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WILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1924 OOD POP UL.\l earliest dan of fur. mong the ancient h the Middle ages ~e. figured Wood f~ d favor. FURNITURE IS iREAKTEDIDM SPINET WITH US PERMANENTLY W ITH FURNITURE Vacatll Wall Spaces Can Be -·-- Avoided By ALLENE LYLE Han· you read many memoirs of men in prison or storie about these nH ·n? lf so you will no doubt remernhcr that one thing that every one of them complained of was th e "Barren, bleak walls." There is noth ing about plain wall space that i, cheering or homelike. Instead there is something very depressing ahont wall, wall and nothing but wall , <t> one gazes about a room. Perhap3 you have never noticed it l1ecathe you have never been away from home in a strange place but J'll , r nture that if any of you 'have Ji· . l·d in a rooming house where there i, no attempt at hominess or have ~ron · · to a boarding school where each gtrl j, expected to decorate her own rootn. you, too, know the sadness and londinc ss that comes from just nothing but ha re wall space. I am not exaggerating. It is awful. e right time to ~Is. y trees, shrubs Prices than in fstrowsky ry Avenue d Wooda Dnetka 541-J NT PAINTING PAINTERS T a ll P iece· Be1t Over half the furniture that we have · placed against the wall, and there 11 re so many tall pieces of furniture to ch oose from that OiJe need not be worried about any ugly portion of the wall. Not only do these pieces break the monotony of the wall space oi the room, but the wall serves as a hack~round to them. They say that eYerything should be studied and reganled in relation to its background. Thi , is particularly true of furniture. The wall offers a contrast to the article. Take for instance a beautiiltl tall Queen Anne secretary desk. \\' hen viell'ed by itself it is lovely h11t tlti.; loreliness is enhanced a thous~ and fold hy placing it against a wall tltat i-; appropriately papered or painted. Then the beautiful color is bro11ght out and the panels of burl or marquetry arc emphasized. It is the :-arne with nearly every piece of furniture. It is artistically helped by the c o ntra~t of the wall. Book-c:a 1e E ffec:t A tall bookcase has also the effect o~ brc~king the wall space, but one \\'ay hack in colonial day s there wa s a m~n who owned a spinet, which was at~ mst;ument with a keyboard ~omethmg hke our piano, that enJOyed great usage in the Colonial households. We don't know this man's name but we do know that he had an idea. We don't know whether he had suc_h a sensitive ear that when the spmet became discordant he ~o~ldn't stand it: or whether his wife mststed on playmg music other than hymns on Sunday, or whether the instrument just naturally gave out but anyway this man had the key~ bo;ard and the wires removed and the spmet was transformed into a writing desk, to which it was remarkably well adapted. No doubt other people of the day followed suit and the spinet desk was quite a common thing. In the last few years manufacturers, always on the lookout for something different, liave reproduced these spinet desks and many of them may be found in the modern American home as they were in Colonial days. These spinets were usually characterized by spirally turned legs, although not always, and by using the spirally reeded and turned support it has heen a simple matter to design whole suites of furniture , which are designated as the spinet Colonial style. 1587 Sherman Ave. ~rowul'~mlan~t~~ . FOUNTAIN SQUARE, EVANSTON TeL UniY. I.M "COOD FU RNITURE MAKES THE HOME" LANTERN IS IN VOGUE WITH SHADED LAMPS No disciple of Diogenes was ever more devoted to his lantern nor placed greater value upon it than does the modern homemaker. lt may be severely wrought of iron or it may be fearfully and wonderfully colored in the polychrome, which has held its place in the heart oi a fickle public so much longer than some of its competitors. The floor lamp has become a fixture and its shade is becoming a work of art. Borrowing from the luxury of the French, the shade has superimposed layer of chiffon upon layer, rainbow shade upon rainhow shade, to produce a soft lighting effect both restful and artistic. The flat satin shade, which serves not so much to diffuse the light as to direct its rays and soften the glare, remains popular, as does the parchment shade. There seerr.cd some danger that the table lamp would be swept entirely away by the influx of floor lamps. but within the past few months a demand has arisen for the older child in decorative illum:nation, the re.:cption being o cordial as to recall from the limbos of the out-of-vogue the table lamps shaded in softly stained art glass. MOHAIR LIVING ROOM GROUP $235.00 Cotnfortable overstuffed furniture goes a long \<vay toward standing for a comfortable and happy hon1e. \Vhen you select your davenport at Brown-Un1landt's all you need to consider is the style and covering best suited to your particular· needs. Good wear and underlying quality you tnay take as a tnatter of course. The suite sketched above w.as designed with fine delicacv of line and is suitable for roon1s where larger pieces ~ould have an undesira·bie bulkiness. Covered in its entiretv with fine tnohair. Davenport . : . ........... $156.00 Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ _79.0~0 htgh pa·cc should be balanced in the room wit·h another---or if you think of them in one room are too the one may be-fopposite the , to which height IS given by a hanging above. hall may always be taken care by the console table with its accompanying mirror, which may be alBAR BAD MATTR E~SES most any design and shape you desire as long as it fits in the space and As a result of a few unscrupulous is proportio~1ate to the table . A high mattress manufacturers using cambacked chatr may be placed in the ouflage waste. shoddy, and other unhallway, too. de~irahlc fillings covered hy a new art ticking-, cretonne. or other attracth·e covers. the law went into efEFFECT OF HE IGHT fect the lirst of January in the state A tall, narrow picture hung in a of Pennsylvania that manufacturers room which has low ceilings will give of mattresses, pillows. hol<t.,r u '-u:.n a heightening effect to the room; ions. and all art ides of upholstered such, for instance, as Burne-Jones' furniture, including slip -seat diners, "Hope," or Alexander's "Pot of Basil." to attach standard tags to these ar For the room that is too high in its ticles if shipped into the state and effect, a wise use of pictures giving offered for sale to people living with the frieze effect will seem to lessen in its borders. The tag provides room the distance of the ceillings. A mir- for an official statement of the materor may be used similarly, with the rials used in tilling. along with the added advantage uf giving greater narne and addrcs., of the maker and space to a room. vendor. I I Beautiful A~~an Furniture II ~~ I l l IJLI JACOBEAN TABlE DESK Solid Walnut $160.00 .\ PL.\CE TO \\.OHK-a place to put things. -a place to find things " ·hen yon want them . "[ have always wanted a table that I could " ork at without the stretcher he low interfering. How many times you have !'aid that to your~clf. This solid~ walnut ·Jacobean Period Lihra.r) Dc"k is a rcprod. ·tiul!_ of an old piece made in England during the reign of Jame!' T. 111 the early part of the ltth century. It has <P 1 antique finish that does not scratch or mar. Everything about it is interesting. "ft gro\\·~ on you ." You will never want to part with it. 'l'hi" is the kind of furniture you will hand du to po,tt. rity. Come in and see it. You \\ill \\'ant it for YO( .. ){ liYing 1·oom or library . There are manv other fine piece s of "guu<l furniture" you will also enjoy l11oking at while visiting t~e sto~e in Evanc;ton. Beautiful Wood· Accefttuatecl hy SimpleiJDea "Good Fu17liture Makes The Home"