Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1888 — Furnishing a Bedroom. [ARTICLE]

Furnishing a Bedroom.

Detroit Tribune. , ’ In furnishing a bedroom the dull, aeathtic t'ota so prevalent in the lower part of ihe house are not so much in favor. A pretty room was recently fitted up id pink, gray, ebony and brass that hada very cheery and artisticlook. The owner bad to start with only a square of Brnesels carpet in tones of Rray and pink and a brass bedstead. The floor was painted a dark gray, and the piece of carpet had sewed around it a border and wae put down with the large brassheaded furniture nails. Dressing case, chiffonier, fables and chairs were bonght ue painted at a factory and ebonized by being painted black and varnished. They were brightened np by bras* trimmings, and certain rods were served in - the same way. The paper on the walls was of a cream ground with a verv delicate, indistinct tracery, and the wood-work wae painted in cream and pearl, while a frieze of roses and daffodils brightened the whole. The curtains, hangings, bedspread and bolster were all of eretonne that combined the tones of pink, gray and cream. The room was a large one, and an old-fashioned lounge covered with the same cretonne, added mnch to its comfort and prettines3. Bits of pink china and pin-ensbion and toilet articles helped out the famishing, and the scheme cf color was complete. The room was a leslly beautiful and attractive one at comparatively little expense.