San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
FURNITURE
l FTEN LIKE
i OLD FRIEND
Irresistible Warmth of
Feeling About English
Colonial.
HOMES MORE COZY
Furniture That Brings
Charm Is Now Most
Sought After.
HOMES MORE COZY

pnOSeQ INTO OenSntlul dining room
possessing every necessary convent
once and with many of the nice
things that bring charm and good
taste into such a room.
The demand of these progressive
times, coupled with the housing con-
ditions, have caused furniture manu-
facturers TO meet the space require
ments Of the apartment or small home
jewellers with adaptable furnishings
without sacrificing any of the beauty,
form or usefulness of any Of the
pieces while gaining that end.
Delightful combinations can be eff
fected along suite lines that result
in charming effects for the home, the
unmatched pieces seeming TO natural
ly adjust themselves into a pleasing
ensemble although no two pieces OF
the furniture are alike in design. This
seems TO emphasize the coy, home
like atmosphere which leaves a last
ing impression.
The public has been quick TO ap-
preciate this effort on the part OF
the furniture manufacturers TO make
the small home more attractive and
liveable and better homes have been
the result. This is probably on &C.
count Of the design of the furniture,
which is of the New England Colo
1nial type that calls up the tender as
.sociatiOns of the past and makes
zones mind revert to the pleasant
things in the days gone by.
Furniture Like Old Friend.
There is a warmth of feeling about
English Colonial furniture that is ir.
resistible. It's like an old friend,
whom after years Of separation you
are glad to welcome back.
When you enter a room furnished
with this type of furniture you have
feeling of immediate relaxation,
comfort and ease of mind.
Moved by the spell the pleasing
forms of the chairs, the table and
other pieces of furniture have cast,
you become retrospective. CHANGING
back in your memory, you recall one
of the pictures taken from the book
of life of your younger DAYS.
What fond recollections are brought
bark to view. The chairs. the fire
place, the old-fashioned curtains. the
mirror and easy chair and cabinet,
too.
Reminiscent of their earlier years.
those of the older generation would
find pleasure in associating nearly
all ot<fshe pieces in the unmatched
Uemble with those around which
they long ago formed cherished men,
ories.
Remember fathers and mothers
chairs at the old home table: One
was a high-backed Windsor, the other
-rush-bottomed seat for mother. 1t
was comfortable to sit in and easy to
get out of, when occasion required.
during the meal hour. Fathers chair
was a Windsor style, with graceful
arms supported by attractive spindles.
How you envied sitting in that chair
and let your fingers idly play along
The curved arms or up and down the
splndles. Just feeling of or sitting in
the chairs used by father or morner
brought great joy to you then. Now
II Is golden, cherished memory.
Your Own Chair.
Your own chair! How quickly you
discovered when it had been put at
the wrong place at the table. Not
pnul 1t was returned to you did you
5ee comfortable to enjoy your repast.
Itwas not selfishness, 1usr a yraiied
respect, through daily association. for
that chair, your particular chair. And
father or mother probably encouraged
Jon in that respect.
nearly all the chairs, in fact. all of
the furniture was unmatched pieces,
oifferlng In lines, yet somehow SO sins
har In motif as TO blend into a har-
monious grouping with such strong.
subtle Influence on your mind that
you now take great pleasure in this
room in q home. There comes a rp-
taxation, there is an absence Of stiff
ness and cold Formally, there is a
closeup feeling. real heart throb of
sincerity when you step into this
room.
Then, like now, you formed cher
ished associations with those comfort
able pieces of furniture; bonds not
unlike the ties that bind you today
to your nearest, dearest friends.
But custom changed things and
gradually it became the vogue to have
suites, the pieces matched in detail
throughout. The Windsor chair, the
Colonial armchair, the rush-bottomed
chair, the ancient cupboard. and even
the old-style clock whose "tick-tockr
was music to your ears, were rcle.
gated to the attic, sold or DISPOSED al
TO make room for the newer and later
things, matched en- suite. Fashion
aud public demand decreed this new
order of things.
Pendulum Swings Back.
But times pendulum is swingin,
back.
The old things, around which mr.,
woven so many fond and sacre,
memories. are returning. They ar,
made of the same antique shape an,
form but made to meet prcSent-da,
needs. They are of mahogany or wal
nut instead of hickory or maple: the,
are dull-finished. waxed or high-light
ed, according 10 the owners taste.
Look upon the illustration of sucl
living room. Your mind travel
back through the span of years Il
your earlier days. You welcome an,
nourish the thought that you woul,
like this very same room in your owl
home.
Fond memories are at work.
Before you are the duplicates q
the cherished old furniture modernized
The table bias the same peasingly
turned legs that you remember oil
gore. The attractive lamp with it.
slk shade, the book ends and the scar
are several Of the prcsent-day deco
rative touches that bring charm ant
delight into the home The two arm
chairs, not unlike those in the old
home pOssess warmth Of feeling. III.