Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-02
FURNISHING HINTS
Best Things to Select for a
Summer Home.
SEASONS NOVELTIES
IN SHAPES, coLoRs AND FABRIC
COMBINATIONS.
Gray and Yellow or Green and White
Each Make Pretty Tints for
Bed Rooms.

Written for The Evening Star.
How easy summer furnishing is made
nowadays, in comparison with even Few
years back, one may readily comprehend
by visit to any Of the establishments,
large or small, which cater to the wants
Of people with the requisite means to es-
tablish a summer home. There is wide
range for that term to cover-all the way
from an island cabin to the magnificent
cottages which are really palaces or
the fashionable localities
To be sure, the island cabin may be a
log house in the woods an old farm
| homestead revivihed by the enthusiasm
of new occupants, but whatever or wher-
ever the place is one may readily find APP
propriate things to put in it, for either
utility or superfuity.
The majority of people needing and using
| a home for the summer. away from city
| heat and nerve-racking noise, are OF the
middle class as to worldly means, with
| economies to practice-those in general
| who feel the healthy pinch OF Just
enough
Naturally such homemakers must pick
and choose and thus really add zest to the
| pleasure of making a house beautiful Out
of sometimes unpromsing materials
| With, however, the selection spread De-
| fore them this seaSon-more than ever
previously-it is quite possible to get sooo
and pretty things and still not make
great outlay.
Bark covered Pieces.
For rough houses, which seem speclaAS
suited to the woods, there Is furniture 10
correspond, with bark-covered frames ana
splint seats and backs. For some years TINS
has been obtainable, and it is most suitable
and durable. This year, however, there
is a much larger variety IN Shapes, many
previously shown. Very long settees there
are, half again as long as formerly WIZ, WIZ
high backs, most comfortable as neao
rests Another rather long settee IS on
ROCKERS with a high back chair at one end,
and rather more than half the seat space
of the whole thing surrounded by 10"
rail Of the wood, making a cradle-a lapoi
saving device, one may see at glahce
the nurse or mother rocking the baby at
the same time she INDUCES in rocking her-
self.
MANY pretty tables are in this make OF
furniture. as we'll as foot stools and large
double seats and chairs Of varied Shapes
and sizes.
Porch Fixings.
This Is especially suited for porch furnl-
ture anywhere. and is as strong, and yet
light, as such furniture could we'll be. Of
course one can find quantities OF the style
coming under the general term mission 1ur-
niture. There are some small variations IN
the shapes, but heavy, solid, square; frames
are the characteristics. the nniSn pelAs
more or less black 49,
Besides the articles every one is familiar
with, some new hanging shelves ana caol-
nets, high and low foot stools, tables, COM
bination chair and table. ana some very
pretty book cases are shown
One such is quite high and narrow, CIV
ing considerable book space with very little
floor accommodation.
other specially good ones about three
feet long by three high, finished in Belgian
oak, with the shelves open at the back ana
a pretty rail on top. and may be gotten for
the very reasonable price of ST.
Plainest and Best.
Sideboards china closets and serving ia
bles are also shown in greater variety than
formerly. and with the dark oak coloring
also Crude tiles set into the backs and
doors of many of the articles quite spoil
what are otherwise good pieces of furniture
Ash mao. into SetteeS and chairs. with
the seats in thick Stats, grooved together,
are something new, inexpensive and COM
Portable for a cottage dining room.
More delicate and refined than these, with
green lightly mixed with the finish, are
some extremely pretty chairs which would
be desirable for dining room use.
Green Furniture.
set of bed room furniture is of this
same green stained ash, but so lightly is
the green stirred with the other ingre-
dents that the color is not at all de-
cided feature-only a subduing tone to the
yellow of the natural finish.
The bed is quite novel in shape, having
four tall, slender posts. with medium high
headboard, which is Slated and so very
airy, while the low footboard is solid.
Something decidedly new in bed room
furniture is the white enamel finish, with
sections of gay cretonne set in For in
stance, a comfortable high-backed, wide
around rocking chair has a large panel in
the back and the entire seat covered in pink
Powered cretonne, while the open arms and
upper part of the back are entirely free.
pretty table to go with this is oval in
shape, with the top covered with cretonne
fastened by gimp and brass tacks.
A small settee and small chairs with and
without rockers, similarly treated and
are very bright and attractive.
Other New Ideas.
White enameled furniture has another