Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
A Summer Bedchamber-

Looks dainty if bedstead bureau tables
chairs, soft chiffonier and any odd pieces
are all in pure white enamel with gilt
mountings. Fancy mating in white and
green. the soft shade of young leaves, COW
ers the floor. The cushions on the chairs
and those on the lounge are in white and
soft shades of green in artistic and delicate
design. English bobbinet curtains, with
deep ruffies edged with renaissance inser-
ton and lace. drape the windows The
walls of the room are hung with pearl or
silvery white paper, with a frieze done in
ferns and water lilies or sprays of apple
blossoms
The Country House
Is unalloyed joy to the furnisher No
where else can so little be made to go so
far.
The fact that little is expected, that the
summer home Is a temporary home, per-
haps has much to do with the reckless joy
business with which it is regarded. Stuffy
chairs, the heavy furniture, the multitudes
of bric-a-brac that adorn the city house
have no place IN the country home All is
bright, cheerful, light, inexpensive and
neat.
So many good things are made at small
prices that ii is within easy possibilities for
every country home to have it's own indi-
viduality and charm. And the success of
the country house depends largely upon Its
furnishings; if they are good in them
selves and cleverly arranged charming
interior is certain.
A row of four quaint windows runs along
one side the entrance to one handsome
summer home; they built about four
feet above the floor. Each has six small
panes of glass and is separated from its
neighbor only by a double molding. The
wall at each end and above is paneled and
below the windows is a wide seat that ex-
tends their entire length.
Beneath it is series of small closets
with paneled doors. The seat has a cush-
ion of warm wood-brown corduroy that
harmonizes pleasantly with the oak used
A rod of brass is fastened above the win
dOws to hold short curtains of yellow silk
that can be pushed about as desired. On
three sides of the hall a balcony is built
giving the hall the height of the two stories
and adding much to its dignity and beauty.
The stairs leading to the balcony are
broad and gently sloped and broken nearly
midway by a turn and Landing. support
is given the balcony by great square oak
beams. Opposite the stairs is the fireplace,
faced with rough cobblestones, with mas
sve beam introduced as a manlel shelf
The stone facing is continued to the bal
cony and at each side small closet is let
In in a manner suggestive of what was
known as a rum closet in New England
farmhouses of the COLONIAL period.
Quaintness-
And the picturesqueness rather than
splendor distinguish the country home. For
the living room there are landscape papers
of many varieties and cOlors which to
degree give the effect of tapestries minus
the figures. Their hills and valleys trees
and plants and sky lend such picture eff
feet to the wall that pictures are unneces-
sary and framed pictures quite out of
place
The bedroom looks luxuriant in flower
garden pattern blooming all over the walls:
the larger the designs the more luXuriant
its looks. A plain a striped background
strewn with bouquets is as popular as
Towering vines or huge single blossoms.
No frieze is used with these designs flow
ers and vines clambering clear to the cell
ing without a break. Another treatment
is a perfectly plain pale green or pale pink
papered wall, above which is a ceiling COW
cred with paper in imitation of lattice
work of vines blooming with pink roses.
Door and window draperies are easy to
solve with the evAr-growing multitude of
new, stylish and inexpensive textiles.
Cairo lattice and Singapore lattice are