A House of Six Rooms Furnished for $1,500 
These seemed all that was necessary and with the simple 
plain lines and unworried color effect, the room was delight¬ 
fully attractive. 
On the opposite side of the room from the casement win¬ 
dows a mantel was placed, faced about with unglazed 
gray green tile. The narrow oak shelf set high in line with 
the plate rail, was supported by iron brackets. This shelf 
held some tall brass candlesticks, two at either end. In 
the center was a great boat-shaped beaten copper bowl with 
brass mountings, no other brass or copper pieces were 
used. Some quaint and unusual pieces of pewter were, 
however, arranged along the plate rail. The floor was 
stained a darker shade of brown than the woodwork and 
given a polished wax finish. The wood used for the floor 
was pine, and it was treated with two coats of floor finish 
and a final coat of wax, well rubbed. This treatment 
resulted in a surface beautiful and much more durable 
than where the wax is applied directly to the wood. 
A Japanese rug of cotton having green and gray figures 
on a white ground supplied an attractive and inexpensive 
floor covering which composed well with the other fittings of 
the room. 
The mass of tall palms and delicate green tracery of fern 
leaves against the glass of the southern windows seemed 
the crux of the color scheme. The buffet and serving- 
table covers, as well as the center-piece used on the round 
table, were of heavy linen embroidered in the pine needle 
and cone pattern. On the table square was placed a low 
black teakwood stand, holding a quaint Japanese flower pot 
in which grew a dwarfed pine tree. 
The arrangement of furniture was as carefully studied 
SADDLE-SEAT DINING CHAIRS 
DUTCH SERVING TABLE 
expressly for this room.” All edges were fin¬ 
ished with a turned three inch hem. Partly 
on this hem and partly extending on the 
single net of the curtain, was the design of 
pine twigs, needles and cones taken from the 
wall-paper, worked in loose, free stitches in 
heavy silks of brown and green shades. The 
effect of this design was wonderfully artistic 
and went very far toward completing the 
finished beauty of the dining¬ 
room. Over-draperies of thin 
crinkled silk in the lightest 
shade of green shown in the 
wall covering supplemented 
these and were well pushed 
back, simply outlining the 
window. These curtains 
were made—as were those of 
the embroidered net—to 
reach only to the sill and were 
finished with a three inch hem. 
Double sets of slender rods 
were used, the curtains run on 
these by a casing at the top 
allowing no heading to show. 
The furniture selected was 
of oak stained and finished 
like the standing woodwork. 
The pieces chosen were simple 
in line and though not heavy, 
were well constructed. This 
furniture comprised a round 
table, two arm chairs and six 
side chairs, a low buffet and 
small serving table (illustra¬ 
tions of which are shown). 
