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- one side is this window adorned
- one side of the fire-place is a lounge made as illus trated by fig
- six chairs bought unpainted
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the lowest point greatly improves the appearance of the entire curtain.
The curtains can be made of plain white muslin, or some of the many styles that come for this purpose. If plain inus- lin is used, you can ornament them with hems an inch in width, in which insert a strip of gingham or chambray of the same color as your chintz. This will wash with the curtains without losing its color, or, should it fade, it can easily be drawn out and replaced.
The influence of white-muslin curtains in giving an air of grace and elegance to a room is astonishing. White cur tains really create a room out of nothing. No matter how coarse the muslin, so it be white and hang in graceful folds, there is a charm in it that supplies the want of multitudes of other things.
The following is a sketch of a most attractive parlor, the owners being persons of taste and culture, and visited by the most .wealthy and refined class, who are always delighted with its light, comfort, and beauty. In this parlor is the window, Fig. 40, page 192, with its lambrequins, and the win dow covered with flowers and greens, Fig. 41.
A straw matting, used six years, and still good.
Cheap drab-colored rugs, bordered with green, in front of the fire and under the centre-table. The cheap wall-paper istlrab and green, witli heavy green border for cornice. On one side is this window adorned with creepers, brackets with flower-pots, and hanging-baskets, as at Fig. 41, page 193. The other (see Fig. 40) window has lambrequins made of an old green worsted dress lined with coarse unbleached cotton trimmed with green gimp, and the tassels home-made from remnants of the old green dress. Cheap white lace with broad hems, in which strips of the green dress are drawn, complete the window outfit.
On one side of the fire-place is a lounge made as illus trated by Fig. 16, page 139; and ottomans around are also made as illustrated in the same chapter. All are covered with drab cotton cloth, and trimmed with green.
Six chairs bought unpainted, and by the mistress of the house painted drab and green. Chromos and engravings in