oc-plain-dealer 1921-03-01

A Chat on Spring by Marjorie Howe If I begin to rave too much in this article on furniture please be easy with me for I will frankly tell you that I am a brand new bride, experiencing all the thrills of furnishing our own little home. Of course Husband Wert is mildly interested in what I am doing. I do not believe he ever had much of an idea what our home should look like. Why do you know that when we went furniture shopping before we were married the only things he fancied were a very fussy rococo Louis the twelfth golden oak bureau and some lumpy mission rockers! When stand such disinterestedness in a man in things which are to me my very dreams day and night. I had been dreaming and planning my home for years and so I knew what I wanted and why. Well, I am not going to tell you very much about my kitchen, except that I have a little short closet for the vacuum cleaner, the brooms and mops and I have my ice box, kitchen cabinet, stove and work table very near each other. It is so arranged that I can almost reach from one to the other. When supper is served all piping hot I am not If I begin to rave too much in this article on furniture please be easy with me for I will frankly tell you that I am a brand new bride, experiencing all the thrills of furnishing our own little home. Of course Husband Wert is mildly interested in what I am doing. I do not believe he ever had much of an idea what our home should look like. Why do you know that when we went furniture shopping before we were married the only things he fancied were a very fussy roofoo Louis the twelfth golden oak bureau and some lumpy mission rockers! When I finally worked out of him why he liked the bureau and mission rocker he advanced a most remarkable theory. It seems Husband Wert lived once upon a time in a boarding house and though I blush to tell you he always placed my properly endowed cabinet photo in a corner of the mirror of his bureau. What could I do with such an old dear? I promptly had a violent headache and had to be taken home immediately without seeing any more atrocties. And after we were home and real cozy, we had a little confidential chat in which Wert vowed he didn't care what kind of furniture we got just so he had me. Of course it was hard for a girl to un- derstand such disinterestedness in a man in things which are to me my very dreams day and night. I had been dreaming and planning my home for years and so I knew what I wanted and why. Well, I am not going to tell you very much about my kitchen, except that I have a little short closet for the vacuum cleaner, the brooms and mops and I have my ice box, kitchen cabinet, stove and work table very near each other. It is so arranged that I can almost reach from one to the other. When supper is served all piping hot I am not hot and cross as I have seen my mother. Wert and I have a really lovely time at meals. Since we married in spite of high rents and scarce houses we must accept rather small quarter; so our dining room has the minimum number of pieces. Period designs always appealed to me especially those having simple characteristics. That is why I chose Tudor for our dining room set. Our dining table is oblong of dark walnut with nice rounded corners and paneled legs. The chairs are in the same wood and a little wide and low. Husband Wert's chair is high armed and most comfortable. My particular delight is a tall silver chest which has wood doors instead of old-fash- SPRING TIME Suggests That You Br in Your House and M —PERHAPS, DURING THE PAST, C TO BRIGHTEN UP AND CHEER THE FURNITURE, RUGS, AND THOSE L ARE SO ESSENTIAL TO CHEERINE —BUT BLOSSOM TIME OF THIS YE LOWER PRICES AND THERE IS NO SHOULD NOT RADIATE THE SPIR THE GLADNESS OF THE GREAT OUT —IN MAKING YOUR SELECTION HOME, WE INVITE YOU TO INSPEC RIFICED STURDINESS, WE HAVE M PLEASING DESIGN AND FINISH AN INDESPENSIBLE AS THE MONTHS THE ORANGE COUNTY PLAIN DEALER. ANAHEIM. CALIFORNIA Spring Furniture Howe Dixon loned glass. I keep in this, all my immediate table linen and a few of our special dishes, besides the two lower drawers for silver. Our serving table is semi-circular and above it hands a large mirror. We have a thick single color blue rug, and a low bench which stretches across the entire length of the windows. There is nothing prettier to me than our dining room in the early spring morning when the sun glances through the curtains, sparkles on our brilliant canary cage and reflects in the mirror to the farther corner. And what is more pleasing to me is that Wert always seems so surprised and I believe he is really beginning to appreciate good simple furnishings. I have often seen dining rooms in the Italian Renaissance design in mahogany, brown. Very beautiful arrangements have been accomplished though I do not care so much for the more ornate carving of the Renaissance Furniture is made to last and we have to live with a long time. I think that the simple designs are more enduring, for we do not tire of seeing them day in and day out. Our living room is our special joy. We have a long low fireplace with built-in book shelves on either side. There is a mantle above the fireplace upon which we have two tall brass candle-sticks and in the center, a lovely bright landscape painting. In the middle of the room we have a long Queen Anne reading table of brown mahogany with an ovifer stuffed sofa directly against it so that when we use the sofa we face the fireplace. An adjustable iron reading lamp stands at one end of the sofa. With our favorite books and our phonograph in the corner what more can we ask for an evening's rest and entertainment? Wort's arm chair is also Queen Anne with cane panels and seat and I really think he is beginning to like it better than any old mission chair he might have had a year or so ago. In fact since we have been adding a new piece of furniture from time to time I have noticed a growing interest in the ultimate comfort and effect I am trying to produce in our home and I see him occasionally reading my house-beautiful magazines. IME At You Brighten Every Room Use and Make it a Home ING THE PAST, OWING TO THE HIGH PRICES, YOU HAVE NEGLECTED AND CHEER THE ROOMS OF YOUR HOUSE WITH THE NECESSARY NEW ISMS, AND THOSE LITTLE ITEMS OF DISTINCTIVE FURNISHINGS THAT REL TO CHEERINESS AND HOME COMFORT. IME OF THIS YEAR IS USHERED IN WITH THE NEW AND THERE IS NO REASON WHY YOUR HOME DIATE THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON AND CONVEY OF THE GREAT OUT-OF-DOORS WITHIN ITS WALLS. UR SELECTION IN THE FURNISHINGS FOR YOUR YOU TO INSPECT OUR EXCELLENT STOCK. WHILE WE HAVE NOT SACESS, WE HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO CHOOSE THOSE THINGS OF FINISH AND USEFULNESS THAT WILL PROVE MORE AND MORE AS THE MONTHS GO BY. Tuesday, March 1, 1921 In choosing bedroom furniture the dressing table. Chairs in a bed room are such handy things. Wert is have found most homes prefer the rather old-maidish about his clothes In choosing bedroom furniture I have found most homes prefer the Louie XVI, the Hepplewhite, or the Sheraton designs and from the furniture catalogs I have seen, these three designs seem the most popular. We have the Hepplewhite design for our twin beds in walnut and between them we have a little low table with a shaded lamp. I have just installed for the benefit of Wert a high-boy with long deep drawers and next to the window we have our long mirror. On my side of the room I have a walnut dresser and a little dressing table with folding mirrors near the window. It is such an advantage to have the mirrors in a position affording plenty of light upon the face. I have a low rocker besides the small straight chair for the dressing table. Chairs in a bedroom are such handy things. Wert is rather old-maidish about his clothes and everything has to be properly hung up at night, but I have noticed he appreciates his chair upon which to drape miscellaneous clothing when he is too tired to care. Wert asked me the other day, "Where did you get all your home ideas anyhow? You are always thinking of something new!" As I said before, I have thought and thought a lot about my home. I subscribed to every magazine published on the subject and I decommended to Wert the same method if he wished. I am so glad he is showing more and more interest, for it is such a help to me in realizing my dreams for a better home and home furnishings. TROUP-BARNES FURNITURE COMPANY Where Quality is higher than price - ANAHEIM