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House & Garden 
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WERKSTAilTE 
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581 FIFTH AVE 
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MODERN 
INTERIORS 
ORIGINALS IN SILVER 
GOLD-BRASS-IVORY 
KERAMIKS - GLASS 
SILKS - AND ■ LACE 
On Tudor houses shutters are out of place. Protection is 
given the windows by Venetian blinds or folding shutters 
placed inside the window casing 
Your Shutters and Your Home 
{Continued from page 86) 
of the shutter, which will add to its 
beauty. The maple leaf is a pleasant 
variation, as is the tiny evergreen; 
while a three or four leaved clover is 
unusual, especially if a wee flowerpot be 
outlined below it. A bird may be used 
eSectively, or if your home has a 
name, this may suggest an appropriate 
design. Some mascot, some favorite 
flower, some odd 
figure, may be em¬ 
bodied upon your 
shutters; let it but 
introduce a per¬ 
sonal note, let it 
but speak of your 
interest and your 
thought, and a sur¬ 
prising difference 
will be made in the 
appearance of your 
home. 
And, by the way, over each of these 
outlines let a piece of coarse wire netting, 
painted the color of the shutter, be fas¬ 
tened. It will not show while the shutters 
are in use, and it will prove useful in pre¬ 
venting some home-seeking bird from 
entering at the little openings, beneath 
which you will find him lying when you 
return from your vacation—as a memo¬ 
rial of your sum¬ 
mer’s holiday. 
What color 
should blinds be 
painted? That de¬ 
pends upon your 
taste—whether it 
run to the conven¬ 
tional, the striking 
or the bizarre. 
Green is, of course, 
most usual, and 
{Con’t. on page go) 
The construction 
of Colonial shut¬ 
ters is shown in 
this example from 
from Hope Lodge, 
Whilemarsh, Pa., 
built 1723 
On French doors 
arid low-set win¬ 
dows fidl-length 
slatted shutters can 
be advantageously 
used for protection 
and finish 
