Turning Seashore to Style in a Summer Cottage
A rambling feature reviews the shift from simple seaside camping to fashionable summer living. It follows the Joneses as they plan a chic makeover, debating color schemes, furnishings, and showroom finds to transform their summer residence in the Gala Mountains while dodging trend traps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tage
John
Mary
Uy Verant Jones
Sumer
Gala‘an
Hepplewhite
de Stuyverant Joneses
Baes
Homemaker Help With House Furnishings and Color Schemes
Reader asks guidance on room color schemes and furnishings for a bungalow living room dining area and bedrooms. Editor advises adopting light tan plain wallpaper, willow furniture, cretonne overdrapes in tan blue or green, and matching drapes. recommends repainting varnished furniture to a muted green. suggests glass curtains, mantel choices, and practical layouts for radiators and archways. invites follow ups with wallpaper sprig details.
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Plano
Get & Rk
Vernis-Martin
Renee Te
Cretonne
Maton
Nave Housewives
Color scheme questions for a white guest room
The writer describes a white room with white enamel furniture and a blue accent. They seek advice on adding black and yellow touches, including placing a black table with a white candle-stand electric lamp, choosing lamp shade color, and selecting pillows for a white window seat. They also mention yellow flowers in an old blue vase and ask for others with similar color schemes.
Awning Color Choice Shapes Old Country House Look
A small country house with a brown lower exterior and white upper section uses awning material to complement its color scheme. Samples are compared, showing dark brown with white is most fitting, and a two tone blend outperforms a striped option.
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Ramndta
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