The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-11
HOUSEHOLD DECORATIONS.
Hints for the inexpensive Establishment
s 80 of Home.


When furnishing 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. st +5s
/ 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 a room, and their
cost is but a strife when made at home.
Pretty and inexpensive articles of this
sort are made of Java canvas, embroid-
cred in fancy designs with wools of uni
form or shaded hnts. This canvas can
be purchased in several different shades
of red, yellow, drab and brown and also
". l.
worsted may either contrst or harmonic
with the canvas, one, two or three con-
trasting shades being the most effective
when tastefully commingled in the pat
tern. ''Daisy " tides are dainty in eff
feet and easy to make, and the material
required for them costs but a mere trille.
They are made of bleached muslin white
lawn OF 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 a ro-
sette of bright yellow worsted. ~; These
little - daisies,n which bear Il striking
resemblance to those gathered from the
fields of Nature, are joined together in
star, diamond OF other ftneiful 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.
, .tt@ A TOILET-sET G5s
always consists of a bureau or dress
ing-case cover, Il pincushion and
, two small mats, all of which
: may be embroidered Java canvas An
/ airy sci may be made of paper-muslin
| or Silesia, overlaid with plain oi. dotted
) white Swiss, boi,lered with deep lateeiol
t lace-edged rutfies of the material. The
t paper muslin should be of some delicate
Y shade of blue, pink, gold or green, ol
V else of cardinal red, and should be cu
: to fit the bureau or dressing-case smooth
e ly. The cover is bordered with ruffle;
!, of the same neatly pinked out at th'
edges, and after being fastened smoothly
: to the bureau, is overlaid with the Swis
= cover, through whose delicate, trans
V parent texture the color of the under
' cover is prettily displayed ! The cushion
s and mats should be made to harmonic
e with the cover Paper muslin is pref
II cradle to Silesia, as it holds the. lace on
l. better, and when the rnglazed side
n turned out, the difference is not percept
t. ible unless closely examined. 9-sfesfl
1t PRETTY CoRNER-BRAGKETs as.g,
may be made of pieces of common wood
. cut to fit snugly in the corners, and covere
h with embroidered canvas, -or with cash
:, mere, flannel, merinO or silk, eithe
\ painted, embroidered, or decorated wit
~ y, decalconaanie pictures. These little al
y ticles very effectively decorate vaeal
= = hooks, and may be made to hold a tin
~ ~ statuette, pretty shells, vase of flower
-, ~ or other tasteful ornament.
- To keep house orderly, and to pr
~ ~ vent newspapers, journals, ETC., occup.
~ ing every table, chair and stand in Il
:! room and even the floor, as the thrift
= housewife too often finds them SO di
ho ,o posed of by her forgetful better-bal
IL IL there should be wall-pockets or pape
~ ~ reeeptaeles of some kind. These art
Of cles may be made of pasteboard, cove
of ed with colored or fancy paper of son
" kind, or with cashmere, silk, embroide
- ed canvas or any other desirable fabri
ha Decalconanie pictures, silk or ribbt
as ae ruchings, gilt-paper; bordering, han
G ~ embroidery or painting win decora
.na 90 them charmingly.
tIv PICTURE FRAMES, ETC.
.cy Beautiful little receptacles for howe
let and miscellaneous articles can be ma
on of splints, spirals or straws, and brigl
al colored worsted or narrow ribbon
nt- chenille Frames for small pictur,
nts dainty baskets, easels, sewing7baske
ith hair-receivers and many other use
the and pretty articles are made of spin
ase. and their cost is the merest tritle.
For large pictures, and small OF
18th too, for which frames can not be con
avs niently purchased, very effective fran
ght may be made of paper-muslin.
var doubt paper-mushn picture-frames'
in sound queer to many, and some
,m smile at the idea of such a thing,
we'd they are really pretty when tastefr
ini- constructed, and the suggestion will
uld readily seized upon by the home-lov
woman, who likes TO adorn her HOT
last but is sometimes very mach puzzled
the know how to do so with very sn
full sum OF money. The paper-mushn Il
lers be either black. OF Il very dark bre
ngs or cardinal shade, rs these resen
sses most closely the colors of the dark W
are usually employed in the manufactur
nity such articles; or it may be of any of
ack, gold shades, to resemble Gilt. 1t is