Our homes, and how to beautify them . om, it cannot be usefully taken down and re-erected elsewhereunless the measurements and shape of the second room are identical with thoseof the first. But in the case of the man who owns the house in which he lives,there is no such hindrance to the adoption of permanent fitment furniture. It iscapable of indicating a .strong note of snugness and refinement. The rectangular OUR HOMES, severity of the room is softened by the corner fitment for the washstand, andbookshelves forming part of the structure convey, when they are filled withbooks, the suggestion
Our homes, and how to beautify them . om, it cannot be usefully taken down and re-erected elsewhereunless the measurements and shape of the second room are identical with thoseof the first. But in the case of the man who owns the house in which he lives,there is no such hindrance to the adoption of permanent fitment furniture. It iscapable of indicating a .strong note of snugness and refinement. The rectangular OUR HOMES, severity of the room is softened by the corner fitment for the washstand, andbookshelves forming part of the structure convey, when they are filled withbooks, the suggestion of leisure and quietude which are pre-eminently thecharacteristics of a bedroom in a well-appointed house. Until recently thesefitted rooms were beyond the reach of all but the very well off, but thanks toimprovements in machinery, and the consequent cheapening of good panelling, itis now possible to get a moderately sized bedroom fitted in white wood, or plainoak or ash, with a neat wood mantel-piece and tiled grate, artistic wooden. IN(il,E NOOK OF bedstead, and chest of drawers for about ^70 or £fio, which includes the friezeand other wall decoration, the window curtains, carpet, hearthrug, ware, andornaments. INTERESTING EXAMPLES OF FITTED BEDROOMS. A most charming and effective little apartment, which by virtue of ingenious fitments gets plent) of floor space, ma) be more particularly described. The colour of this bedroom is as fresh and as gay as that of a piece ot 22s
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