The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-04
HOUSEHOLD DECORATIONS.
Hints for the Inexpensive EmbeIIishmeI
of Home.


of Home.
When furnishing a home, the first
thought should be in regard to the ap-
pearance of the walls. Sleeping apart
ments and kitchens are effective when
painted, but if this be too expensive an
undertaking, little coloring material,
such as Prussian blue, ultramarine blue,
chrome-yellOw or lake, according to the
tint required, may be mixed with the
kalsomine, the effect of the latter when
properly applied being just as satisfac-
tory as paint. Sitting-rooms, parlors
and dining-rooms are very pretty when
either painted or papered, paper being
the least expensive, unless it be of supe-
rior quality.
for chairs and sofas, covers for tables,
and mats for the various vases and mis-
cellaneous ornaments to stand upon, add
much to the charm of Il room, and their
cost is but n strife when made at home.
Pretty and inexpensive articles of this
sort are made of Java canvas, embroid-
cred in fancy designs with woods of uni
form or shaded tints. This canvas can
be purchased in several different shades
of red, yellow, drab and brown, and also
in black and white. The color of the
worsted may either contrst or harmonic
WIN NlAC NetilNtt Oilt3 TWO VI IllIGt COn-
trasting shades being the most effective
when tastefully commingled in the pat
tern. - Daisy - tides are dainty in ef-
feet and easy to make, and the material
required for them costs but mere trifie.
They are made of bleached muslin, white
0sIawn or Swiss muslin, cut in circles
about two or three inches in diameter
and gathered closely about the edges,
which are by this means drawn to the
center of the circles on the upper side,
where they are concealed under rO-
sette of bright yellow worsted. These
little - daisies,' - which bear Il striking
resemblance to those gathered from the
fields of Nature, are joined together in
star, diamond or other fanciful shapes,
and are very pretty when fastened to the
back of the chair, lounge or sofa. Some
times red, blue, pink or violet worsteds
are used, but the effect is not so natural
and consequently not so much admired.
ToILET-sET
always consists of bureau or dress
ing-case cover, a pincushiOn and
two small mats, all of which
may be embroidered Java canvas. An
airy set may be made of paper-muslin
or Silesia, Overlaid with plain or dotted
white Swiss, bordered with deep lace or
lace-edged ruffles of the material. The
paper muslin should be of some delicate
shade of blue, pink, gold or green, or
else of cardinal red, and should be cut
to fit the bureau or dressing-case smooth
ly. The cover is bordered with ruffles
of the same neatly pinked out at the
edges, and after being fastened smoothly
to the bureau, is overlaid with the Swiss
cover, through whose delicate, trans
parent texture the color of the under
cover is prettily displayed. The cushion
and mats should be made to harmonic
with the cover. Paper muslin is pref
cradle to Silesia, as it holds the lace out
better, and when the unglazed side is
turned out, the difference is not percept-
ible unless closely examined.
PRETTY CORNER-BRACKETs
may be made of pieces of common wood,
cut TO fit snugly in the corners, and covered
with embroidered canvas, or with cash
mere, flannel, merino or silk, either
painted, embroidered, or decorated With
decGlcOnadRte pictures. These little ar
ticles very effectively decorate vacant
hooks, and may be made to hold a tiny
statuette, pretty shells, vase of flowers
or other tasteful ornament.
To keep a house orderly, and to pre-
vent newspapers, journals, etc, occupy
ing every table, chair and stand in the
room and even the floor, as the thrifty
housewife too often finds them so dis
posed of by her fOrgetful better-half,
there should be wall-pockets or paper
receptacles of some kind. These arti-
cles may be made of pasteboard, cover
ed with colored or fancy paper of some
kind, or with cashmere, silk, embroider-
ed canvas or any other desirable fabric.
DecdlcoDGnte pictures, silk or ribbon
ruchings, gilt-paper bordering, hand
,NnIntinfr will =,
them charmingly.
PICTURE FRAMES, ETC.
Beautiful little receptacles for flowers
and miscellaneous articles can be made
of splints, spirals or straws, and bright
colored worsted or narrow ribbon or
chenille. Frames for small pictures,
dainty baskets, easels, sewing-baskets,
hair-receiverS and many other useful
and pretty articles are made of Splints,
and their cost is the mereSt trifie
For large pictures, and small ones
too, for which frames can not be conVe-
niently purchased, very effective frames
may be made of paper-muslin. No
doubt paper-muSlin picture-frames will
sound queer to many, and some will
smile at the idea of such a thinr. but
they are really pretty when tastefully
constructed, and the suggestion will be
readily seized upon by the home-loving
woman, who likes to adorn her house,
but is sometimes very much puzzled to
know how to do SO with very small
sum of money. The paper-muslin may
be either black, or a very dark brown
or cardinal shade, as these resemble
most closely the colorS of the dark wood
usually employed in the manufacture of
such articles; or it may be of any of the
gold shades, TO resemble gilt. 1t is cut
in strips of a width to suit the size of the
picture-a large picture needing frame
at least three inches wide-and joined
together. One style of frame has the
edges pinked out, with the strips laid in
double boX-plaits made very close to-
gether and tackled through the middle
of the frame under soft tufts of bright
colored worsted. Another kind has the
strips shirred through the center and AT
each edge over thin wire. Both
kinds are pretty and may be used
in the same room TO give variety. After
the muslin is shirred or plated, the pic
ture is fastened at the edges to thin