The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-06-10


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Porch furnishings cost what one
wishes to pay for them. A few dol
lars well expended will fix up mod
est veranda very attractively; and if
one desires to spend hundreds Of dol
lars there are plenty of luxurious
furnishings to select from. If the
porch is an open one, hard to shelter
in sudden summer storms, and if
there is only one servant in the house
who has little time to fold rugs, turn
| chairs backward and take down ham,
mocks, when shower comes up, the
porch furnishings should be of a
kind that will not be ruined by sud-
den wettings. In a deep, sheltered
veranda where rain does not pene-
trate except in unusual storms, hand
some rugs and expensive wicker fur
niture are possible, and the gay lit
tie vases and lamps that in a more
exposed veranda would be toppled
over by the sudden wind storm pre-
ceding thunder shower.
The fibre-rush chair and settees are
not expensive and are very durable,
standing the weather better than the
more dainty wicker articles. Cush-
ions may be of blue or green denim
or turkey red cotton, or Of the excel |
lent striped linen canvas which oc-
casional wettings will not iarma The |
wicker, with cretonne cushions, is of |
course, the luxurious ideal for
Well-furnished porch and the deeper
and more roomy the chairs, the more
delightful the effect of lazy comfort
for summer days. Porch rockers have
not the vogue they used to have.
Smart people no longer rock on the
porch; they lounge. 1t is much more
restful to recline in a deep, cushioned
chair than to rock violently in an
old-style porch rocker in which one
had to keep rocking, or else pitch for
ward and brace on ones toes. Rock
Ing chairs, besides, clutter up a small
space; ankle bones are apt to be
hurt by the extending rockers, and
such chairs are forever being dragged
about instead of left in one place as
big roomy chair is. This makes a
to the housewife who is
Strengthening up the out
door living room which 80 soon be-
comes disorderly. with many people
passing in and out and lingering for
a few moments.
Rugs and cretonnes give decided
tone" to the outdoor living room and
supplement- the delightful chairs and
low, convenient tables. The new fibre
rugs for porch use are in beautiful
some of them are almost
Is rich in color as Oriental rug pat
erns. Do not make the mistake of
having porch rugs too small. The
more they cover the floor space, the
more luxurious will be the effect, and
wen the large rugs are moderate in
rice. Porch furniture is always
moved about more than indoor furni-
ure and small rugs are continually
icing turned up at the edges or rum
lied by the moving of chairs and
ables. Have one good sized rug that
will cover almost all the floor space
ather than several small rugs scat
cred about.
The best cretonnes for the porch
re those in rich, strong colors.
inks and lavenders, lovely in the
ed room, soon fade in the outdoor
wing room and faded out cretonne !,
intolerable. Choose preferably one !
the gorgeous Chinese patterns a,
18th woodland scenes printed on a -,
lack ground; or grotesque Chinese -
CURES or peacocks in cream panels y =,
n a ground of blue, black or mulber- =,
: stripes. Some of the new art eff -
cts in brilliant, strongly contracted !.
,lors are also excellent for the -
lie porch and the colors may be
'hoed by jars of flowers in season, pa
GLOW daisies, deep-toned roses. on
,lden-glow, SALIVA, golden-rod and pu
} on. The vases and jugs used for on
'wers should be chosen carefully, gu
cir colors repeating the colors in an
e porch cretonnes. liv