The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-29
HOME DECORATIONS.

Hints for Practical Application in Making
Houses Attractive
| New York Commercial Advertiser.
| Maiden-hair and pink roses are the accepted
decorations for the pink" dinners and luncneons
| now SO prevalent.
pretty fancy for light curtains is to drape
them with narrow scarfs half handkerchiefs
of their own material
For dinnsr-table decoration nothing can be
more artistic than ruddy bramble leaves over
running white chrysanthemums.
Yellow Madras curtains so much in vogue for
summer may be made warm and wintry-look-
ing by touches of crimson here and there.
Failing flowers, table may be made beautiful
with bowls of glass silver heaped with bon
bons and twined about with fame-colored silk
Rope smbroideries and rope fringes are styl-
ish and costly for wall decoration. a bit a yard
square less that we recently handled being
marked $l35.
Window shelves covered with cretonne and
edged with three-inch frill are handy to have
about room even if you have pot-plants to
go upon them
Maiden-hair ferns without any flowers is a
very favorite decoration this winter, and should
always be dipped in water just before using, so
as to gllsten IN the light
A tall white lamp with yellow shade and vel
low scarf softly draped about its foot, made
beautiful center for festoons of holly leaves,
running off to the ends of the table.
A decoration within the reach of almost auv
is jar of grass and ox-eyed daisies, draped
about with green scarf: yet, though SO simple,
few more effective ones can be found.
Strawbottle covers painted brown and tied at
top and bottom with bright ribbon, with glass
for flowers inside, are prettily hung in groups of
three against the wall, or in odd corners.
Lovely bed covers are of sateen-pink. blue,
yellow crimson-veiled with lace or scriro
Others are of white and gold Madras muslin
and yet others of drawn work, with lining of
pale silk.
A narrow shelf about eight inches above the
tel ard w nf fo-c
placed behind 1t as border, serves admirably
for holding and displaying the smaller bits Of
bric-a-bra
Some very new lamp-shades represent an
enormous lily of the auratum or tiger pattern.
almost covered with pendent velve5y stamens
They the size of small parasol and cost
from $50 TO 500 each.
The lamp-shades of f1owers-roses. chrysan-
themums, tulips, sundowers. etc.-are heavy
and clumsy looking as they are costly. despite
the beauty of their component blossoms, which
fairly outrival nature.
Where space is an object, pretty fancy is to
have the toilet mirror long and narrow, placed
upright upon a shelf across q corner about foot
from the floor, and another shelf above il, on
which stands quaint jar.
Kettle holdere made of felt, covered one side
with flannel. the other side with brocade. have
much greater reason for being than many
more elaborate concoctions-as where tea is
made at table they are almost a necessity.
A couch to be contrived out of frame has the
home made mattress covered with cretonne,
white or red and gold, with a big square pillow
to match. A founce reaching the floor goes all
around it. and the pillow has a scantily gathered
ruffie three inches deep.
A champagne basket and pine easel, painted
some neutral tint. and draped with plush vel
veteen, cratonne. make admirable holder
for newspapers and periodicals. Have the pins
OF the easel long enough 30 hold the basket
whose lid should be fastened MP with bow
matching or contrasting with the drapery.