The Washington herald., 1913-12-30
WON An AND THE HOME
: Edited By Julia CHANDLER MANI.
HOW TO MAKE THE
DEN ATTRACTIVE
Winter Days Good Time to Add to
Beauty and coziness of
the Home.

After the fall housecleaning Is ovei
the energetic housewife begins to spend
her spare hours making attractive arti,
| cles to improve her home.
II II Is impossible to make all the i'm
provement in one year, why not follow
the plan of a practical little woman who
| spends the amount saved for this pur'
pose on one room? This year she has
renovated the den and study OF her thret
| sons.
Since II is furnished with craftsman
furniture, the window draperies are made
| Of tan-colored linen scrim.
I Take the exact measurements of the
windows and allow enough OF the ma.
| terial for a two and a half inch hem al
the bottom and an inch and half head
ing. Two curtains are required for each
window, and they should be from twenty
eight to thirty inches in width Run a
line Of hemstitching at the top and bot
tom and hang the curtains from thin
brass or wooden rods.
II preferred, a border OF stenciling can
be arranged about each curtain. and tones
of rich brown and green or brown and
yellow should be selected to color the
design.
The window seat has been reupholstcred
with brown denim. and for this the
mother has embroidered a collection of
cushions. The first is an elongated pill
low OF naturai-colored linen crash en-
broidered in a pine-cone design. Narrow
crash can be purchased and the cover
is made from two lengths folded over.
In one corner is arranged the cluster Of
pine cones and needles. II you cannot
draw the design have the crash stamped
at an art needlework shop. Use rich
tones of brown and green silk of mer-
first padding the section OF the cone with
darning cotton. Use satin stitch for the
cones and an outline stitch for the
needles
Another Pretty Pillow.
Another pillow Of the obIong type is
effectively embroidered with yellow tu-
lips against a background OF dark brown
crash. The tulips are conventionalized
and the cups are solidly embroidered with
rich tones of yellow, and the stems and
leaves with green.
Purple and white irises appear on the
third cushion top OF pale ecru linen OF
a coarse weave.
The center of the turned down petal
is heavily padded and covered with yell
low in the purple iris and with violet
In the white. When embroidering the
petals use the dark shades of purple at
luo DdNt anu VI the
the paler tones about the edge. The
white iris has a touch Of violet at the
base OF each petal. Dull tones of green
are used for the long. graceful leaves.
For the long, narrow study table she
embroidered a cover of tan linen with
a design of cato -nlne-taiIs. These are
arranged to form a border across each
end. and the heads are solidly embroid-
cred. First pad them heavily in vertical
lines and cover this with dark brown
silk or mercerized cotton running the
stitches in the opposite direction from
that used for the padding.
French knots can also be successfully
used to fill in the heads Embroider
the tip Of each head with yellow or pale
green.
The sword-like leaves are embroidered
in tones of green.
A cushion to match this Is an attract
i've addition to the fireside chair. up
holstered with tapestry cloth in dull tones
OF red. brown. and green.
On the droplight is a shade having a
frame OF oak, which outlines the four
oblongs Of tapestry forming the sides.
This harmonizes perfectly with the color
scheme of the room and produces a
wonderful effect when the light is be-
hind IL.