New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
TO FURNISH BEDROOMS.
THEIR PROPER ARRANGEMENT IN
THE COUNTRY HOME

THE COUNTRY HOME
This is the season when the city woman is max
ing plans for her country house. when walls are
redecorated hangings renewed and general rem
ovation is the work of the hour For bedroom wall
papers there are most charming designs, and with
out exception they bright 10 garishness Wall
papers have burst out into giant clover blooms
and into great chrysan themums. and when they
are applied TO the bedroom walls they should be
bounded the top by the moulding, thus leaving
a plain tinted frieze the as-the ceiling. This
fowered wallpaper does not encourage the use OF
pictures and in the of the country house this
an admirable scheme, ii relieves the reces-
sity of such decoration. The only pictures that
appear well at all against the garish floral back
ground are the dark etchngs in black frames that
are composed either of marrow moulding or or
black passe-partout.
There is also fancy for having the ceiling COW
cred with floral paper which extends as frieze
down as far as the moulding This effect is novel
and attractive. The side walls being tinted to
blend with the prevailing tone in the ceiling AFFORD
excellent background for pictures. An artistic
woman, having ideas of her own. recently created
a little scheme TO do away with deep cornice in
the room. and with excellent effect. over the
cornice We're tackled sheets of cardboard. thus max
ing beveled surface, a triie rounded necessarily
from ceiling TO side. and this the paperhanger
was directed to extend the ceiling paper The
curved effect Of the paper extending to the mould
ing most attractive.
1t is a great mistake" said this Ito
carry the design of the Wallpaper into the
fabrics OF the room furnishing in the bed
spread and window curtains. If the wall is plain,
the counterpane may match the window draperies
If desired, but not otherwise. The effect of har-
mony in the blending of shades is what produces
that indescribable atmosphere in a room. rather
than in the carrying out of the idea. And
the white muslin window hangngs will do much
to temper the display of color elsewhere
DENIM AS FLOOR COVERING
The floor covering of bedrooms is entirely
matter OF taste. Many object to the hardwood
! floor. when well covered with rugs For the
! country house foundation of denim for the bed
room floor is excellent. and is cool and clean
mating is easily cleaned, and has not the odor
that accompanies nearly all matting-an odor which
many people find objectionable Rugs show well on
the blue denim. particuararls- the cotton japanese
rugs in blue and drab, or blue and white,
THE he'd itself important piece Of furniture
in the bedroom. This statement appears to possess
unimportant value. but not There may be
makeshifts OF furniture in the bedroom. things
that look pretty and answer every purpose or con-
. venience, such homemade dressing tables
, divans. window seats. etc, but the bed be-
longs in the list with these. The bed
may look all right. but that is not enough.
II must be better than it looks. Since the Foding
bed its race there has been revolution-a
sort of renaissance in beds. The best style of bed
! is in the old, massive mahogany and other hard
woods made into heavy headpieces and footboa-ds.
But for the country house the white enameled beds
are in great favor. These are no longer confined
to the white and gold decoration, but offered
in greens and blues and pinks. touched up with
the gilt knobs
THE best style OF bed is furnished with the box
spring, which is composed Of the oIdtime spiral In
frame that is entirely covered with ticking over
this belongs a good hair mattress. Good house
keepers place a cotton this and siilI
more careful supplied with a change OF
mattress cases Of white linen. But as the mattress
IS supposed To be made every years al the
least al which time the ticking is either laundcred
or renewed. the cover j. by some regarded as SUI
perluous.
The round bolster has had its day. Just =ow
the good old fashioned feather pillow is In excellent
repute. and the shopkeeper testines that pillow
shams being sold again by the pair instead
of separately. by which sign he knows they
to be used as pillow covers and not for afternoon
tea tables The pillows however. often
laid fiat the bed, instead OF being propped up
is doubtless due TO the fact that the abomiuabIe
wire frame was invented to hold the shams ana
shape them the pillows in the day time. There
IS a marked tendency toward the genuine In
house furnishing, and this dcclin" Of the uiIoX-
sham holder is one of the Indications As there is
reason why the pillows should not Doe laid tlat
the bed whore they belong when ready
they are therefore properly placed there, and the
pilloWshams then spread them \ frequent
form. pilowsham best Is useful only as a