Archive for the 'Interior Decoration' Category

Sofas of Distinction Part 3

A very good example of fine lines in an unpretentious sofa may be found in the two-seat model covered in dark-grounded cretonne here shown in the three-quarter size, but obtainable also in the larger style. There is a fineness of proportion and a lack of overweight, emphasized by such desirable details as the thin rolled [...]

Sofas of Distinction Part 2

In choosing a sofa the size of the room must be considered, as well as the scale of the other furniture with which it is to be used. If space must be conserved there is no better way of doing it than by selecting a sofa of three-quarter size, which is more than adequate for [...]

Sofas of Distinction Part 1

IN THE enthralling business of furnishing her home, almost every woman looks forward expectantly to the exact moment when she can afford to buy her sofa. For rarely can a living room start life successfully without this furniture piece of greatest comfort, which may be counted on to yield untold hours of cozy enjoyment before [...]

1920s Fashion Craft and Decorating Books

1920′s Books on Beading, Fashion, Millinery, and Drapery We have recently published a series of books which consist of compilations of 1920′s material on the above subjects. These are available for download over the Internet, but most require a fast Internet connection due to large file sizes caused by the number of illustrations they contain. [...]

The Bungalows Furniture

If, after having been built with great respect for harmony and appropriateness, the bungalow should be filled with the usual collection of badly designed and inadequate furniture, the ensemble would be distressing, and the thought involved in the structure of the building thrown away. The term furniture implies, per se, movable portions of the building, [...]

Efficiency in Home Furnishing 1921

ONE of the details of requirements in connection with the competition which has resulted in the series of designs presented in this book, is that the proposed dwelling should be for an American family of moderate means but desiring home surroundings in cultivated taste and comfort. It is plainly evident that a definite problem in [...]

Furnishing the Small Home in 1921

FURNISHING THE SMALL HOME: By Hettie Rhoda Meade MOST psychologists agree that the greatest influence on our lives is environmentâ€”that we react directly to our immediate surroundings. If this be true, how important it would seem to be that our homes be planned to bring out the best that is in us. A large part [...]

Decorative Draperies 1929

“Decorative Draperies and Upholstery” by Edward Thorne was first published in 1929 and contains 64 stunning inspirationalÂ illustrations. We have just added a couple of sections from the book to our web-site. These relate to the history of drapery, and living room drapes. At this stage there are no illustrations but the different decorative schemes are [...]