Evening star., 1901-07-13
sUMMERlfyRNITURE
Two Charming Apartments Cleverly
Described.
INDOOR AND PORCH |SIfTNG ROOMS
Co. 'lness Suggested by coIors and
Arrangement.
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INDOOR AND PORCH SITTING ROOMS
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mer furnishings is appreciated by the dwell
ers in cities. Somewhat pale and dull
shades are real helps in. bearing the heat
IN rooms. and as wall paper is a fixture
for some time, usually it is well to remain
Der this when selecting it for the best
rooms and the more general gathering
places of the family.
In winter, of course it is pleasant to have
the warm reds and strong deep greens, now
such favorites, but if circumstances will
coMpei all or part of the occupants of
nome 10 remain here through the hot
weather. choose the papers with reference
70 lhat season by all means. In the winter
there are so many distractions that one can
oe more indifferent to the immediate en-
'lronment, but when these ''ninety-in-the-
shade days are upon us, then the spirits
ana even health may be affected by the
colors with which we surround ourselves.
IN winter, too. much of the brightness aud
tone OF room may be obtained by the
accessories, rather than by the fixed con-
sutuents, or the permanent furniture cover
ing may give the strong shades desired.
ana then when summer comes these may
be covered with light and delicate slip cov-
ers and thus the change made.
only the other day was in a sitting room
SO attractive, so cOmfort-giving in its cool
and dainty aspect, that it seemed as if it
would be impossible for the thermometer to
ever mount quite so high as when more in
tense coloring aids the effect Of it's upward
career.
The Wall Treatment.
In the first place the walls had been
treated with view to this result with
charming success. Japanese crepe, the
dark blue and white combination. the de-
sign rather slight, had been stretched over
the sides. the joining of seams, covered
by slender rod of split bamboo. A tall
mirror was set like panel against one
side wall, and it's frame was the same
bamboo strips. The ceiling was pure white
rod OF bamboo being placed at the angle
of the sides
Very few pictures, and those all black
and white, in ebony frames, were hung in
the room, but the rather bare effect added
to the general GOODNESS. The curtains Were
a mere pretenSe Of the thinnest white mus
lin. we'll stretched back and held by bands
OF the same. so that no air was excluded by
their presence
The floor was covered with mating fine
and without color mixed in. over this
number of very pretty blue and white cot
ton rugs were StreWn.
Wicker Furniture
The furniture was entirely of wicker in
the natural shade, and included some ex-
tremely good shapes, with all the ease
procurable in this material. A low couch
had no covering to. keep out the air that
might filter through its woven surface, but
one enormous down pillow soft enough to
be crushed into any desired position, was
covered with washable ecru pongee un-
adorned by stitch Of embroidery. A tall
screen of bamboo, with panels of crepe
similar to that on the walls. was near the
head of the couch where it could form a
shade TO keep away the light if a nap
was in progress.
For Occupation
Bamboo bookshelves held such reading
matter as suited the room-neither Ii
brary nor a study-while large wicker
center table was piled with magazines and
papers. In the best light was a low sew
ing table and chair, the former having two
shelves below. roomy and convenient for
basket and work
Here was everything necessary to home
life at hand. ease and seclusion both so
desirable. One can imagine that the hot
test day of a Washington summer will
lose half it's terrors If borne in this pretty
room, with every suggestion of heat ex-
cluded and everything within SO inviting.
New Fabric.
There is a new ma terial shown for cush
ionng wicker furniture when the uphol-
stering is to be mad. permanent. This is
a cotton fabric very Ike burlap. but plia-
BILE and trif1e finer weave than that which
in several desirable plain shades the green
being perfection of tint A large
half circular colonia! porch | know of sur
rounded with huge pillars reaching above
the second story, is daily transformed dur
ing the warm weather into an afternoon
sitting room.
The sun reaches 1t in the morning. but
later it is in shadow, with lilac and syringa
bushes inclosing it on the sides.
Prairie Grass Rug
Here every afternoon is spread large
rug, made of three widths of prairie grass
mating, sewed together, a large square
is formed covering the stone floor of the
porch. On either side is a long, old-fash-
ioned settle, one on rockers-with the old
decorations in faded gold on backs and
arms, and these are strewn with pillows
covered in green, as well as long seat cush-
ions. Here also is a wicker armchair. deem
and low. with the green burlap 1 have
mentioned cushioning back and seat An
other low chair with rockers is in the
seven mission style, with dark-stained
wood, and seat of woven rushes of a new
kind however, and there is also a too TO
shelf to accommodate the accumulation Of
cups or glasses, as tea or iced drinks NAV
be the choice of the day.
Fan Holder.
A useful addition to a porch Of town or
country house is fan holder. This CON.
sists Of a strip of pliable mating OF anv
kind fastened against the wall of the
house, if possible, or if that is of brick or
stone, against pillars any convenient
place, generally with brass-headed nails
and stuck full of pam-leaf fans.
A good proportion is to have the holder
thirteen inches by the width of the mat
ting, all raw edges being turned in and
tackled on. as to form a shallow nocSat
row of the nails being set down tho
middle SO that it shall not bulge when flied
with fans, only the handles of course he-
ing stuck into the holders. A neutral root
ting, with the palm-eaf fans is very nrat-
ty. though gayer arrangement may be
made with coored mating and bright Ian
aneSe fans. ls
FOR REST AND SLEEP.