The Worthington advance., 1882-03-23
y. You don't need q conspicuous cornice.

or. You don't need conspicuous cornice.
There ia nothing more vulgar.
For centre table. any kind Of simple
table will do Avoid those hideous white
marble top ones. II it is plain square or
round pine table, With legs painted black,
it will serve as we'll as another. Then but
pretty cloth on it Of agreeable colors.
That will 60 far toward making your room
bright and cheerful. and the cost Of the
whole will be less than that Of marble top
table or one Of the machine carved mon-
strosities.
As to The chairs, first
Of all get those that
people eau occupy comfortably. A chair is
not merely to be looked at. and it ia not in
tended to be IN instrument Of torture.
especially should invite occupancy by their
comfortable appearance. Avoid curved
backed chairs with carvings which annoy
those who sit in them. There. ia no need
OF buying set Of furniture with chairs
matching in their coverings. Get only the
articles which by themselves please you, no
matter how great the variety, taking care,
however. to have them covered with atuffs
of agreeable tones of color that 70 we'll to-
gether. Easy chairs and sofas which show
no wood except in the legs, and are up
llolstered throughout, are the best.
Wicker chairs are desirable, and they
urs cheap. Black is good color for them
Two or three camp chairs. covered with.
dark and pretty stntf are also very oonyen-
lent to bring into use on occasion.
Don't undertake to load your parlor with
furniture. Comparatively few articles are
necessary, and everything in it should have
it's use or reason for being there because
Of its beauty. If you wish to paper the
walls, put on a quiet paper Of pleasant
tone. without large figures. Even that
which is perfectly plain is good, provided
its color helps 10 furnish the room and gives
desirable background for pictures.
A good carpenter can make for you a side
board which will serve any purpose. and be
better than the ugly things generally sold
in the shops. Paint it black, for instance,
giving 1t several coats. then apply varnisl,
and it will look like lacquer work. Put
little red stripe around to relieve the black.
box standing on its side, with two or
three shelves within it. and perhaps two
or three on top, is all you need. A curtain
in front will hide the lower shelves. and
piece Of dark enamelled cloth on top will
complete the thing. There il no
need Of going to much expense for side
board.
Paint The wallis Of your hall Plain tint
-Pompeiian red is q good shade--and let
the washboard be dark brown, and relieve
tho edge Of the ceiling with black line.
Paint the floor very dark brown and shell
lac 1t. Then iaya strip Of carpet ha!f a
yard wide through the center, put mp some
peGs to hang coats on, provide table
for hats, n jar for umbrellas and
chair to sit on, and your hall will be all
right. Avoid the stiff hut racks OF au
octopus pattern.
And generally, in csrpetinR your house,
don't think it necessary 70 tit the carpet in
10 every little jog. Leave space sixteen
OF eighteen inches around it, to be painted
dark brown and covered with sAellac And
let the carpets be s,uall in figure and quiet
in tone.
All this may be done at no great expense
with very little money, indeed, colu-
pared to that often expended to make
single loom hileons. The bride who hon.
ora ots by asking our advice. can naake her
country nome pretty and model for the
whole neighborhcod with a small ontlay Of
money, if her taste is good, and she is not
tied down by merely conventional notions
OF house furnishing.