. Country life reader . Choose furniture which is simple in design. like to look at it, it would be better to frame it as a pic-ture, but what possible excuse is there for it on a sofapillow? The cover cannot be cleaned, and one wouldhesitate to settle down for. a nap on anything so gaudy. 314 COUNTRY LIFE READER Here are several that are much better—the border orna-ment on this does not interfere with the comfortable useof the cushion, and the cover is of linen, which can bewashed any number of times. But are you growing tired of our visit ? Just before you. The lamp on the right is of little
. Country life reader . Choose furniture which is simple in design. like to look at it, it would be better to frame it as a pic-ture, but what possible excuse is there for it on a sofapillow? The cover cannot be cleaned, and one wouldhesitate to settle down for. a nap on anything so gaudy. 314 COUNTRY LIFE READER Here are several that are much better—the border orna-ment on this does not interfere with the comfortable useof the cushion, and the cover is of linen, which can bewashed any number of times. But are you growing tired of our visit ? Just before you. The lamp on the right is of little practical use. go, I want you to look at the lamp on this little table,and then at the one by the book-case. You see there isa great difference. In this one, notice how dusty theshade is with all its ruffles; and then, too, the cheap decora-tion of the bowl makes it difficult to keep clean. Itsouthnes are in poor proportion, and the whole affair is tooshowy for practical use. But the other lamp has plainmaterials, the base is comfortably large, and the wide-spreading shade sends a splendid Hght over the table. I suppose the reason that we find in the same roomarticles so totally different as these two lamps, is that thefurnishings have been bought at long intervals, just when A BETTER HOUSE 315 the owner could afford something new. There is no reasonwhy a room furnished gradually, one piece at a time,should not be as beautiful as one completely furnishedat the outset. But to do it successfully we must plan ourroom beforehand and know how we wish it
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