Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-09-17

The problem of furnishing the noule
is a vastly different one OF the ialhlls
With an income of SIS or $50 week
than of the family WIN uhilin'.eN
means. When the necessal! iN'Ns
expenses are deducted from $40 OF
coo week. very little is lett with
winch 70 furnish sitting-room Whleh
mnst turn bedroom at times IN these
DAVIS of restricted space and two-oy'
four fats. The furniture and wall
coverings cannot be changed with the
seasons. and therefore both must be
selected with view TO durablhV as
well as artistic effect.
Green is still one OF the best ana
most often used cOlors in interior DEC
orations. 1t harmonizes well WIN
wintry surroundings and produces
cool and pleasing effect during the hot
days OF midsummer. For that reason
green is a good color to choose lot
wall covering, and for background
upon which may be grouped those
finishing touches of the home WhlNh
Mrs Partington described as "brlcA'
bats and articles OF virtue. An
artistic way of decorating the walls, II
green is chosen, is to have them
cool forest green from the floor up 10
the picture molding. Above the mol0'
ing the color should rapidly shade into
the palest tint of green IN the celllhs'
This in turn should be almost whl1e
toward the center. These shades may
be graded almost imperceptibly by
good painter or calcimlner.
IF the room in question is sort Of
q combination or den, library, slttlhs-
room. and parlor combined, an air Oh
individuality may be given to 1t oy
woman of quick resource. For III
stance, square panels may be formed
upon the ceiling in the following man
nor. Obtain some smooth scanthngs
or laths the length and breath OF the
room and three inches in width, Win
well-planed surface, from some
builder or small lumber mill or turni-
ture factory. These will prooaoiy De
mite cheap, as the only requisite OF
the wood is that it shall be SMOOTH
These strips should be tackled across
the ceiling. The crosswise pieces
must be sawed to fit exactly between
the other strips, forming square pan
els. Unless the housekeeper is very
skillful with the saw IL would be wiser
to have this done by carpenter Inc
strips should be stained mahogany
color and then touched with the STAIN
over any scratches made when tacklhg
them in place This paneled ceiling
4 will cost considerably more time than
outlay of money, and is sure to prove
a lasting satisfaction to the woman
with small means and a desire lof
artistic surroundings.
Tack a width of burlap about breast
high around the room. This should
match the color of the wall covering.
Border this with mahogany-stained
scantling Good photographs or etch'
g ings or effective colored prints may
be arranged upon the burlap. Twenty
Il yards OIL DuFldp SlOulu NC SUMMON
for the purpose the amount needed
varying, of course according to the
size of the room. 1t will cost all the
way from IS cents to 40 cents yard,
If the goods runs from forty to fifty
inches in width, it may be cut in half,
In such a case half the quantity OF bu'-
lap need be bought. Some people
prefer for this purpose a covering
known as English taffeta. This is not
silk-not even damask. 1t costs
about the same as burlap, with the
exception of the better class of dam
ask, and is over forty inches in width.
Above the cloth dado the wall requires
only an occasional picture. Cheap
colored prints in fancy and elaborate
frames are to be avoided like the
plague if an artistic effect is desired.
Good etchings are always to be pre-
ferred to paintings that not have real
excellence.
The most serious problem of all for
the family of limited means is the