Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-31
New Porch Furniture
Hits Patriotic Note
With National CoIors
South American
And Howoiiun Influence
Also Are Noticeable

With the first warm summer days
mpatlence to put porch and ter
race in readiness for summer COM
fort is in the air. Screens are re-
finished, the porch floor scrubbed,
painted and rewaxed and outdoor
furniture brought out of storage
and reprinted for the coming sea-
son OF wear. A compelling urge bids
us turn toward furniture shops. not
only for requirements or addition
to our porch and garden furnish
hgs but also to seek new ideas
whereby to decorate what we al
ready have.
This years news from porch fur
niture markets puts emphasis on
the combination OF utility and
beauty that is streamlined And
like so much of the current furni-
ture in general porch furniture is
going patriotic. Much of it appears
in red, white and blue color schemes,
trimmed with patriotic motifs. Sec
ond only to this note of patriotism,
designed to distinguish the 1941
terrace and garden, is the South
American influence. In high-style
pieces, however, the Hawaiian in
fuence is particularly pronounced.
There are many innovations in
this new furniture. The gliders are
equipped with shelves to accommo-
date glasses and accessories and
there are built-in ash trays and
other unitarian features. Incl
dentally, increased emphasis is
placed on gliders with springs built
into the back to make them ad-
Unstable as beds.
Barbecue Ensembles.
Americas acceptance of the bar
becue as a popular form of outdoor
entertainment is evidenced by the
many barbecue ensembles with ia
bles and benches, featured at furni-
ture shows. Furniture on wheels
for easy transportation from place
to place-also holds important rank.
Although the South American and
Hawaiian influence is interpreted
largely through the riotouS colorS of
fabric against their pastel painted
framework, the patriotic note is
sounded through the medium of
both fabric and enameled frames.
And as the smartest new 1941 all
metal furniture is finished in excep-
tionally durable enamel these pieces
may be left outdoors at the mercy
Of the elements with IMMUNITY.
Iron furniture appears in Swedish
eunmetal, black and gold and in
dusty pink enamel. The new picked
pine finish for rattan furniture is
taking an eminent place-especially
IN one of the largest New York
shops. WaXed rattan is also very
prominent. For those who do not
like anything that smacks of nov
city, colors that are fresh but not
foreign to their surroundings will
find favor. Tawny earth shades are
popular, discreetly but colorfully
accented to give cheerfulness The
colors you choose for your terrace
should emphasize rather than con-
f1ict with the beauties of your gar
den. Besides the popular exotic
flower pattern, corduroy in exciting
new shades appears on porch fur
niture upholstery, as well as on all
other types of furniture, though it
Is not, of course, waterproof.
Clean Up Rust Spots.
Before repainting metal furniture
all rust spots must be removed.
Either sandpaper or steel wool may
be used for this. Any rust that is
neglected will keep on eating into
the metal, even under the new coat
of paint. Touch up these cleaned
spots carefully with red lead or with
the paint you plan to use for the
finishing coat. Allow to dry thor
oughly before applying the final
coating. Exterior enamel is recon-
mended for outdoor furniture. A
little spar varnish added to the
enamel increases its durability. For
wicker pieces kept in natural finish
one or two coats of good spar var
nish is used. The same finish is
applied to wood kept in natural
color or finished with one of the
many kinds of varnish stains.
When painting wicker or reed
furniture the enamel must be
brushed out thoroughly and not
allowed to collect thickly in crevices-
Spraying paint on is simpler than
brushing it on in some circum-
stances, and especially when coat
ing wicker furniture. The sprayer
attachment of your vacuum cleaner
may be used for this operation. Thin