House Furnishing and Decorating
House Furnishing and Decorating
It has a moral and social as well as an economic side. The relation is very close between the character, or at least the reputation, of men…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Hence
Hence there is no reason why any family, whether in the city or the country, cannot furnish their home in a thoroughly modern way that will…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Wall
The last method is much more generally used than formerly. Wall papers are cheaper but less durable than cloth. Suitable tints and stains…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Ceilings
Ceilings. Various desirable effects may be produced in wall coverings by the treatment of the ceiling. Low rooms may be given an effect of…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Axminster
Chenille Axminster is an imported carpet, consisting of worsted chenille woven in strips upon a jute backing.
House Furnishing and Decorating: Oilcloth
Oilcloth consists of a foundation of burlap covered with a number of coatings of coarse paint. The pattern is printed on the surface with…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Floor
Use of Floor Coverings. -Floor coverings doubtless originated in the use by our primitive ancestors of the skins of animals as rugs, and…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Hard-wood
Hard-wood floors may be laid under certain conditions over old floors, and be all the better for having another flooring beneath them, but…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Afterwards
Soluble Glass for Floors. -Instead of the old-fashioned method of using wax for polished floors, etc., soluble glass is now employed to…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Rugs
The great advantage offered by the bare wood or a smooth surface such as linoleum is that it can be readily kept clean and free from dust…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Denim
Denim.-Denim is perhaps the most generally popular floor covering as a background for rugs when cost is taken into account. But it is not…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Carpet
Rag Carpet.-This is the cheapest carpet of all and can readily be made on a hand loom at home. It makes a thick and serviceable covering…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Rags
Carpet Rags. The contents of the rag bag should be first picked over, and rags intended to be used as carpet rags should be washed and…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Carpets
To Cut Carpets. - Before cutting a new carpet, unroll a little more than twice the length of the room, double this in the middle so that…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Matting
Straw Matting.-When purchasing straw matting it is advisable to buy the best grade of fine white or unfigured matting for all rooms alike…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Curtains
Curtains for French windows should be arranged with cords and pulleys so as to be brought out of the way when the windows are opened, or…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Shades
Window Shades. -A double set of window shades-an inner dark shade to harmonize with the color scheme of the room, and an outer white…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Table
Center Table. - Have a low center table, with a reading lamp or a hanging lamp suspended over it, drawn out from the wall, and covered with…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Chairs
Chairs. Select chairs as other furniture for simplicity and durability, and avoid complicated affairs such as the patent rockers, carved or…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Care
Care of Piano. To keep the piano or organ in good condition, arrange to have the atmosphere of the room dry, but not too dry, and at a…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Pictures
To Hang Pictures. -Do not make the common mistake of hanging pictures above the line of sight, so as to make it necessary to strain the…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Suspend
Suspend large and heavy pictures from a picture molding which may be as near to the ceiling as possible On a Level with the Eyes." to give…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Ordinary
Ordinary woven picture wire is now inexpensive and can be used again and again. It not only looks better but is safer than cord. Ordinary…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Ventilate
When to Ventilate. - It is a sure indication that, when the air in a room seems close and has a musty odor to a person coming in from…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Porch
Sleeping Porch.-In the vicinity of the great sanitariums where sleeping out of doors has been proved to be a cure for consumption and other…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Beds
Beds. Iron or brass beds fitted with woven wire or other suitable wire springs are to be preferred. The iron beds in white enamel harmonize…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Mattresses
Mattresses. - The bed should not be softer than is necessary for comfort, and the surface should be smooth and nearly level. Feather beds…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Feather
Use of Feather Beds. - Formerly feather beds were much-valued luxuries, and the possession of a store of them was a matter of family pride.
House Furnishing and Decorating: Pillows
Feathers for Beds and Pillows. - The best feathers for this purpose are live geese feathers or other feathers plucked from the live birds…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Sheets
Sheets.-Linen is, of course, the best material for sheeting, for comfort, appearance, and durability, but cotton sheeting is more commonly…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Kitchen
Color for Kitchen. -Try to make the kitchen a room in harmonizing tints by painting or tinting the walls in light greens and the floor in…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Hang
Hang from the cleat against the wall a board of any desired size, say 16 by 24, which may be of weathered oak or any hard-wood stuff…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Shelves
Pantry Shelves. -Paint the pantry shelves white, or cover them with a coat of white enamel. Wash the shelves with cold water as soon as the…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Paper
Paper Bags. These are not only convenient to wrap up articles, but are especially useful to polish stoves and lamp chimneys, to wipe up…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Spread
Newspapers. - Spread clean newspapers under the carpet, especially if the floor is rough. They make a smooth surface, prevent wear, and…
House Furnishing and Decorating: Cans
Tin Cans. - Lard, kerosene, and other oils are sold in various parts of the country in five-gallon cans. These can be obtained from the…