| THERE are countless fascinating schemes for | | | | necessary to trick the senses with a pretence |
| arranging sunrooms. One, which we have | | | | at coolness, nothing is more satisfactory or |
| recently seen near Philadelphia, was the | | | | gay than scarlet geraniums; but if they are |
| result of enclosing a large piazza, | | | | used, care must be taken that they harmonize |
| projecting from an immense house situated in | | | | with the color of the awnings and the chintz |
| the midst of lawns and groves.The walls are | | | | on the porch.Speaking of rail-boxes reminds |
| painted orange and striped with pale yellow; | | | | us that in making over a small summer house |
| the floors are covered with the new variety | | | | and converting a cheap affair into one of |
| of matting, which imitates tiles, and shows | | | | some pretensions, remember that one of the |
| large squares of color, blocked off by black. | | | | most telling points is the character of your |
| The chintzes used are in vivid orange, yellow | | | | porch railing. So at once remove the cheap |
| and green, in a stunning design; the wicker | | | | one with its small, upright slats and the |
| chairs are painted orange and black, and from | | | | insignificant and frail top rail, and have a |
| the immense iridescent globes of electric | | | | solid porch railing (or porch fence) built |
| light hang long, orange silk tassels.Iron | | | | with broad, top rail.Then place all around |
| fountains, wonderful designs in black and | | | | porch, resting on iron brackets, rail-flower |
| gold, throw water over gold and silver fish, | | | | boxes, the tops of these level with the top |
| or gay water plants; while, in black and gold | | | | of the rail, and paint the boxes the color of |
| cages, vivid parrots and orange-colored | | | | the house trimmings. Filled with running |
| canaries gleam through the bars. Iron vases | | | | vines and gay flowers, nothing could be more |
| of black and gold on tall pedestals, are | | | | charming.Window boxes make any house lovely |
| filled with trailing ivy and bright colored | | | | and are a large part of that charm which |
| plants. Along the walls are wicker sofas, | | | | appeals to us, whether the house is a mansion |
| painted orange and black, luxuriously | | | | in Mayfair or a Bavarian farmhouse. Americans |
| comfortable with down cushions covered, as | | | | are learning this.The window and rail-boxes |
| are some of the chair cushions, in soft | | | | of a house look best when all are planted |
| lemon, sun-proofed twills.Here one finds | | | | with the same variety of flowers.Having given |
| card-tables, tea-tables and smoking-tables, a | | | | a certain air of distinction to your porch |
| writing-desk fully equipped, and at one end, | | | | railing, add another touch to the appearance |
| a wardrobe of black and gold, hung with an | | | | of your small, remodeled house by having the |
| assortment of silk wraps and "wooleys"for an | | | | shutters hung from the top of the windows, |
| un-provided and chilly guest, in early | | | | instead of from the sides.A charming variety |
| spring, when the steam heat is off and the | | | | of awning or sun-shades, to keep the sun and |
| glass front open. | | | | glare out of rooms, is the old English idea |
| | | | of a straw-thatching, woven in and out until |
| Even on a grey, winter day, this orange and | | | | it makes a broad, long mat which is suspended |
| gold room seems flooded with sun, and gives | | | | from the top of windows, on the outside of |
| one a distinctly cheerful sensation when | | | | the house, being held out and permanently in |
| entering it from the house.Of course, if your | | | | place, at the customary angle of awnings.We |
| porch-room is mainly for mid-summer use and | | | | first saw this picturesque kind of rustic |
| your house in a warm region, then we commend | | | | awnings used on little cottages of a large |
| instead of sun-producing colors, cool tones | | | | estate in Vermont, cottages once owned and |
| of green, grey or blue. If your porch floor | | | | lived in by laborers, but bought and put in |
| is bad, cover it with dark-red linoleum and | | | | comfortable condition to be used as overflow |
| wax it. The effect is like a cool, tiled | | | | rooms for guests, in connection with the |
| floor. On this you can use a few porch | | | | large family mansion (once the picturesque |
| rugs.Black and white awnings or awnings in | | | | village inn).The art of making these straw |
| broad, green-and-white stripes, or plain | | | | awnings is not generally understood in |
| green awnings, are deliciously cool-looking, | | | | America. In the case to which we refer, one |
| and rail-boxes filled with green and white or | | | | of the gardeners employed on the estate, |
| blue and pale pink flowers are refreshing on | | | | chanced to be an old Englishman who had woven |
| a summer day.An Extension Roof in New York | | | | the straw window awnings for farmhouses in |
| Converted into a BalconyShows how to utilize | | | | his own country.The straw awnings, with |
| and make really very attractive an extension | | | | window boxes planted with bright geraniums |
| roof, by converting it into a balcony.An | | | | and vines, make an inland cottage |
| awning of broad green and white stripes | | | | delightfully picturesque and are practical, |
| protect this one in winter as well as summer, | | | | although the sea might destroy the straw |
| and by using artificial ivy, made of tin and | | | | awnings by high winds.Melani Widjaja |
| painted to exactly imitate nature, one gets, | | | | dedicates her time to makeover her clients |
| as you see, a charming effect.By the sea, | | | | project. |
| where the air is bracing, and it is not | | | | |