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is a necessity if one is really to en¬ 
joy this outdoor living. Examples 
of these kinds of furniture are to be 
found on pages 38, 39 and 52— 
tea wagons, day beds, couches, flower 
pockets and other accessories which 
make the terrace complete. 
To these one might' add some of 
the iron French cafe furniture which 
our decorators are using so effec¬ 
tively, and the lighter pieces of 
wrought iron such as plant stands, 
small tables, and, of course, lamps 
and lanterns. 
From the old-fashioned farm¬ 
house porch we can take two very 
good pieces of furniture-—the bench 
and the chest. Their uses are ob¬ 
vious, and they lend themselves to 
paint. 
No place can compare with the 
terrace living room for using strong 
color. Heretofore we have been 
given to neutral tints; certainly 
they have become the banality of 
the modem house. But on the ter¬ 
race and porch and lawn full, strong, 
natural colors can be safely used 
and will prove a constant delight to 
the eye. Nature abhors a neutral 
tint as she abhors a vacuum; in her 
use of color she is haphazard and 
unfettered. Something of that same 
freedom can be exercised in the color 
combinations of furniture, rugs, 
cushions, awnings and pillows. Let 
the colors clash, let them be vivid 
and startling. Summer is no time 
for decorous decoration. 
The furnishing of the terrace will 
very much depend on the kind of 
house which gives it background. 
On these pages are pictured a 
variety of types, each of which would 
require a different selection to be at 
The formal terrace where marble and tile have been 
used as permanent furnishings should be lent an 
atmosphere of intimacy and welcome by using wicker 
or reed, fibre rugs and a table with a broad awning 
spread above it 
The paved terrace is quite a different problem from 
the lawn. Here one can use painted iron continental 
cafe furniture, mingling with it wicker made informal 
with gay pillows. The residence of George Lee, Esq., 
Beverly Farms, Mass. W. G. Rantoul, architect 
A partly enclosed gallery 
can serve for an outdoor 
morning room. Here the 
furnishings can be gar- 
denesque — wrought iron 
painted furniture 
Then there is the Colonial 
type of house where the 
paved terrace can be made 
inviting with flower boxes 
and simple painted cot¬ 
tage furniture 
