The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-07
WINTER FURNISHING.
How to Make Your Rooms Cory and A
tractive In Cold Weather,

How to Make Your Rooms Cory and At
t~ractive In Gold Weather.
There are theories and theories about
house furnishing. One that it's e~volvcr
calls "a sort of impressionist theory" is
that the value of your material is really
of no consequence, as the satisfactory
result comes from 1.-The decorative
effects of color, contrast, general mass
and form" To the person much given
to changing his tireside. whether
abroad or at home, this is a convenient
theory, as rugs, hangings and good
photographs are easily rolled up and
taken from place to place, and the num-
Der of ~breakable objects is somewhat
reduced. In the right place a beautiful
rug is as decorative and capable of
giving as much pleasure after its kind
as is a good picture.
But You and ], who live in one place,
and grow to love it. want to make our
rooms as attractive as possible. Az
summer long we have been irving to
make them look as cool aud airy as
possible, and now we ape beginning to
think how we can-'.Sest and with least
labor make them look coy and com
Portable. A/room in green and white,
or blue and white, is charming on n
shinin< summer day, but in the days
tha,'are coming-days whey Il rains
a"atneIssIr IS never weary-it would
seem very cold and uninviting.
know of NJ more artistic home than
that of a certain woman who goes
every year to the mountains for her
summer outing. She has a small cot
tage surrounded by shade trees. and
with many windows and verandas all
vine clad. The porch is always used
as a resting place in pleasant weather,
but the interior is no less charm
ing, though there is not an expen-
sive article of furniture in it en-
cept the piano. Most of the apart
ments have mattings, bamboo work,
and clear glass vases. The curtains are
of scrim, and beaded bamboo portiercs
divide the rooms from each other. But
there is one o that has an open fire
and w%arm-hued carpets and stuffed
for use on rainy days or in
a sudden cold. That room is lust as
enjoyable in its way as the others are
in theirs.
All through the winter from Noyem
Der on n CRATE fire is a source of con-
tinual comfort that makes il well
worth the trouble. 0f course when the
real winter sets in it does not give
heat alone, but ever when the
is started keep the CRATE going
too. There is nothing else that can
give the same air of coziness and
to a room. Next to a fire
in producing such an effect must
come lamps. Lamplight, especially
shed by the charmingly-shaded lamps
1ow in vogue, is far more artistic than
or the hard, glaring brilliancy
If the electric bulbs. Indeed a lamp {.
With its garnishings may nov be made I
'ne of the most attractive features of a 1
Yellow or r~ose-colored shades i
rive the softest light, also, especially I
he latter, the most becoming to the I
complexion, a consideration which will ]
lot fail to appeal to most of us. |
A charming room is in pale shades of j
and pink, with touches here and
here of vague buff or ecru to give =
' di III d nOTlH TcbIu IL SDOulO =
ave sash curtains of the latter line I
through which the sun filters with a /
of sunshine. For a warm :
outh room flooded with sunshine the l
Venetian blinds are a de- II
acquisition during the summer Il
lonths at least, for does not nature d
erself show us in every secluded U
-oodland nook hsw enchanting is sun p
ght tempered by a green medium? u
In winter change the green blinds e
Dr. sash curtains of silk. Select a warm u
elbow that will add to rather than di- "
finish the sunny effect, and your room :.
transformed. If you can have grow. IL
,g plants in your sunny windows II
part of human nature to always
ant what itno longer has In sum- o,
er we sigh for winter and in winter "a
,shiyer and long for the warmth st
i'd open-air life of summer. So that CT
making your rooms as much as DOS al
BILE warm and sunny-looking you can A
ot fail to make them attractive winter to
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