Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-02-28


IN and taste of s/young girl than the furnishing
of her room, if she be member of
U luxurious household, and provided with an en-
tire suite of her own, then the decoration and
arrangement particular portion of the house.
1t might seem at first thought that the girl whose
suite is furnished by fashionable decorator could
not be expected show her individual taste in her
apartment, but matter how perfect the general
style of furnishing the effect will be stiff and unat-
active the girl herself has added nothing to the
suite after the decorator has finished it. Equally
unsuccessful will be the outcome, if in her choice
and placing of her additional touches, souvenirs,
&C., she has failed to bear in mind the general style
and coloring of the indeed, although the girl
who needs must choose her furnishings and that
with an eye to economy, may thOughtlessly consider
that her deliberately housed chum has prob
lens to solve in the arrangement of her beautiful
apartments, it is a question whether her problem
is not really difficult than that of the girl who
plans the entire furnishing herself. For after all
there is task at which decorators themselves
fail often the harmonizing of period fur
nishing very elaborate formal furnishing of any
kind with what is homelke and comfortable in eff
feet With all their daintness and beauty the
should look though lived in they will be lacking
in charm. For these elaborate rooms the French
period styles in fashion, but there great
latitude in furnishing than there is today and what
style is personally desired may be selected
long as the designs of furniture and hangings
light and delicate and the colors equally dainty and
suitable to the boudoir of the jeune file
After ALL it is the girl has the furnishing of her
room in her own hands and is not dependent the
plans of decorator who gets most pleasure and profit
out of it, There unattractve that it may
not be vastly improved by small expenditure of
money, provided good taste be exercised, and none
which may not be made hideous by the most elaborate
furnishings care in their selection be not employed
Consequently furnishing is a serious business and
every girl who makes of it may feel that she
has scored a triumph not always attained by those
older and wiser
No matter how modest is to be the sum expended on
furnishing, it is wisest to select general scheme at
the start considering carefully the suitability of the
scheme to the size and shape of the ROOM its lighting
facilities the furniture already provided which
may be obtained for the amount of money in hand
petey carried once but the first plan must pro-
vide all the essentials within the financial limit leav
ing the future to provide such other features
pictures and additional pieces of furniture
which are not absolutely necessary.
Just at present the white bedroom is very popular
with young girls. Nothing could be fresher and
sweeter, but little must be exercised lest it
look too cold and For this the walls
usually white, they may be papered with
sprgged pattern on which there small stiff buds
or leaves at intervals white ground White
enamelled paint and furniture of white enamel and
or entirely of enamelled wood used in the