The Washington times., 1905-09-14

Unique window seats and cozy cor
ners pretty for winter homes may be
artistically finished in Indian. Japanese
or Oriental style at little expense II a
woman has the ingenuity to rig up a
seat and make the necessary framework
over 1T for the cloth canopy and draper
les in a corner of the dining room, be-
meath window in the hall or along the
wall In library. sitting room. etc.
The seat Is the first requisite. and
1t can best be made by buying a smooth
piece of white wood half an inch thick
aoout six feet long and two and a half
or three feet wide 1t should be nailed
to heavy pine posts that are from two
to two and half feet high, set perpen-
dicularly on the floor. To make the seat
perfectly secure there should be a post
at each of the four corners. two at
either edge in the front and back, and
two in the center.
If the seat is to At in a corner the
ends should be sawed at an angle so
to the walls, but if it goes beneath a
window or along one side Of the room
the piece CT wood may be rounded or
leIt square at the corners. while one
edge is firmly nailed 20 the woodwork
under the window on the wall.
An Indian Seat
To make corner seat in Indian style
for dining room, two Indian poles or
spears should be nailed TO the floor and
at the back of either corner OF he seat
they should be between four end six
feet long, and cost about 70 cents apiece.
II woman feels that is too expensive
she can buy the spear points for a
third OF the sum and have poles of
white pine made to fit them for mere
trifie- Each pole should be supported
from the back wall by two pine sticks
! nailed securely to them just below the
metal points TO help brace the frame
work on which all the draperies are
J hung.
From the center of the corner a piece
of pine three or four inches wide half
an inch thick and four feet long should
be nailed at an upward slant and at a
distance Of four or six feet from the
| floor. according to the height Of the
ceiling. Across II attach a similar board
two and a half feet wide TO make a
crown or point for the canopy. This
| same kind Of framework should be built
for window seat or a cozy corner
made along a straight wall.
For the Indian seat vivid stripes of
red and white. green and yellow. OF
cardinal and blue should be used for
draperies and pillows
Red Denim Cushion.
In making a cushion for the seat
in a long 6-foot pad or in two or three
feet each they would cover the board
nicely, and If stuffed with excelsior,
having an inch of cotton batting on top
to make them soft, should be very
comfortable for lounging. A red, white,
and yellow striped cretonne that costs
is or % cents a yard would make an
effective seat, and perhaps be more in
keeping with the general color scheme
than a plain shade Beneath the cush-
ion a valance OF the same material
should fall to the floor and hide the
wooden supports OF the seat. 1t should
be gathered or pleated with a 2-inch
head and nailed around the edge with
| dull brown metal antique nails that
| have rough uncut heads.
After finishing the seat the best plan
| is to make the ceiling. For corner
| seat the easiest way is to fold the ma
| terial fan shape, making the line where
/ the walls join the center OF the fan.
1 from which the cloth Is gathered I'm
graceful folds and brought in points
/ to the metal tips of the poles and 10 the
| cross sticks in the middle OF the frame
| work. 1t should be nailed along the
sides to either wall and of course fas-
tened TO the center and edges and
| tackled down Twelve yards OF material
| is requised for the top. With a red.
white, and yellow cushion a canopy OF
| green red, and white striped cotton
/ damask at 40 or 80 cents u yard could
| be used TO advantage.
! n,pomapfc That Accord