Household Art And Taste
Household Art And Taste
1. BEAUTIFYING THE HOME. - II. FURNISHING THE HOUSE. - III. THE PARLOR FURNITURE. - IV.
Ornamented Chimney Pieces In Wood
I. Beautifying the Home. HEN a man builds a house his first duty, after the family is comfortably settled, should be to make the…
Carpets and Bedding
Never buy a flimsy carpet at any price. Do without until good ones can be purchased. If you can buy a good Brussels, with the pile dense…
Hygiene of Bedding
The system, so prevalent in America, of sleeping on feathers, and of placing two or more in a bed together, cannot be too strongly…
Glass Case For House-Plants
The Pictures. The pictures, whether oil, water-color, good chromos, prints or photographs, should correspond to the condition of the owner…
The Curtains
Curtains are pleasant things to have in every window of the house. They temper the light, keep out cold drafts, prevent the direct rays of…
The Parlor Carpet
The parlor should, of course, have the best carpet in the house. In rooms of ordinary size avoid large figures. They cause a carpet to cut…
House-Plants, etc
Flowers and plants are in order everywhere, inside the house and out. The parlor, however, unless it be the living-room also, is not the…
Aquarium
may, with proper care, be freely rolled along a carpet from one room to another. IV. The Dining-Room. THE dining-room requires little…
Walking Ferns
be pardoned any reasonable expense that will add to the real comfort of the family.
What Taste may do
The dining-room is an excellent place to display taste, and this is especially the case if it be also used as the living-room. Let some of…
Window-Plants In Dining-Room
well lighted and cheerful, especially so when also used as the living-room, Break the glare of the sun, when necessary, with curtains. The…
Towel Rack
Every kitchen should be provided with a filter for water, especially where rainwater is used for drinking, as is the case in many…
Carpet Stretcher
First of all, the carpet must be cut into suitable lengths for the room, allowing for the proper matching of the breadths. It is then sewn…
Kalsomine Brush
your walls of a uniform tint. So far as paints are concerned, they may be bought ready mixed and of any color. Graining and ornamental…
Whitewashing
Whitewash of lime is now seldom used for covering inside walls. There is no reason why it should not be. If properly made, it covers a…
Recipe for Whitewash
One of the best washes we have ever used is made thus: To so much water as will fill a barrel to the depth of two inches add one-half…
Colored Washes
To make the above a cream-color, add yellow ochre until the desired shade is reached. For fawn-color, add four pounds of umber to one pound…
Floor Brush
Not every person knows how to sweep clean without raising a great dust. If in sweeping you carry the broom, in its stroke, beyond you, it…
The Parlor And Library
L. THE ROOMS FOR COMPANY. IX. GUESTS OF THE HOUSE. - III. ETIQUETTE OF THE PARLOR. IV.
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XII. A ROCKING CHAIR. XIII. A PRACTICAL FAMILY. - XIV. INGENIOUS AND USE-
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I. The Rooms for Company. HE Parlor. The apartment where guests are received may be one of the parlors, the reception-room, or the library…
The Library
The library should be solidly furnished, and contain, besides the bookcases, writing table and desk, easy chairs, lounges, sofas, etc. The…