shape with the shade. Broad ba.sc,s or lieavy bowU give stability
to the design of a lamp. Metal and pottery are eminently suit*
able materiuls for lamp standards. The height of the lamp and
the flare of the shade should Ix* related to the space that is to
be lighted. Tall lamps with !>road flaring shades illuminate
a large circle, while low lamps and snug shades confine the
Ught to small are^is (Fig. 30),
In general, warm or yellowish tones for shades are more
genial and more in keeping with the idea of lij^ht than are cool
colors; they are also more becoming. Paper or parchment and
Fio. 30.— <jood types of lamps witli subdia^tml ba^iefl and attractive shadea
that &re serviceable m use.
fabrics are leas stiff in material and more flexible in color scheme
than are glass and metal for shades. C'omplex shapes and
milhnery treatment for shades should be avoided.
The waste-basket serves a humble but important use* It
should be so made as to stand hnnly, conceal its contents, and
be unobtrusive in color and design.
Sofa pillows are valuable if they are useful. Plain or figured
materials of agreeable texture, harmonizing with the general
coloring of the room^ arc more decorative than those elaborately
made.
The much -abused tidy has in a few cases a real use in pro-
tecting the backs of upholstered chairs from the hair; it should
be trim in outline, of washable material, of inconspicuous color,
and fastened securely in place.
92
^t MANUAL OF HOME-MAKING
Merc curiasities giiould be kept in a closed cabinet or
museum.
ARRANGEMENT OP FURNISHINGS (FIOS. 31-33)
The character of every room should be obvious at the momenF
of entrance. It shouJd be ininiediately evident whether the
rmim in question is used for a family gathering room, for literary"
or social pursuits, a playroom, or a workroom. All parts of
the room should contribute to this simpkj and sustained im-
pression. It is for the moment a complete picture in which no
one object comjx'ls undue attention because of conspicuous
size, color, or decoration. Unity is the whole idea.
The contents of the room should show first of all, orderliness
of arrangement. The distribution of the furnishings should
be adjusted to the struct oral lines of the room; rugs parallel
with the walls of the room, dra|)eries hanging in straight folds
in rectangular openings, tablea, couches, bookcases, beds,
bureaus, and dressers following and fitting the available wall
spaces. Pictures, sinfi;Ie or ^ouped, arranged with threct
relation to the furniture and to a conlinuous line of a given
height, table runners and books straight with the library table,
square lunch cloths and doilies straight with the edges of the
dining*tal>le, — all are manife^stations of order in arrangement*
Diagonal lines iiitroiluced l>y curtains loo]>ed l>ack, rugs askew
on the Boor, furniture placed across the corners, or at oblique
angles to the wall, pictures hanging in steps, set at defiance the
rectangular lines of the room and disturb tlie sense of order.
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shape with the shade. Broad ba.sc,s or lieavy bowU give stability
to the design of a lamp. Metal and pottery are eminently suit*
able materiuls for lamp standards. The height of the lamp and
the flare of the shade should Ix* related to the space that is to
be lighted. Tall lamps with !>road flaring shades illuminate
a large circle, while low lamps and snug shades confine the
Ught to small are^is (Fig. 30),
In general, warm or yellowish tones for shades are more
genial and more in keeping with the idea of lij^ht than are cool
colors; they are also more becoming. Paper or parchment and
Fio. 30.— <jood types of lamps witli subdia^tml ba^iefl and attractive shadea
that &re serviceable m use.
fabrics are leas stiff in material and more flexible in color scheme
than are glass and metal for shades. C'omplex shapes and
milhnery treatment for shades should be avoided.
The waste-basket serves a humble but important use* It
should be so made as to stand hnnly, conceal its contents, and
be unobtrusive in color and design.
Sofa pillows are valuable if they are useful. Plain or figured
materials of agreeable texture, harmonizing with the general
coloring of the room^ arc more decorative than those elaborately
made.
The much -abused tidy has in a few cases a real use in pro-
tecting the backs of upholstered chairs from the hair; it should
be trim in outline, of washable material, of inconspicuous color,
and fastened securely in place.
92
^t MANUAL OF HOME-MAKING
Merc curiasities giiould be kept in a closed cabinet or
museum.
ARRANGEMENT OP FURNISHINGS (FIOS. 31-33)
The character of every room should be obvious at the momenF
of entrance. It shouJd be ininiediately evident whether the
rmim in question is used for a family gathering room, for literary"
or social pursuits, a playroom, or a workroom. All parts of
the room should contribute to this simpkj and sustained im-
pression. It is for the moment a complete picture in which no
one object comjx'ls undue attention because of conspicuous
size, color, or decoration. Unity is the whole idea.
The contents of the room should show first of all, orderliness
of arrangement. The distribution of the furnishings should
be adjusted to the struct oral lines of the room; rugs parallel
with the walls of the room, dra|)eries hanging in straight folds
in rectangular openings, tablea, couches, bookcases, beds,
bureaus, and dressers following and fitting the available wall
spaces. Pictures, sinfi;Ie or ^ouped, arranged with threct
relation to the furniture and to a conlinuous line of a given
height, table runners and books straight with the library table,
square lunch cloths and doilies straight with the edges of the
dining*tal>le, — all are manife^stations of order in arrangement*
Diagonal lines iiitroiluced l>y curtains loo]>ed l>ack, rugs askew
on the Boor, furniture placed across the corners, or at oblique
angles to the wall, pictures hanging in steps, set at defiance the
rectangular lines of the room and disturb tlie sense of order.