Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-11-08
IN A CORNER.
fake Care of the Corners, and the Room
win Take Care of Itself.


VIII Take Care of Itself.
In the arrangement of room corners
IRE not sufficiently considered. Very few
persons appreciate their capabilities. In
room of ordinary size and finish empty
corners are especially ugly, while for
handsomely furnished houses there are
corner cabinets and other expensive de-
vices to meet this very need. Corner
cupboards are always interesting and
seem to belong naturally to the delight
ful room that is not furnished in any
paticular "tone'' or style, but where
"bits of color and odd and unexpected
things look very much at home. A room
that had wonderfully cheerful effect
gave the impression ON first entering
that swarm of mammoth butterflies
had taken possession of the corners and
expanded their wings contentedly over
the pictures. But u closer inspection re-
vealed the fact that brilliantly tinted
folding japanese fans were spread out
butterfly fashion over the modest en-
cravings and heliotypes that mostly
constituted the works of art, while the
corners of the room were ornamented
with stacks OF the handled variety. on
which the most gorgeous tints i'll the
most impossible of combinations ran
riot.
The comparatively new fashion of q
corner divan is both attractive and com
Portable, and few besides the gifted
home maker with slender purse know
how very little in addition to brains is
needed for its accomplishment. One OF
this class says Harper's Bazaar, fell Ill
love ON general principles with piece
of cretonne that was alluringly cheap
and wonderfully pretty. 1t had masses
of pink, red and cream tinted roses,
with exquisite buds and leaves, on a
ground of pale gray that was scarcely
visible. She passed this prize twice and
then bought it just for its beauty, with
out the least idea of what she could do
with it, The cretonne was delight to
the eye and, viewed only as a picture,
the 81. 80 invested in it did not seem to
have been thrown away.
tt was not long before her inspiration
came in the shape of a corner that proved
brilliant success. The seat itself was fit
ted by the carpenter like a bracket and
then stuffed and tufted by the lady her
self, the rose ere, me being fastened
across the front wi; brass headed nails
and carried up OH eli her side to a round
ed point in the cent? that was about a
yard above the seat, sloping gracefully
down OH either side. The brass headed
nails on each edge made quite an ele
CANT finish. A puff and short valance of
the cretonne finished the edge of the
seat, and at some little distance above
the top there was novel canopy. This
was made Of another shelf, considerably
smaller than the seat and edged with
the same brass headed nails. Artificial
smilax, that was wonderfully deceptive,
formed a graceful fringe, and a rose
bowl ON the cretonne covered shelf held
exquisite paper roses perfumed with
altar and renewed at the first dimming
of their freshness.
A chair only, especially if it be ono
Of the pretty, half octagon, rattan
chairs, will make a corner attractive,
and with the wickerwork enameled in
cream and gold and the seat and up
right panels covered with silk in light
shade of old red it is appropriately fit
ted for it's mission. A hassock covered
with the same silk, having a little gold
decoration, adds greatly to the effect.