The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-07-16
ARTISTIC FABRIC.

chintz Il Making Task Of House.
wife Easier.
BLACK USED FOR FURNITURE.
The Problem o. Decorating The NeSne
Has 0esn RsvoIutionizsd olNoe
Cheaper Fabrics Have Come iUte
Popular Favor.
This b q year when tho amateur
decorator has things very much her
own way. There are 60 many delight
full fabrics put upon the market and -
much artistic furniture IL used that the
woman who possesses clever IDEAS In
interior decorating, but has no prac-
deal experience. need not hesitate to
attempt putting her ideas into action.
There was a time when every homo
presented very much the same appear
ance, when certain pieces Of furniture.
and only certain pieces, were consider
ed In good taste, when fabrics for hang
ings were always Of silk or OF velvet,
and anything else was not to bo con-
sidered In the we'll furnished homo.
Those who could not afford such ex-
pensive materials we're left out OF
things generally. Their needs were not
considered BY the decorators ,5 ~.
Then q clever woman, roalfsinG that
the housewife Of small means might
have beautiful surroundings just -
much az her Weather sister. began to
cater to this class Of homes. instead
Of expensive silks she used pretty. Or.
tdstic but inexpensive chint1, and with
such charming effect that not only the
woman of small means. but ' Q her
Weather sister began to use this gay
and serviceable material in decorating
her home. -
Since chints came into fashioa the
way OF the housewife Of slim pocket
book has been made comparatively
easy. Now a pretty and harmonious
home e within her reach, and II she
lives In inartistic surroundings she has
no n but herself to blame.
Not only Is chintz at her disposal, but
she may use In her home nowadays
old dtlapidated pieces Of furniture, gtv-
en- a coat of new paint and decorated
with a clever design In fruit or dow
ers. This work Is done quite easily at
home, and the result Is often surpris-
ingiy pretty. So
Take, for instance, an old fashioned
bedroom suit done owe by q recent
bride. The furniture was Of good de-
sign, though very much marred, and
the girl, being economical, decided to
put It to good use instead Of purchas-
ing a new set for her new home. She
decided on a new color scheme, and
being Of an artistic turn Of mind she
decided not to have the usual whibe
cream or gray. but a dull black. At
6rst she thought the black would DO
too somber, but when she had worked
out the whole color scheme Of the
room she decided this dark touch
would be unique and stunning.
The walls Of the bedroom were hung
with q cream paper with q deep border
Of ros The carpet, was also Of the
rose. With the aid Of q painter she
covered the bed. bureau. dressing t.
bic and two chairs with q coat Of dull
black, which looked very much like
japanese lacquer. After this VA
done she searched the shops for IN
original pattern In chintz, q that had
black background with q touch of rose
In It. Her selection wa q futurist de-
sign. With baskets Of fruit upon q
black and white background.
She cut a piece the exact size Of tho
bed board and pasted this dat On to the
wood. leaving a rim Of the black
lacquer around the edge. Black cot
ton braid matching tho chintg In d.
sign was pasted dat around tho chints
panel. The board at tho bottom of tho
bed was treated In the same manner.
This gave tho bed q decidedly up b
date air and was q most novel way
of dressing up old furniture.
The dresser was treated In much tho
same manner. only the chints was not
pasted on tho nat surface. It was
simply laid on tho dresser and over 1t
a large piece Of glass VA placed, such
as any giazier will cut for you 1t q
small price. The chints braid was
pasted on to the edge Of the glass.
framing It, as It were. @
The old upholstery on the chairs was
covered with the chintz, being lacked
down with white enamel tacks. A
lamp with a bell shaped chint1 shade
| completed the fittings Of the room.
The whole cost only $40. and the
result was a new and up to date bed
| room suit Of which any girl Of artistic
| inclinations might we'll be proud. The
| black furniture against the background
| Of cream and rose walls was not In
| the least somber.
Washing White Silk.
White silk need never no cloano6