Our homes, and how to beautify them . tral covering without anydesign, which may be in distemper or paint, canvas or paper. Even distemper,in a warm neutral tone, is not to be despised as a background, especially for oldprints in black and gold frames. The furniture, of course, would have to be inkeeping—old oak for choice, with cane-bottomed chairs and a high shelf below afrieze, ornamented with pieces of Ijlue and white pottery. Distemper under theseconditions is full of a certain severe charm, but it is only suitable for one or twoof the rooms, and even then it demands the pictorial and cer
Our homes, and how to beautify them . tral covering without anydesign, which may be in distemper or paint, canvas or paper. Even distemper,in a warm neutral tone, is not to be despised as a background, especially for oldprints in black and gold frames. The furniture, of course, would have to be inkeeping—old oak for choice, with cane-bottomed chairs and a high shelf below afrieze, ornamented with pieces of Ijlue and white pottery. Distemper under theseconditions is full of a certain severe charm, but it is only suitable for one or twoof the rooms, and even then it demands the pictorial and ceramic relief PLAIN CANVAS BACKGROUNDS. A NOTflER effective wall-covering in one colour is made with canvas, evenly and uniformly tacked on to battens. It is warmer to the eye than dis- temj)er, but to prevent a monotonous surface it should be used in conjunction with a high dark-coloured wainscotting, or failing that witli a deep frieze. If witli a frieze, this should be of a contrasting colour, and separated from tlie can\as by a \.
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