Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
CORNER TIPS
COZY
HUMBLE FOUNDATIONS ARE
QUITE AS GOOD AS OTHER KIND.
What Can Be Done With a Steamer
Trunk in a Summer
Home.

Cozy corners of the prettiest kinds may
be made with little trouble. and the ex-
pense depends entirely upon how much an
individual wishes to put into them. Some
OF the most attractive are by no means
costly, and with a little thought and plan
ming most decorative effects are to be
had.
Even the conventional cozy corners of
stun drapesies and rugs are good, though.
frankly, j do not think them as attractive
as those showing individual taste which
none of these can. Such stuffs as Bagdad
curtains can be manipulated only in one
way, using spear heads, shields or some
thing like that ornament.
With these the seat is covered with the
same material, and either a couch or a real
bench, upholstered for softness. The lat
ter of course takes less room.
In almost any shop and in many hotel
reception rooms this type may be seen,
with draperies.
Either a piano OF a bookcase serves as
an excellent basis for a coy corner dis
playing originality OF arrangement and
some artistic touches.
In one of the most beautiful drawing
rooms in New York charming corner
is arranged by using an upright piano.
The corner of tie room farthest from the
corner are the double doors leading into
the dining room. Against the door jamb
the piano has been put caddy -cornered at
such an angle as TO leave space to walk
behind easily at the end of the instrument
farthest from the door. The keyboaSi
fronts the room.
The decorations in the room being on
tirely Japanese. the same idea prevails
here. In the corner about four feet above
the top of the piano and five feet from the
ceiling has been put a shelf that juis out
like roof. This Is made OF bamboo and
has front decorative railing done in cary
ing. In the middle of the shelf is rather
large dragon and several pieces of porce-
lain. The seat itself is built in like a
shelf, curved into pretty shape and with
out a solid base except for supports. IL
is simply upholstered in duh Japanese
embroidery. OF course, there are cushions
and on the wall under the canopy-lke
shelf a few oriental colored prints.
Two persons sitting there are entirely
screened from the room by the piano. aud
the corner shelf above decoratcs that end
of the room. further advantage in this
is that using a piano so renders the un-
slightly back less conspicuous. for IL -
draped to be pretty and to correspond with
the hangings. This idea may be adapted
to different rooms by substituting other
hangings. A corner roof shelf should
not be omitted, however. or from the cor
ner seats the effect will be unfinished
A wide bookcase rs another aid IN cor
ner.
A beautiful studio shows this, an old
fashioned fairly high walnut bookcase in
which the volumes are exposed being the
type used.
The end of the case is put against The
wall the books out in the room. Between
the back of the case and the other wall IS
just room for a divan TO stand. III" case
back you see, forms the third wall Tor
the corner.
The back of this piece of furniture is
covered with a dull blue satin stretched
tightly, and several small water colors
tn Pictures the
other wall. and the divan is backed by a
strip of blue embroidery that makes a
background and finish for the curtains. An
old cashmere Shawl may be the dNah
cover This corner has no canopy, as the
ceiling of the room is low.
simple coZy corner in the reception
room of an apartment where closet space
is limited has been arranged by one woman
1t is formed of steamer trunk ana
wooden box made the same height TOUR
feet wide and six and a half feet long.
These are put into corner. the trunk
being under a window, and the box gong
along the other wall. They, of course, are
tight together at the ends.
Specially fitted hair cushions make me
seat soft and long narrow rug shuuId
be thrown over for a covering.
About five feet above the seat, where al
will clear the head without chance or ac-
cident, two book shelves have peeh puHt
on the wall the precise length Of the trunk
at that end and the box at the other
Books are kept on the lower shelf, ana the
is USED lot Olu ii' a.
rangement is particularly decorative ana
extremely useful, for gowns may be kept
without folding in the long box. e.,
Swinging seats make pretty corners W
one is going to spend that amount or
money for the room The seats may be
swung either by silk ropes OF ropes over
which long wooden beads are fastened
as finish The seat itself sometimes has
ends. or else four uprights one at each
corner 1t is undraped. and cushions atone
are used Strong staples in the ceiling
hold the ropes.
This is nice for a summer house, and ~
well adapted to square hall.