1 HOUSE AND GARDEN 
469 
June, 1914 
Japanese bird motives that were limited to crepe 
toweling now are found in full width goods 
A great variety of table cloths, with brilliantly pat¬ 
terned borders, may be had for the dining-room 
be a great amount of 
undoing when autumn 
comes. It is an easy 
matter to change 
from summer rugs 
and curtains to those 
for winter use. Awn¬ 
ings and porch furni¬ 
ture and rugs can be 
packed a n d stored 
away at the end of 
the season, while 
much of the willow 
furniture, particularly 
that in bedrooms, can 
be kept in use the year round, so that lit¬ 
tle change need be made in these apart¬ 
ments. 
The suitability of willow furniture, re¬ 
gardless of season, has been demon¬ 
strated by the use of dark-colored pieces 
with upholstery of deep colors that pro¬ 
vide the desired effect of warmth and 
cheerfulness for winter living-rooms or 
libraries. The substantial way in which 
it is now made proves that it is thorough¬ 
ly practical. Much of the best grade of 
willow or reed furniture is woven with an 
almost solid surface, broken only by little 
rectangular-shaped openings that form 
the sole ornamentation, the very simplic¬ 
ity of which is most effective, and, of 
course, the lack of openwork adds to the 
stability of the pieces. In connection with 
this solid weave a sort of basket weave in 
a plaited effect is used, mostly for table 
tops, drawers, doors and other plain sur¬ 
faces, and the furniture in which this 
combination is used has wonderful wear¬ 
ing qualities and is as 
practical as the ordi¬ 
nary wooden furni¬ 
ture. Bedroom suites 
in this style are par¬ 
ticularly good in nat- 
u r a 1 color, white, 
French gray, green or 
brown. The bureaus 
and dressing tables 
have glass knobs on 
the doors, glass tops 
over cretonne mats, 
and the chairs, cush¬ 
ions of cretonne to 
match. A bedroom 
suite of this descrip¬ 
tion, therefore, if done 
in a dark color is a 
part of the summer- 
home transformation 
that can be perma¬ 
nent, for, with only a 
few changes, the room 
is quite as appropriate 
for winter as for 
summer use. 
Screens in the bungalow serve a multitude of uses. A 
very pretty Japanese one of silk or linen has a trans¬ 
parent panel in colors at the top 
Dining-room sets 
that include round 
table, chairs, buffet 
and serving table, as 
well as complete sets 
for libraries, are also 
made in this combi¬ 
nation of weaves, al¬ 
though these pieces 
seem rather m ore 
practical for the 
house that is used 
only in summer. 
There is no more 
comfortable piece of 
furniture for winter or summer room 
than the willow chaise longue, and a new 
model is made in two pieces that form a 
regulation chaise longue when placed 
together, but when separated make an 
easy chair and a rather large stool. The 
willow plant stand, too, is an attractive 
piece made in a new shape that stands 
quite high, the receptacle for the plants,, 
which may be had either round or square, 
being deep enough to hold a large flower 
pot, with a shelf for a second plant quite 
near the floor. 
In lamps, as in furniture, it is possible 
to have every variety for summer use, 
made of reed or willow, with cretonne- 
lined shade, and by substituting these for 
the heavier and more substantial-looking 
lamps in ordinary use, much will be done 
toward producing the desired effect of 
lightness and dainty coloring. Of all 1 
shapes and sizes, including the little 
desk or boudoir lamps, and tall floor 
lamps, as well as the adjustable reading- 
1 a m p s with floor 
standards, these 
lamps are substan¬ 
tially made and quite 
plain as to design, 
with openwork shades- 
lined with cretonne. 
The cretonne, o f 
course, should match 
the draperies of the 
room, and the effect 
of the gay colors un¬ 
der the openwork 
willow is pretty in the 
day time, but particu¬ 
larly charming when- 
the lamps are lighted. 
For the summer 
transformation, there¬ 
fore, there is nothing 
more easily effected 
or more satisfactory 
than this changing of 
the lights. 
To roll up the 
heavy rugs and put in 
( Cont. on page 498) 
Vines or screens should shade the porch and it should have some blooming life in porch boxes. Wooden 
furniture of the straightforward, Windsor lines is very appropriate for the porch dining-room 
