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Show TO BRIGHTEN ROOM PAPER AND FURNISHINGS OF MOMENT.. , Writer's Idea Which Is at Once Original Orig-inal and Harmonious Inexpensive Scheme for Pretty and' Appropriate Ap-propriate Decorations. A letter from Mrs. S. J. D. asks my advlco In tho matter of furnishing a room, sho says; "Plcaso tell mo how I can chango a room which Is meant for a dining-room Into a cheerful waiting room, lending Into a physician's ofllcc. "Tho room at present Is In dark rod tapestry papor, Is panclpd In brown oak and has a aholf about threo foot from tho colling. "Tho ofllco has a deep yollow cartridge paper and mahogany stained woodwork. "Thoro Is another room papered In light pink nnd cream color, which shows from this old dining-room and I supposo this should blond with tho other two rooms." I will glvo you a schema for this room which may startlo you by Its originality, but I assuro you, you will find It effective and thoroughly harmonious. har-monious. I would adviso you to uso blue dark rich blue with your rod walls. Having covered my floor with crimson crim-son wool terry at GO cents a yard, I laid on It two of theso Indlnn rugs, nnd Hung my windows daringly with bluo and whlto Japaucso crcpo. The clear, bluo figures of tho cropo on a whlto ground showed delightfully against tho crimson walls. Against ono wall I placed a wooden cot and mattress for which I paid eight dollars. I covered this with dark bluo denim, making a box-pleated val- nnco of tho donlm to Just' oscapo tho floor. I paid an upholsterer n dollar each for two hugo pillows two and a hnlf fcot square and six Inches thick, to set flat against tho wnll at tho back of tho couch; thoso pillows woro Btuffcd with cxcolslor and cotton wool, wero mado with square edges and woro covered cov-ered with th'i) bluo donlm. I could havo mado them myself for a trlllo less money, but I prefcrrod to economize In somo other direction as. stylo nnd finish of this couch (which .could upon occasion bo used as a bod) depended upon Its cushions. In front of theso stiff and formal pillows pil-lows I placed two small, soft ones, covered with bluo nnd whlto cropo. Tho suggestion of this crcpo was beautifully car-led out In somo bluo nnd whlto china with which I decorated deco-rated tho wall. At tho end of tho room facing tho windows I hung a china cabinet of slmplo dark wood, In fact I may confess con-fess thnt I manufactured this cablnot from nn old crate, rubbing it down with sandpaper and painting It black. From a row of small brass hooks I hung somo oxtrcmoly offcctlvo delft bluo cups; thoro woro also some plates and saucors ,and somo very pretty llttlo llt-tlo windmill pltchors. This cabinet was pronounced a great s icccss and balanced the bluo and rh o effect at tho other ond of tho room finely. I also covered a largo stuffed chair "I tli bluo donlm nnd placed It bc3lde tho dark Wood tablo which hold a blue and whlto vaso, and a brass candol-brum candol-brum (carrying whlto wnx candles) as woll as books and magazines. A largo Chinese Jnrdlnlcro of blue and whlto porcolain which held a fern by tho window was my ono extravagance. extrava-gance. I hesitated about buying It but It seemed so eminently fitted for the placo It filled that I havo not re-grottcd re-grottcd purchasing it. Chicago Inter Ocean. |
