Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1917 — BEST EFFECTS IN FURNITURE [ARTICLE]

BEST EFFECTS IN FURNITURE

Black and White. jn Artistic Deslgns Is Most Popular of Fashionable Furnishings. fad for black and white in interiors still rages. In its present form this fad.is a good one, for now that we 1 have passed the days of overdoing the black-and-white idea we have come upon some really charming effects. The rage for black has taught .us that dark furniture is often far more effective than light furniture. And that is something worth learning. There are places, of course, where dark furniture does not look well. But in u room of rather heterogeneous color aeberoe dark furniture is almost sure to look best. . So if you have on hand any old furniture, even of a dilapidated sort, darken it. Use brown or black stain, and with this stain turn the cherry bedside stand, the golden oak rocking ehair, the battered curly maple writing desk, the green-stained mission bureau and dressing table, the gray enameled , l>ed —turn them all into a dull, dark bedroom suite. Then place them in a ro< <m with mustard yellow or soft blue paper on the wails, with bright chintz or soft cream muslin hangings, and congratulate yourself on the result, which surely be a charming one. - It is really a very Interesting work, this painting and staining of furniture. And the fact that it does bring harmony out of a lack of it, that it does make old and worn furnlture a pleasant possibility, makes the work quite worth while. So get a can of dark oak or dark watiiut stain or of black paint or enamel and go io work to brtiig dark harmony out of your old furniture. Then there is the Jacobean and Elis-

abethan and Tudor furniture, that has a decided vogue at the present time. This Is finished in a soft, dull brown that is very attractive.