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It is the idea back of the decorating that counts in these rooms. Above a friendly livable atmosphere in the Early American tradition, is achieved by the good assembling of pine furniture, colorful china, glass and pewter of the period and the scenic wallpaper used with white paneling. The books in the doorway, the hooked rug, the short, informal chintz curtains the pewter candle brackets above the mantel shelf all give individuality.

In fact are more and more in demand, the so called one room apartment  consist of a small entrance hall, a oblong room such as you see above, a bathroom, and a kitchenette. The placing of the kitchenette and bath varies. They may open form the hall, or form two doors in the main room. As the space is not great serving is no problem, but the table in a one room apartment should be placed as continue reading…

Living dining arrangement: a butterfly table may have the leaf put up at meal time, dropped at other times. If furnishing on a budget, this type of furniture is a wise choice as it and the hooked rugs and calico curtains are all reasonably priced.

The dining end of combination rooms is fast replacing the so called dining alcove and breakfast room, and well it is. Such rooms are usually ramped and many partition has been, and when possible should be taken out and the space thrown into the adjoining room, even if it is the kitchen. The space gained, often, is enough for one or more cabinets where the wall was. Today these are well designed as in the buffet above to give you the storage space you need. Manufacturers also realized that need for swallow pieces, light in scale for use in small rooms. These as in the illustration to left, may be had in units and are useful and effective. continue reading…

Individual pieces in French provincial furniture have a lot of character especially the small pieces. The side chairs are comfortable and yet light to move about. It’s this element of comfort and utility that I find appealing. Consider the corner cabinet, the hanging shelves, and little corner wall cabinets. They are less crude than our Early American pieces. The dresser shown below is not unlike similar pieces of English oak of the 17^th century.

The French commodes or chests are sometimes fitted with shelves and although they are commodious, seem to avoid being chunky in appearance. The tables, like English oak pieces, come with a draw top: two extension pieces pull out to add length at the ends. Such tables are useful and attractive in combination rooms. For instance, if instead of a dining room you have a combination living dining room, the table could be closed and permanently placed at right angles to the wall instead of in the center of the room. It looks as continue reading…