The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-29

a suggestion for the utilization OF the
cid double bed, no doubt slowed away
in your attic which you can get no
one 10 carry away, nd which may also
help to solve the problem Of porch
furniture for the summer cottage If
the bed has a headpiece which is
straight across the top it can be con-
verified into very good looking settle
with little trouble and almost no ex-
pense. The upper part of the head
board will form the back. the end
pieces can be cut from the sides of the
bedstead. and the footboard will fur
nish the seat. When the bed has in
serted panels Of incised pattern. by
treating them in polychrome with stain
or paint a most effective result is OH
tanned.
Walnut is being used a gree
for dining room furniture jus
ent. One most attractive set seen late
~ was Of Queen Anne style in the dull
brown walnut, the chairs having rush
bottoms, Dutch splats and turned legs
with Spanish feet.
Canework is also well liked used in
conjunction with oak finished to a
greyish tone little lighter than the
fumed oak, and developed in styles OF
the Jacobeon period. which, in chairs
and settles. was distinguished for the
extreme height Of the backs. The cane
work is usually stained brown. and
the backs Of the settles are in two or
more sections When uphOlstering
takes the place of the cane, tapestries
or figured velvets in large patterns and
low tones are used, put on plainly and
finished with large nails. This type OF
furniture is especially suitable in pan
,lled or wainscoted dining rooms Of a
formal character.
A departure in the treatment OF
lining table tops, which is slowly gain
ing favor. is to leave them unfinished
and unstained. They then require no
care but occasional oiling, and in
year or so take on a beautiful. natural
color. For the woman to whom her
polished table top is matter Of con-
slant worry and frequent re-dressing,
this process will prove grateful.
Willow furniture is OF particular in
terest at this season OF the year. Not
only is it the ideal summer furniture.
but there is no other inexpensive style
that may be SO happily used with ma
hogany, cherry or any other rich wood.
Willow chairs, painted black, brown or
green with cushions of a material like
the hangings Of room, add decora-
tive touch that represents small out
lay. When one is not able to buy as
good a piece of furniture as one wishes
and comfort demands an extra chair
or table, it is much wiser to invest in
a simple piece Of unornamented willow
than in any Of the cheap wooden fur
niture.
An article often selected with ap-
parent disregard for the other furnish
ings of room is the foot stool. Each
year sees greater variety Of these
comfortable little luxuries so that one
should be easily able to carry out the
general scheme Of the room in even
SO apparently slight a matter. Prob
ably the most sensible styles are those
OF Old English oak, on Mission lines
with dark brown leather coverings.
The dull finish mahogany with dark
green hair-cloth or a durable tapestry
upholstery is also desirable. The
high, square style is much liked. espe-
cially in fumed oak and brown stained
canework.
A clever idea that will appeal to the
woman who has "a place for every.
thing and everything in its place" is
the combination seat and shoe box. II
is hexagonal in shape, with the padded
top covered with cretonne and the
same material plated about the sides
1t is lined with a plain cotton taffeta
in some dark shade to harmonic with
the cretonne, and Is fitted with six
loose pockets, one on each Of its sides
intended to hold shoes and slippers.