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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1910
Page
7
The article reviews various lamp types and shades from art glass to brass and colonial candlesticks, noting that decorative features add value even as electric lighting grows. It highlights plate descriptions, colors, and prices, and mentions a path to mail order details for readers.
Austrian woman seeks wardrobe guidance for first class travel from Boston to Gibraltar Naples Rome Genoa Florence Trieste Budapest and home near Vienna. She and her 18 year old blonde daughter plan black outfits for formal society travel, asking about materials and styles for summer dresses, ocean voyage climate on southern route, and early preparation for departure in June. Readers with route experience invited to advise.
A buyer asks if failing to obtain a clear title from sellers who petitioned the land court allows a suit for breach of contract and damages. They warn that the selling parties may resist pushing the matter and seek a remedy if the petition is contested. The buyer notes two payments and two principal and interest instalments already paid, plus bank readiness to fund the remaining balance.
Dear Miss MacDonald asks for expert guidance on refinishing a dining room. She requests plate rails height for an eight foot wall, burlap walls with wooden panel strips, strip dimensions and spacing, edge moulding, color schemes across den and hall, portieres materials, and suitable furniture to harmonize with existing green and white trims.
A shelf rail around the dining room at 12 to 14 inches below the ceiling is advised, with a four inch shelf for plates and brackets. Use burlap and wood tones, avoid burlap greens and reds, apply a one quarter inch moulding, and match a den dining room color scheme. Consider removing through traffic by adding a front hall door to the living room.
Instructions for candle shade design and matching candlestick, plus exterior window treatment ideas. Recommends ground glass panes silhouetting a plant on the sill, and a decorative finish using French zinc ground in white damar varnish thinned with turpentine. Suggests surface prep with No 0 steel wool and testing a sample for eggshell lustre, adding ultramarine blue to adjust tone.
A constant reader seeks guidance for redecorating a southeast living room. The space features a cherry mantel, mahogany furniture, dark red couch, brown hall, green music room, a bow window, two south windows, folding doors, white woodwork, and a carpeted floor.
The writer proposes wall paper in cool gray two tone with ivory or white, or pale coffee colored paper. Recommends a rug rather than carpet if flooring is good, cites a velvet carpet in crimson, olive on brown and a matching rug. Requests full name and address to write a personal letter offering further help.
A letter from a reader to Miss MacDonald in the Boston Sunday Post discusses starting housekeeping. The writer seeks up-to-date furnishing ideas to distinguish their home, describes furniture in dull mahogany and mentions delays due to her husband’s illness and unfinished decor.
A reader from Ohio asks about current fabric trends to pair with mahogany furniture and olive green velvets. The answer suggests limiting cretonne, favoring white linen dresser coverings, and notes white with buttonholed scalloped edges and hand embroidery as a timeless, elegant choice.
A vintage home department article suggests matching bed spreads with edge details, cretonne draperies with white lining, and soft velours for portieres. It recommends wall colors avoiding red, introduces rose velour, blue or rose dining tones, stencil draperies, and emphasizes quality varnish for lasting results.
The text argues that poor varnish cannot give a lasting lustrous result. It asserts that workmanship needing a durable and brilliant finish requires a varnish formulated for high grade work, implying that matte or inferior products are unsuitable.
A recipe describes whitewash used on the White House and coast lighthouses for over thirty years. It calls for unslaked wine, salt, ground rice, Spanish whiting, glue, and hot water, boiled to paste, then mixed and aged in a double boiler before application.
A how to on adapting a central pivot airshaft window with two nine inch end strips and a four inch top board. A brass rod with two short curtains is mounted to allow movement without hindering sash operation. A pleated valance hangs to the edge of the board.
The author urges strict hygiene for flat living emphasizing washable surfaces. He advises painted floors in bedrooms, avoids nailed carpets and draperies, and suggests washable, easily cleaned rugs such as white plain or red black dash white matting. Grass matting is criticized for cleanliness.
A Southern correspondent reports yellowing of interior white finish after painting with white lead, oil, and zinc ground. The answer advises the best remedy: purchase ...
An article explains using ooze leather skins for decorative cut work. It covers selecting leather and linings, underlays like panne velvet, and color harmonies. Tools include a sharp penknife and scissors, with step by step tracing cutting and finishing for durable, stylish pieces.
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