Principles of home decoration, with practical examples . t is kneadedinto every article of furniture. It isthe daily bread of art to which weare all entitled, and which can makea small country home, or a smaller 188 PRINCIPLES OF HOME DECORATION city apartment, as enjoyable and ele-vating as if it were filled with theluxuries of art. But one may say, It requiresknowledge to do this; much knowl-edge in the selection of the compara-tively few things which are to makeup such an interior, and that istrue—and the knowledge is to beproved every time we come to thetest of buying. Yet it is a curiousf
Principles of home decoration, with practical examples . t is kneadedinto every article of furniture. It isthe daily bread of art to which weare all entitled, and which can makea small country home, or a smaller 188 PRINCIPLES OF HOME DECORATION city apartment, as enjoyable and ele-vating as if it were filled with theluxuries of art. But one may say, It requiresknowledge to do this; much knowl-edge in the selection of the compara-tively few things which are to makeup such an interior, and that istrue—and the knowledge is to beproved every time we come to thetest of buying. Yet it is a curiousfact that the really good thing, thething which is good in art as well asconstruction, will inevitably be chosenby an intelligent buyer, instead ofthe thing which is bad in art and inconstruction. Fortunately, one cansee good examples in the shops ofto-day, where twenty years ago atbest only honest and respectable fur-niture was on exhibition. One mustrely somewhat on the character ofthe places from which one buys,and not expect good styles and relia-. < asO z o a < H O u id o o a! o z z < az < o ai .ORK ,;ary :J FURNITURE 189 ble manufacture where commercialsuccess is the dominant note of thebusiness. In truth the careful buyeris not so apt to fail in quality as inharmony, because grade as well asstyle in different articles and manu-factures is to be considered. Whatis perfectly good in one grade ofmanufacture will not be in harmonywith a higher or lower grade inanother. Just as we choose ourgrade of floor-covering from ingrainto Aubusson, we must choose thegrade of other furnishings. Even aninexperienced buyer would be apt tofeel this, and would know that if ^hefound a simple ingrain-filling appro-priate to a bed-chamber, maple orenamelled furniture would belong toit, instead of more costly inlaid orcarved pieces. It may be well to reiterate the factthat the predominant use of each roomin a house gives the clew to the best 190 PRINCIPLES OF HOME DECORATION rules
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