Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-04-27
HOUSEHOLD
LATEST FADS In HOUSEHOLD
FURNISHINGS.

DalnLlneSS and Ipractlcallty meet IN
the new wall hangings. that are shown
in an .endiess variety of:apatterns, col
oringsa and Textures to suit any. pre-
ferred style of decoration. Leathers,
burlaps and the better wall papers are
all perfectly initiated in washable wall
hanging known as Sanitas, while there
are equally successful chintz patterns
and tiled finishes for bath rooms,
kitchens and nurseries. For doing over
old houses where the walls are not in
good condition, or for putting on bran
new walls that are sure. to crack more
or less during the frstsperiods of occu-
pancy, these waterproofed coverings
are especially admirable since they
completely conceal all defects in way
quite impossible to- less substantial
decorations. and while the cost is
about equal to that of wall paper,
their endurance ard sanitary value
make them much less expensive in the
long run.
ID All thesswell-known decorators report
that there is great and increasingly
wide demand for printed cotton uphol-
stery fabrics, which accounts for the
great and most attractive displays
made of these goods at all the most
representative places, where one sees
them in a great variety of colorings,
patterns and widths and in widely
differing textures, from those resem-
bling taffeta to corded and brocaded
weaves all known in a general way as
cretonnes. These are used as much for
sitting rooms as for bedrooms, and
some in domestic goo DIS at about % to
so cents yard, II to SO inches in
width. Imported weaves of similar
character run from 80 cents to 81. SO up
to $3.50 for. double fold materials that
are Il yards in width. EliZabethan de-
signs in the highest priced fabrics are
to be distinguished by the figures of
carnations about 81 inches in diameter
in their patterns, combined with a
smaller conventional flower and an
Irregular ribbon-like close vine effect
on plain background. The color com
binations of lavendar and soft old
yellow; pale yellow and Delft-blue !;
deep red and reseda green are so
handled as to give a decidedly japanese
effect to these patterns.
French / linen "Taffetas'' as such
goods are called are shown in Louis
XIV and Louis XVI designs, while the
shadow tapestries from the same
source that are alike on both sides,
come both in floral patterns of the
Louis periods and in foliage designs
that represent the vegetation of the
jungle with bright tropical birds intro
| duced. These cost from $3.50 to So. so
in the double fold width.
| 1t is, however, the cretonnes that
retail at from 80 to so cents which are
in most demand. whether in domestic
or Imported WeaveS. These come in
both light and dark weaves and can
In many cases be matched in wall hang
ings, though it is now considered bet
ter style to have the walls in plain
tones of the prevailing color of the Gre
tonnes, or if figured wall coverings are
liked, to use.plain colored weaves for
the upholsteries and heavy hangings.
For use with the style of furnishing
that is.know SO faddish, simple, ligh,
curtains. aroused against the window
Dainty muslins that launder nicely ir
the bedrooms and nets of various mesh
in the lower rooms.
"A novelty just opened is net dyed &
Delft blue for use in the blue and white
roomsst that reproduce the Dutch tint
ing. This coloring is particularly
effective for dining rooms, especially
where the wood of the furniture ane
finishing is of rich dark tone. mahog
any or flemish oak for instance. Will
the cretonne upholsteries enamellet
woodssand natural chestnut is shown
The latter is of dull grayish tint ant
makes up in fascinating style will
| CuS1llOIlS VI Greatly CIcCOIlllc pdCCssIuCS
in a block rose design, with rathe
few{dull green leaves and the flower
shading from pink to dark crimson.
The present fashionable fad fo
enamelled wood furniture with cottol
coverings suggests many possibilitie
for clever amateur decorators. An oil
bedroom set covered with enamelle'
paint and upholstered with fowere'
cretonne or chintz would be trans
formed into a modish, up-to-dat
furnishing if, in place Of the cretonne
a suitable pattern of washable wall Gov
ering referred to was substituted, tn
effect would not only be as pretty, bu
more practical, since the whole surfac
could be cleansed and the colors bright
ened by simply wiping with DAM
cloth, or better still with damp clot
| dinned in a little powdered whitin