The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-10-04
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can{ at least entertain within our gates
her notwithstanding
The simplest furnishings can be made
| to lake oman expression ~ graceful
Ipess, RndY tho plainest lone may OK
hale q atmosphere of refinement.
8HoWffotten}do We enter q house Unit3
Sko hhyoi nstantaneouBlys an almost ire
slstabio desire to Tearrange the cntire
scheme OF the room-to5 root out that
SOTO so square against tho wall, to bring
forward this retiring table, to say
"Prcsto, CHANGE and to mako every
~1nfiyidual article undergo a general
chasse2. \
Atoom ,s very apt to partake in some
Eyde.g,ree Of The nn.urcsa and characteristics
OF the inmates a. house where every
thing ie at right angles with everything
olse-piuntb aud precise. where rugs
are laid down even with the doors,sand
pictures and vases arc exactly duplica-
ted, and whore tho prevailing law is
mathematical correctness, 10 but the ing
in the person., of cold, unlovcly Traits.
and an absenso Of feeling for harmony
and color.
A few peacock feathers, a japanese
jar, u piece of rich embroidery G vel
low silk scarf arranged on a corner or
draped around u small ebony table, BY
their blonding Of tones aided by skillfnl
adjustment can suggest q poem and fill
the eye with n sonse of charming salts
faction.
a lounge or sofa put across q corner
will tend to remove q certain stiffness.
q bright rug thrown down transyersoly.
q table turned from a straight line. viii
often look more graceful than il too
rectangular.
In hanging pictures, the arbitrary
custom OF precision no longer prevails;
4 large ono in centre fnnked by two
smaller, midway: but n gradually ascon-
dlng scale OF heigth is now preferred.
a good rule to observe in the hanging
is to have the center of the picture on q
line with the eye.
The object is to avoid too evident &c
cufacy III interior decoration and ar
ranSement. The picturesque, in com
pany with artistic carelcssncss is, con-
sidercd more pleasing; it is certainly
more beautiful than the stiff convention.
ailty chat formerly predominatcd; when
o. wv v VlCACO COutltllCu III IL
room it was quite possible to construct
the complete whole, rs a ph%ysiologist
will reconstruct m extinct speclcs from
n single vertebra.
Nothing has q greater effect III pro
duclng grace and charm in q room than
hanglngs and drapories; no matter how
simple, they cnn be in good taste, for
tue shops everywhere oHer fabrics md
textures in soft, lovely tints and tones.
that readily lend themselves to graceful
folds and gathers. When there are SOW
oral doors III n room they give q bare,
unfinished look; but concealed by q
portiere Of even-doublc-face Canton
flannel in old blue, dull rcd, or warm
olive, they give height and dignity 10
the room. An old lounge can be con
vorted into a thing Of beauty rs we'll as
fashion, by removing tho back piece,
recovering tho scat and making two
large, firm, square pillows to stand up
right ut the back against the wall, divan
fashion. Odds and ends Of furniture
can, with ingenuity, be made to emerge
from their dull chrysalis like gay but
t%erfiles. new cover hero, a little
drapery there, n pretty, odd scarf tied
underneath n table, and tho change
wrought is marvellous.
i1nttlS Dhtc Nlu ScNiltl.J INT
nl8h@d to mesgrencs9, is oftou prefep-
h2'o TO ONO oyerloadrtl with misccl-
]aaeons eclisction 81 fufnishipgs, ana.
sth-eo led ornameuSs and bric.asbrsc;
there is SO Enhcli IRISH Mat serves no
1tsf0 AiGiAsnblcsl )!u yp,SS&t slsp frat III iocru-
pSYa&YSoat3, Rat oAat4wS3} &llt1dss 8 tbo inQ.
mSgntsto be Nlnoaorn Neudal' nndIBw@ep1
10 H99trnction the uploNeIY tiotsam md
l@etsNto 81 manytScay9 and slioppiugM A
spotisoIS furnished i|njcli0r, adding q
good foundations to bni!lltpon, rs tnsre-
full carpets and blending and harmonic
ing wall paper, Has this advantage, that
1t suggests n II unlimited area Of delight
ful possibilities and leaves much to the
Imagination TINT cnn indulge in the
most artistic and satisfactory combine
tons and groupings; ifthis is not a very
substantial mode Of getting together
ones household goods, still it Inns it's
consultations for tho longod for easy
chair, picture or vase that we do not nc
anlrc this Year, noxt year may find in
the place Of the coveted treasure n moro
correct style, n result Of better ludg-
ment and the expression of Il more cul-
tured taste than this year would go to-
wards the purchasing of our hearts do.
sire.
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