The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-16

furnishing. Not single piece OF fur
niture should be bought without some
thought as to whether II Is suitable for
the home and Its use; also whether 1t
will be In harmony with furniture nj.
ready in 1t.
When n woman has sufficient money
at her command and can furnish the
house completely from cellar TO attic
II is an easy matter to give the con
tract into the hands OF a 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, II Is a 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
It is appropriate to the use for which
II ia intended as well as for the COM
pleteness OF the room. Remember TO
always select the real and substantial
in preference to the snowy imitation.
II 1t is n 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 nlaid wood.
A large expenditure OF money does
not always imply Il satisfactory home.
rT,,,t n,,I hnr hn nln Of
beauty. may be secured in the most
inexpensive cottage as we'll as In the
palace.
The ideal country house Is built on
broad. generous lines. Never should it
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 hospitabe looking doors
opening into comfortable. homelike
rooms. Such house should be sincere
in its Neutrality-suspicious. not suggest
imitation in 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. A room 10
by l. feet with n twelve foot cell
ing has the appearance of being eX-
tremely narrow, while a room the
same size with nine foot ceiling may
give real coy 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 a frieze. or three feet at the
base may be covered with canvas or
wood paneling, then six feet of figured
paper. finished with n narrow picture
molding and joining the ceiling paper,
which has been dropped three feet.
Any Of these methods will give the
impression of a lower ceiling.
Borders have their place In wall dec
| Grafton. 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 small
room. and bear in mind that simplicity
In design and color is a good rule to
follow in wall decorations as we'll 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 it's simplicity and
! because 1t Is sanitary. II the walls
! have been finished with a smooth
| white surface it is more than likely
every one will weary Of them in
! short time. Plain white walls give the
feeling of being shut in n box. as If
there were limit to space. smooth
white surface also tires the eyes. Not
so the rough pIasters, which are quite
generally used nowadays. And If 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. 1t
should be chosen with relation to the
| lighting of the room; also to the fur
/ nishings.
If the floor covering has considera-
BILE design and color then the wall
| ShOull have but ono tint oDd tho