DOI Heft:
No. 142 (December, 1908)
DOI Artikel:The little house: its possibilities and its charms
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28256#0243
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The accompRnying iiiustra.tions show excelient
types of rooms, which may be regarded as models
oftheirkind.
The simplicity of the decorative treatment and
httings of the Colonial iiving-room furnishes an
example of the beauty of restraint. The abso-
lutely plain detail of the standing woodwork, the
waii covering of neutrai-tinted Japanese grass cioth
and the strength of color and design dispiayed
in the chintz window draperies, together with the
softiy toned Orientai rugs upon the Boor, form a
perfect setting for the very choice pieces of oid
mahogany furniture. The total absence of bric-a-
brac and unnecessary ornament proves the designer
of this room to be a true exponent of Wiiliam
Morris's creed, which i-s our Society motto: "Have
nothing in your houses that you do not know to
be useful or beiieve to be beautifui."
The contrast offered in the architecturai detail
and furnishing of the other equaily attractive iiving
room wiii be realized at once. Here the motif of
" simple undecorated surfaces " is established by the
standing woodwork, which in its color has achieved
the natural soft gray that only long exposure to
weather can effect. The finish is entirely dull.
Where the home must be furnished, as is often
the case, within a certain price limitation, careful
study of such rooms as we shall offer from time to
time will be useful in determining the general
scheme for other rooms, though it may be necessary
to purchase less expensive materials. One-toned
paper of good color may be substituted for grass
cloth; cotton prints of domestic weave may re-
place the English taffeta, or chintz and the French
cretonnes. If care be taken in the selection of
color and design, as best fitting the room and its
other furnishings, the finished effect will be quite
as harmonious and livable as when more costly
fabric and furniture are used.
The Department of Correspondence of our So-
ciety is inaugurated to supply expert and practical
assistance to the home maker. It is hoped that
our members will write fully to us, stating clearly
any difhculties they may have in finishing, decora-
ting or furnishing their homes. A rough draft of
the floor plan, giving exposure of the rooms and
showing their relative positions, will enable us to
give the desired assistance. Letters of general
interest, together with the replies, will be published,
unless the writer requests otherwise.
DINING-ROOM IN A REMODELED HOUSE
WAINSCOT OE ASH STAINED DULL GREEN
LXII
The accompRnying iiiustra.tions show excelient
types of rooms, which may be regarded as models
oftheirkind.
The simplicity of the decorative treatment and
httings of the Colonial iiving-room furnishes an
example of the beauty of restraint. The abso-
lutely plain detail of the standing woodwork, the
waii covering of neutrai-tinted Japanese grass cioth
and the strength of color and design dispiayed
in the chintz window draperies, together with the
softiy toned Orientai rugs upon the Boor, form a
perfect setting for the very choice pieces of oid
mahogany furniture. The total absence of bric-a-
brac and unnecessary ornament proves the designer
of this room to be a true exponent of Wiiliam
Morris's creed, which i-s our Society motto: "Have
nothing in your houses that you do not know to
be useful or beiieve to be beautifui."
The contrast offered in the architecturai detail
and furnishing of the other equaily attractive iiving
room wiii be realized at once. Here the motif of
" simple undecorated surfaces " is established by the
standing woodwork, which in its color has achieved
the natural soft gray that only long exposure to
weather can effect. The finish is entirely dull.
Where the home must be furnished, as is often
the case, within a certain price limitation, careful
study of such rooms as we shall offer from time to
time will be useful in determining the general
scheme for other rooms, though it may be necessary
to purchase less expensive materials. One-toned
paper of good color may be substituted for grass
cloth; cotton prints of domestic weave may re-
place the English taffeta, or chintz and the French
cretonnes. If care be taken in the selection of
color and design, as best fitting the room and its
other furnishings, the finished effect will be quite
as harmonious and livable as when more costly
fabric and furniture are used.
The Department of Correspondence of our So-
ciety is inaugurated to supply expert and practical
assistance to the home maker. It is hoped that
our members will write fully to us, stating clearly
any difhculties they may have in finishing, decora-
ting or furnishing their homes. A rough draft of
the floor plan, giving exposure of the rooms and
showing their relative positions, will enable us to
give the desired assistance. Letters of general
interest, together with the replies, will be published,
unless the writer requests otherwise.
DINING-ROOM IN A REMODELED HOUSE
WAINSCOT OE ASH STAINED DULL GREEN
LXII