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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1924
Page
9
A columnist laments bleak hallways in American homes and offers practical decorating advice. He urges plain, quiet wallpaper, soft buff floors, and warm lighting to transform narrow passages into welcoming introductions to living spaces. He suggests furniture choices like a ladder back chair, upholstered benches, and strategic mirrors to create a cheerful, cohesive hall.
A guide describes an unusual hallway with a three shelf occasional table and ample desk space for notes and bills. It suggests bright lusterware behind glass, a pine or Windsor desk with a chair, a small oval oil portrait, a gold band frame, and brass candlesticks or blue glass vases to echo Colonial tradition.
Edward A Marshall reflects on the trouble buyers face with spring plant losses from shipping stress, improper care, and harsh conditions. He compares plant suffering to battles, noting how mail-order stock and bedding plants endure hunger, drought, and climate shocks before reaching the garden.
The text argues small pictures about four by six inches are highly useful for wall arrangements. They fill spare wall areas beside larger frames above mantels or desks, avoiding bare, blank spaces and creating a pleasing display.
A thoughtful urged guide warns buyers to scrutinize real estate deals and avoid apparent bargains. It stresses considering owners agents and buyers perspectives. It advises choosing locations with growing markets and good neighbors, and to buy where successful men reside for steady value.
A historical overview traces sleep comfort from ground slumber to bedframes and mattresses. It notes the evolution from rope and box springs to modern coil springs. Tempered steel coils in a frame form the prevailing design, with conical upper ends for support.
A small brilliant picture in a black frame with a colored border adds balance and color to a wall, breaking bare wall space and enhancing the room’s appearance on a large lot.
Walter Murray extols wall pieces and wallpaper as essential to home beauty and comfort. He argues furniture near walls enhances charm, notes how mirrors, bookcases, and china cabinets elevate room aesthetics, and urges coordinated design with affordable, well-lit displays.
A reader column extols modern linoleum patterns expanding beyond traditional floral tiles. It describes color tones jaspe two tone effects, wood looks, and installation on builders deadening felt for durability. Emphasizes quiet, comfortable bedrooms and matching with furniture, walls, and draperies.
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