The sun., 1910-06-19
FURNISHED ron SUMNER.
A Typical Instance q How New YorS,,
Are Mnkhag over ThelF Apartmeu,,

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A Typical Instance q How New YSES,,
Are MAKING Over TnelF ApaFtmeuta
Il have furnished more summer ap.r.
ments this season than ever before "A
a woman decorator. Il almost 80.
that half ol the apartment dweIsrs n ,
New York Aro staying In town this sum.
mer and arr having their Apar,meun
made over for the hos wsl ther m.
fad. oG course, hut while it lasts II Is nod
for the decorators.
1T was not ~ very long ago when -.
ting a city house ~ an apartment rsadv
for the summer consisted IN making /, a,
unattractive AZ possible. The rom.
were stripped of drapery. the funitun
was sWathed In brown holland. the MA.
lures and chandeliers were iesioooss
with mosquito netting and the rugs VEN
hanished. and In this atmOsphere tho.
, unfortunate memhers % the family yho
had 10 be In town were forced to i've.
To he sure. there were almost a. many
attractive summer furnishings % 4.
found in tho shops then as now, but thew
were not used In the city. have ssen
women look lonGinRly at lovely chintB1
and cFetonnes. express the regret that
they had not country or seashore hnmm
10 use them In and then give the order IOr
covering al their furniture with brown
holland.
Il remember veEy well the dEAt onn-
mission had 10 do up a houss for IL
summer. It was a large oOntFact, "a,
the houSa was very old iashioDed ana
cFammod with furniture and briO-A-bno
The hrSt thing did was 70 se6a a
muoh Of the heavy upholstered furniture
as possibly could 70 the attic. Whers h
Was sswed up in BAGS with moth prO-
voatives. Then every carpet oams 10
Tho foors with the eHcaption of the iru
hoor were % wide boanda. aOft wood
of course. but were In fairly good coadl.
ton. had them an painted q oOol gray,
a. near dust color as I could q, II, and
then strswed tham sparingly With run
either Of mating or of Japanese cotton,
green and white In some rooms. blue and
white IN others.
Il took down every curtain and portiAp
IN tho place, % Course. and put thin Vhia
Fuiiipd muslin curtains at The Window
and between the doors straight hanging
curtains Of Ereen. and whita OF blue tnd
white madras. well ptiahad back. What
upholgtnrsd furniture was necessary
had covered with chintE. and the sch
cushions. the bed covers and table cOvun
Wsre al Ofdfet0uns. u vas a WundgFful
transfomation and resulted IN the ian
IN my resolving the commiesion "a Do
over and rsfuFnish thS whole houae.
1T In unusual 10 have q city houss dana
up for tho summer. Moet OF our Con-
minsions are for apartments.
The apartment which ! have iua
finished Il typical Of the kind that can b
found all over town, particularly In he
upper West Side. The young matPun
for whom did Il wished Il 10 BE- in grsan
and white throughout, 20 We began By
having the Winda,N boxes hlled With
daisies The muslin curtains az the vin-
dove are 10 visit the tub every week. for
the success Of an apartment like this
depends on ils crispy freshness.
AOn the hoorp throughout We used
plain green rugs of heavy gra1 mating.
as helnE mOre restful than any pattern.
We stripped the walls Of every picture
except a few large prints and etchinfa
IN plain framea. Every piece Of hric-a-
hrac went except two OF ttrDe plain vaae1
that would BE- kept filed with n0vers.
The heavy Eiass lamp shades ge
replaced with Feiaha shades In whiio
paper with Designs of bamboo trees o.
nasfurtium leaves splashed on In green.
Over the open bookcases We hung cur
/ taina of plain green linen. In contragi
10 the figured furniture and cushion
I covers
We took as much furniture out Of tha
rooms as We could, leaving only the chair
end tables that would actually Be required
for comfort. A couple Of inexpenaw
rattan chairs and q chaiee-longue vie
cretonne cushions was all she new furri-
ture u Wae necessary 70 buy. All III
covers we're easily removable for lam
derinR purposes. even the couch cushion
covers being supplied With buttons and
| butsonhOlea.
we tried a. far a. possible 70 rearFangs
the furniture with an eye 20 summer
comfort. The sewing table vas PLACED
| by the window that was cool and shady
IN the morning. while the chaiae-longls
had its head AZ the window that vas
shady IN the afternoon. and that spoEe
Of a cool kimono and a book for the hOH
before dinner