Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-12-19
'polnts
for
Mothers
Your Boys Room.

If you have two rooms to turn over
to the boys l. think taey will prefer a
den and a bedroom. the latter fur
nished with twin beds. two dressers
or high shaving stands and one big
%chiffonier, said an interior decorator
recently. The den should contain a
broad couch without back, a large ia
BILE with the shelving beneath parti-
toned off for reading matter, two
large easy chairs-boys like morris
chairs better than rockers-a bookcase,
preferably the sectional style. a splen-
did reading lamp and if possible an
open fireplace.
As to color schemes, on the north
walls use either a golden yellow and
rich yellow brown combination-the
yellow in the bedroom, brown in the
living room-or a red combination.
Brown makes a splendid background
ETC.. and sporting prints. while yellow
for the bedroom gives a good reflection
for shaving. dressing, etc.
If you use red select a warm gera-
MUM pink for the bedroom and for the
den a rich. deep red. which will be
simply a deepening of the geranium
pink. or dry pinkish terra Gotta for the
bedroom and a very deep. warm terra
Gotta for the den. And always have a
plain cartridge paper when you can
get 1t in the right shades or a fine
satin stripe paper which is in a soft
two tone effect.
If you use a border select for either
the brown or terra Gotta wall covering
of the den a hunting or riding or skat-
ing design.
For rugs use as many skins as you
can muster or the imitation rag carpet
rugs, which clean and shake splendid
ly. Have plain Marseilles or honey
comb counterpanes and no shams. For
bureau scarfs have plain hemmed
strips of linen. Boys hate lace furbe-
lows and ribbon bows.
| hear some mother of slender purse
say that this is all right for the
woman who can furnish a suit. but
when you have only an attic room for
the laddie-what then?
And again | say consult the boy.
You'll be surprised at his resource
fulness. Here is what a mother and
her boy living in a small town have
done: She told the laddie of fifteen
just how much money she could spend
on his room when they moved into the
new house. The attic was not plastered,
and the boy bought plain tan colored
building paper to ceiling and wall
and make the room warmer.
This made a stunning background
for his squirrel skins. high school ban
ners, fishing outfit and all other boyish
treasures that would hang"
He built a cozy corner of old boxes
and burlap bags which his mother
helped him to rip and dye a warm red.
He painted his own floor. and he and
his mother braided rugs at night. The
girls gave him pillows for his coy
corner. and after he had repaired and
painted a huge porch chair they made
more pillows for that.
That room is beloved by every boy
on the laddie's list of friends. and a
certain club of boys and girls meets
there once a week. thus saving ma
ternal parlors.
On his bed he has Great Grand
mother Burrell's Counterpart, cro-
cheted in red and blue. He repainted
the bureau and made a tie rack to
hang on one side and a whisk broom
holder on the other from burnt wood.
He has a homemade bookcase. and he
and his chum are nov building some
real mission furniture to finish off the
room.