The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-07

| thouSnt as 10 WHETHER III IL SUltdDle IOf
the home and its use; also whether II
will be In harmony with furniture al.
ready In It,
When woman has sufficient money
at her command and can furnish the
house completely from cellar to attic
It Is an easy matter to give the con-
tract into the hands of professional,
occasionally with good results. some
times disappointment. But when one
must consider dollars carefully and
furnish one room at time, possibly
only getting the absolute necessities
for that room at first. it is harder
problem to solve. The latter woman,
however, is the one whom / should
like to help. Remember, then. in the
first place not to buy anything unless
1t is appropriate to the use for which
It Is intended rs well as for the com
pleteness of the room. Remember to
always select the real and substantial
in preference to the snowy imitation.
II It is question of tables. buy the
| simplest FORM made of perfect wood.
with best finish. rather than the elab-
orately carved, snowy piece flimsily
put together. A good enameled iron
or plain brass bedstead will be infinite
ly more satisfactory in the end than
one of cheap inlaid wood.
A large expenditure of money does
not always imply n satisfactory home
Truth and harmony, the elements of
beauty. may be secured in the most
inexpensive cottage as well as in the
palace.
The ideal country house is built on
broad. generous lines. Never should 1t
have the high. narrow, cramped roof
frequently seen on crowded city
streets, where space is at premium.
1t should have also roomy verandas
and porches. low ceilings. wide, low
windows and hospitable looking doors
opening into comfortable, homelike
rooms. Such house should be sincere
in its furnishings-should not suggest
imitation I'm any way. This impression
of genuineness can be given by mex
pensive material, even by homemade
furniture, very much better than by
snowy workmanship carelessly per-
formed.
Treatment of High Ceilings.
Some of the houses built forty or
fifty years ago have ceilings too high
to express real comfort room 10
by u feet with a twelve foot cell
ing has the appearance Of being ex-
tremely narrow, while a room the
same size with nine foot ceiling may
give a real cozy effect. What is to be
done with the high ceiling? The sim
plest way out of the difficulty is to
cheat the eye into forgetfulness OF
those extra three feet This can be
done by using horizontal lines in the
wall decoration. Either the ceiling pa
per can be brought down on the wall
to the distance of three feet. the up
per part Of the wall may be finished
with frieze, or three feet at the
base may be covered with canvas or
wood paneling, then six feet of figured
paper. finished with a narrow picture
molding and joining the ceiling paper,
which has been dropped three feet.
Any Of these methods will give the
impression of lower ceiling.
Borders have their place in wall dec.
oration, but they should not be used
In rooms with low ceilings. Such
room should be decorated with striped
paper and have the wall covering ex-
tend close up to the angle formed by
the ceiling. and here the picture mold
ing Is put on. Never use wide stripes
or large designs Of any kind on a small
room, and bear In mind that simplicity
In design and color is a good rule to |
follow in wall decorations as well as
in any part of house furnishing
Good and Bad In Wall Covering.
The owner of new house is In. |
clined to leave the walls undecorated |
for the first few months at least after |
the house is finished. His reason may |
be the added expense Of decoration, or |
he may think he prefers the plain |
white wall just for its simplicity and |
because it is sanitary. II the walls
have been finished with. a smooth |
every one will weary of them in n
short time. Plain white walls give the
feeling of being shut In a box. as II |
there were a limit TO space. A smooth |
white surface also tires the eyes. Not |
so the rough plasters, which are quite
generally used nowadays. And II TO
the plaster has been added little |
color, hint OF gray or deep cream. the
effect Is satisfying for a long time. |
Indeed, for almost any room In the
house, with the possible exception of |
the reception room or parlor, this
rough surface simply tinted makes a
most desirable wall finish. The smooth
wall may be decorated In almost any
color with calcimine or muresco, Civ
Ing pleasing background for pictures
Whatever the wall decoration, IL
should be chosen with relation 10 the
lighting OF the room; also TO the fur
lishlngs.
III the floor covering has considera,
Die design and color, then the wall
should have but one tint. and II the
lraperies are figured again be careful
% select a fat color for the walls
Among the chief objections to wall pa
'er are the exaggerated designs and too