made up of a vert flower pot with 
two red flowers on the white stripe. If one 
prefers some other motif, black and white 
striped linen may be bought and one can 
stencil a design of her own on the white 
stripe. The same design could be stenciled 
on the furniture. If one uses chairs with 
splats at the back an excellent opportunity 
is afforded for a little design. The chair 
seat cushions can be of black and white 
striped sateen, which is inexpensive and 
proves a good fabric for stenciling. These 
same suggestions may be carried out with 
wicker furniture that one has on hand. 
The first coat should be very bright as the 
varnish will dull the color somewhat. 
Grey, Green and Orange 
A more conservative porch may be built 
up on a scheme of grey, green and orange. 
The windows, which are divided in several 
groups, can have a fitted shaped valance of 
beautiful linen with orange, yellow, grey 
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The old-fashioned settle is always a useful ad¬ 
junct to the porch or terrace 
A new use for the 
popular refectory 
table is on the din- 
iny-porch where it 
will accommodate a 
large summe r 
family 
City dwellers will 
find, the roof cap¬ 
able of many porch, 
treatments if in¬ 
genuity is used and 
a little paint 
As in the porch be- 
loiv, flowers are in¬ 
dispensable. They 
give relief to wick¬ 
er and painted fur¬ 
niture 
