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House & Garden 
An unusually com¬ 
fortable sun room 
has a roomy fire¬ 
place in rough plas¬ 
ter, and plant stands, 
aquarium and fix- 
t u r e s of wrought 
iron with a rusty 
finish. The floor is 
tile and walls lat¬ 
tice. Decorations by 
the Cutting Studio 
Gillies 
The end of this long porch opens into an octagonal bow. The furniture is black wicker with gay-colored 
linen cushions. Floor of old blue tiles; gray woodwork and lattice. Cutting Studio, decorators 
Arm chair, seat 20" by 20" in natural 
■willow, $9.75; stained, $11.25. Foot¬ 
stool 12" by 9/4" natural $2.50; 
stained $3.75 
SUN ROOMS for 
ALL THE YEAR 
Suggestions for Their Decoration 
and Furnishing 
NANCY ASHTON 
W HEN the story of our contribution to 
the decorative arts is written, assum¬ 
ing that the overtaxed historian will have 
any energy left for that trivial occupation, 
we will shine particularly, it seems to me, in 
our treatment of the sun porch. We have 
created so little besides easy chairs and 
wicker furniture. But these are our own. 
I suppose one explanation is that we really 
enjoy being comfortable. And we have 
found that with little difficulty and small 
expense, we may obtain that pleasant goal 
in this fashion. 
So the manufacturers have gone to China 
for reed, Singapore for rattan, France for 
willow and have created an endless variety 
of so-called porch furniture, with which one 
may be picturesquely at ease. Most of it, 
disregarding the flimsy, tawdry sort, still 
menacing the unwary in the cheaper shops, 
is of good design implying absence of mean¬ 
ingless ornament and lines, suggesting 
strength and comfort, and excellent work¬ 
manship ; and it will stahd the hard usage it 
frequently gets. With a fresh coat of paint 
or new stain every other season, it may last 
indefinitely. 
The Adaptability of Wicker 
The wicker furniture is so adaptable that 
one may devise endless color 
schemes into which one may fit 
one’s favorite chintzes. And one’s 
imagination has much play when 
one begins to consider some of the 
other features of the “solarium”— 
if you choose so to call it—“a room 
arranged to receive the sun’s rays.” 
The floor may be tiled or brick, 
or covered with a fiber rug in any 
conceivable shade and design. The 
new alternate squares of natural 
color and black or green are most 
effective. Then the other acces¬ 
sories: awnings—striped in vivid 
