Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-10
Furnishing the Moderate Priced Home

genuine it is better not to have any.
Nothing is so beautiful for an apart
ment which is to be furnished beauti-
fully but not magnificently as old
fashioned mahogany. Lucky the wo-
man who inherits even one good piece
or who is able to buy it, because old
mahogany fits in readily anywhere,
never throws the partly worn things
out of countenance, Is beautiful with
out being overmagnificent and is alike
suited to the richest and the simplest
interior.
But the woman who cannot afford
the old mahogany need not therefore
turn her face toward fearful limitations
of any kind. Avoid all limitations abb
solutely, insist upon having plain fur
niture of good wood and in good shapes
and if you can't find out in the shops
which conform to these ideals have it
made.
This sounds expensive, but it is not
nearly so much so as Is supposed. Any
number of firms will make furniture
to order for an additional outlay of
only a few dollars. Select very good
old model absolutely plain and suited
to your purpose and not too large,
for, of course, that will increase the
expense and you will really make a
rather clumsy effect in a small room.
You will find that you will be able
to get this made to order by manu-
facturer of furniture who will use very
fair new mahogany and turn out u
very decently finished piece of furni-
ture for a price that is but little in
advance of what you would be re-
quired to pay for an atrociously ugly
piece of furniture ready made in the
shops.
Look to the Paper
Much of the effect of room, of
course, depends on the wall paper,
Plain cartridge paper Is still the re-
source of the woman who cannot quite
trust her own judgment of paper before
it is put on the walls. The plain paper
Is rarely Objectionable, but it is not
necessary to conflne ones choice to
1t entirely and, indeeu, there are many
places where figured paper is highly
desirable. All of the imported papers
are worthy of consideration for their
graceful design or coloring, but the
English papers are particularly sue
cessful in securing soft and harmoni-
Gus colorings.
Very beautiful papers to supply a
background for paintings where there
are no brasses or other glittering or
metallic ornaments are the Japanese
leather papers, which come in red and
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present one tone effect admirable
for background they are at the same
time rich enough to destroy all Sc
verify of effect.
In the use Of dados OF two kinds of
wall paper in a room the greatest care
should be exercised or a most unsatis-
factory effect will be produced, especi-
ally i'm apartments where the rooms
are small. In the first place, fancy
cornices and ceiling decorations are as
rule almost as much an abomina-
ton as the fancy mantelpieces which,
with their frightfully pieced little mir
rors, disfigure the best room of most
apartments. The cornices should as a
rule be done away with If possible.
If this isn't possible, II Is as we'll to
paint them i'm the color of the walls
or to paper over them.
On plain wall, unadorned by plas-
ter friezes, dados and broad paper
frlezes are often very 1 Sractive The
secret of their correct use is that not
only the rest Of the side wall but the
floor and other parts of the room
should be practically without design
when a fancy frieze or dado is used.