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t is a book of 112 pages, 30 of which 
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The Winter Porch 
(Continued from page 25) 
the laths and nail them up 
into a lattice. All they need 
then is a coap of painty At 
the window-sill plant ivies 
in boxes and train the ivy 
up the lattice. If we are 
not altogether successful at 
plant coaxing, an excellent 
imitation ivy comes in 
painted tin. 
For curtains we can use 
either striped yellow and 
white glazed chintz shades, 
which are at once inexpen¬ 
sive and charming, or we 
can use two pairs of sash 
curtains at each window, in 
either sunfast or gauze. 
These might be edged at the 
bottom with a puffy little 
three colored worsted fringe. 
The window curtains should 
be so arranged as to shut 
out the strong top light 
either by the use of a shade 
which can be drawn or by 
a set of sash curtains which 
may be pulled across the top 
and left open at the bottom. 
On the floor use a rush 
rug, or else paint the floor 
to simulate tiles. If the 
floor has been laid with open 
boarding, then, to insure its 
not being drafty, lay lino¬ 
leum. Block it off in dia¬ 
monds — and oversee the . . , , ., 
painter while he paints it to imitate a the dining room nor too much of the 
black and green tile floor. This is a porch. There are now on the market 
rich foundation for furniture in oak or some wonderful pieces of furniture that 
walnut, in Italian, English or Spanish seem admirably suited to the purely 
style Of course, the floor may simply winter use of the porch. There are com¬ 
be outlined with grayish white or black fortable chairs, semi-formal tables and 
lines or, if a reddish linoleum has been accessories _ galore. One expects some- 
selected’ a tile pattern will add consid- thing new in a porch room, 
erably to the appearance of the room. Many people have a distinct prejudice 
against painted furniture, and we must 
A Painted Furniture Scheme be prepared to furnish the winter porch 
walls, lattice, etc.-had best be a neutral themselves. It seems to me that the lat- 
T u c u„„i r j hp n f ter have not been sufficiently developed. 
™ oi ieTlr “Xw td d o» e ,h°' For ins B „c, why c.fifio, ,he, «,Js have 
5*4 with a worsted fringe J 
clei tonS A & ™ ,Tree^OvTAhS bTck"' 
,„y would be a. center „ble.decor».ior, “d 
supplying the deep note required to give « fl g stenciled patterns in the 
character to the room. fading as the color of the walls. 
This scheme could also be used for a ,, , ,. ■ , , • , i 
living porch with the addition of some Or. the wal s can )e iv E , 
wicker furniture and perhaps a torchere anc j m the top ° SaC ,\ C °i U i, JL qn d 
•r side lighting fixture of wrought iron 
I should advise using a plain toned or f ompeian red. 
Northend 
A fireplace at one end, a fountain at 
the other. These two give the winter 
porch an all-year air. This fountain 
grouping is from the studio of Amos S. 
Lawrence, Esq., Boston, Mass. 
striped fabric on the wicker furniture, 
rather than a cretonne of figured design. 
Art students could be 
found whose training was sufficient for 
them to execute water tint designs of 
rauiei uiaii a nciuiuie ui nguicu uuot B u. . . . . ,_ 
This would bring out variation of color ^J ls character. / gain, a nz 
in the furniture and hangings and, since PE striking design might be applied. 
lattice is used and lattice itself is rather The one requisite is that t e esign 
“cut up,” a figured cretonne would prove 
too distracting. 
A porch which in summer is open 
from the top to the floor but which has 
posts at intervals, should be enclosed for 
have the characteristics that are to be 
carried out in the furnishing. 
Spanish Furniture on the Porch 
For furniture there comes a set of 
the winter with a lower wooden sash interesting Spanish pieces. The design 
instead of glass all the way up. Glass is very simple. The wood is walnut 
attracts and transmits cold; therefore a stained very dark, and the chair splats 
wooden base not only looks but is and all the turnings have a half inch 
warmer. This base may be made in band of antiqued gold. The seats are 
panels of double thickness bolted into rush. The arm chair is very comfort- 
the posts and floor for the winter and able, as is the double seat—a long 
removed in summer. In order to insure bench with side arms, but not back, de- 
further against cold these panels may be signed to stand in front of the fireplace, 
covered with canvas and painted. This set also includes a 36" square table 
which can serve for tea and coffee. 
Converting the Porch Wicker seems too coarse and too sum- 
If a summer porch is to be converted mery to use with such a set, yet there 
into and used primarily as a winter liv- comes a very closely, evenly woven 
ing room, summery furniture should not wicker which, when upholstered in a 
predominate. The winter porch living fairly formal material such as a broad 
room must neither partake too much of ( Continued on page 74) 
House & Garden 
“The Glory of 
the Garden” 
is the name I give to my 
choice Gladioli. Peace, the 
grandest white variety; 
War, a deep blood red sort; 
Prosperity, with markings 
of light rose, madder lake 
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Blooms All Summer Through 
In a short time after the 
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“The Glory of the Garden ’ it 
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