Our homes and their adornments, or, How to build, finish, furnish and adorn a home, containing practical instructions for the building of homes, interior decoration, wood carving, scroll sawing, house painting, window hangings, screens, curtains, window gardening, incidental decorations, decorative-art needle-work, and economic landscape gardening; to which is added a household compendium of new, practical and valuable recipes, the whole being designed to make happy homes for happy people (1883)
Varney, Almon C. (Almon Clother), b. 1849 · Detroit, Mich. : J.C. Chilton · leaf 342
garding carpets, much might be said and with littleeffect, as opinions on this subject are very decided. Onewho gets glimpses of many parlors, has observed that in theaverage home the carpet is too costly for the other fur-nishings of the room. HOW TO FURNISH BOOMS. !>89 Imitating the Oriental… … Fig. 65. people can render an apartment very attractive and at thesame time comfortable, with small outlay. The mantel is a feature that never escapes the eye of avisitor; its contents therefore should receive attention. It 19 290 OUR HOMES AND THEIR ADORNMENTS. is the place for the display of…
Interior decoration · Home Economics
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