Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-02-05
HOUSE FURNISHING,
eAaA Things 20 Mako the Furniture I.ooA
Attractive.

sAaA Thangs 20 Make the Furniture Loot
Attractive.
The woman of small means and es.
thetic tastes who grows restless under
her pecuniary limitations, especially in
the direction OF house furnishing. NAV
NJ least comfort herself with the re.
Election that she can now achieve re-
suits which a few years ago would have
been possible only to a plethoric purse.
For instance, a worn and shabby sofa
may renew, and often greatly increase.
its youthful charm by the addition of
. Bagdad cover and a pile of cushions
which give luxuriously eastern effect
At . comparatively small cost. The
Bagdad may cost anywhere from two
dollars up. For ten dollars a very hand
some one alike on both sides may be
bought. Then, almost every house.
keeper has at least one unused feather
bed up in the garnet which she can
turn into a goodly array Of big square
cushions, covered with silkaline and
denim In shades harmonizing with the
couch cover. Thirty-five cents worth
Of silkoline covers a good-sized cushion
and adorns it with q broad double
ruffle. The breadths Of q passe India
silk gown will serve for two or three
Of the pillows, giving a touch Of ele-
gance and artfully making it appear
that the cheaper materials were chosen
simply because their owner happened
to fancy their patterns. If the sofa IT,
self for these modern plenishings be
lacking, q narrow cot-bed, furnished
with q woven wire spring and mat
tress which need not be of the best
curled hair to insure comfort makes
a. luxurious and charming q couch a.
one need desire.
II 1t happens to be an upholstered
chair that has seen it's best days and
needs rejuvenatihg, almost any woman
with enough ambition to desire i'm
provement can successfully recover it
herself, providing she does not attempt
tubing, which requires quite too much
skill for an amateur. Neither should
she attempt to remove the old cover
ing, but have the chair thoroughly
beaten and brushed. and after the wood
work has received q fresh coat of
varnish or enamel proceed to tack on
the new covering, not cutting the ma
terial till it il tightly drawn and tackled
in place.
Nothing IL prettier and more durable
for this purpose than corduroy. which
comes in all sorts of desirable shades
and in both fine and heavy cord. If a
cheaper covering is required, heavy linen
or crash simply embroidered in out
line stitch with darker shade of the
same color IL pretty. The edges of the
material must Of course be concealed
with gimp.
Horsehair furniture is dispensation
under which even Christian fortitude
staggers, and when the affection
amounts to an entire set" endurance
ceases 70 be a virtue. The mitigating
circumstances are the almost universal
excellence Of the framework and the
fact that the horsehair surfaces are &c
smooth that new coverings are easily
adjusted.
Happily the heavy carpets which used
to devour such an alarming proportion
Of the sum apportioned to house fur.
nishing are no longer even desired. The
new woman sensibly prefers hardwood
foors and next to those stained and
vanished borders and rug centerpieces
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