Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1887 — HOME DECORATION. [ARTICLE]

HOME DECORATION.

An Riport Gives Soria e Hints Worth Heeding in'Fail ReWont lows. ' Never hang a picture so that it will be necessary to mount a stepladder to view it. Hang it so that the center will-be about five feet nth! a half ftom the floor, a little below the line of vision of a person of average height. Never select furniture whos,e “means of support" do not appear adequate. Chairs with spindle legs inclined too far inward or outward have an apparent tendency toward disruption/ and - are constant terrors to callers. Straight subi stauttal legs suggest strength and inspire, econfidence. Never treat a hallway as though it were ’a dOoryard, and no part, of the house proper. A hall should be inviting and hold out to the visitor a promise of the beauty of the inner rooms. Never put a piece of furniture into a room merely because it is pretty aril will fill up. Every article should have its real and apparent use; as a general thing the necessary pieces will occupy furniture. Never permit a white marble mantel to disfigure an other wise,tasteful room Cover it with a draped mantel hoard White marble has a suggestion of cemeteries about it. It always looks crude in a drawing room, even in form of the finest sculpture. Never forget that an open fire and judiciously selected pictures will.make any room cheerful. Never put paper on the walls of a nursery, it is better to either point or calcimine. There is always danger of pojMtti& the coloring of the paper or of the paste becoming sour. Never have a drawing room so filled with frail and delicate bric-a-brag that the hast raovmeflt is fraught with danger of costly and wholesale breakage. This does not conduce to ease. Never have a dark carpet and wall in. a room that is deficient in light. Only apartments open to tlie outer light will stand gloomy tones in decoration. Never use ad inordinately large mirror with » bulbous gilt frame, planned with the evident purpose of getting rid of as much gold-leaf as possible. 'Small bevelled glasses in scones or framed ir. rich plush of color harmonizing with that of the wall paper are in better tasle.

Never liang a picture from one nail Aside from the mere question of safety, the use of two nails, the ‘cord stretched across them so as to come down squarely to the corners of the frame, has a symmetrical effect and makes the walls look very much more finished. Never place a picture or a bit of decoration where it does not 6eive some artistic purpose. If a picture is intended to be seen in a strong light do not put it in an obscure corner, and on the other hand, if it be painted iu a high color key, do not bring it within the direct influence of a brilliant sun-burst.