If ingle-seats are not liked, a cosy corner could be arranged in one corner of the room - rather a low, comfortable one for choice, with very little woodwork showing, and made with a loose cushion-seat and frill. The covering would also be of the rose chintz. Such a cosy corner would cost about £8 8s., which might be prohibitive, unless the chairs and sofas were bought at a sale. Either the ingle-seats or cosy corner would make a pretty and novel addition to the room. The floor of the chintz drawing-room would look well covered with Indian matting upon which plain rose-coloured rugs are carelessly arranged. The floor stained black, with rose rugs, would also be most effective.

The casement curtains of rose chintz must be lined with rose-coloured sateen of thin rose casement cloth. They should be finished off with a wide frill at the top. A delightful shade for an artistic hanging electric lamp could be made by a wide white Japanese silk frill. Small pink chintz roses cut out from the chintz are appliqued in pink filoselle on to the silk frill. Old brass or copper ornaments are perfect for such a room. These old ornaments are not expensive when picked up with care, and they add greatly to the beauty of the room.

How To Place Curios

Many people find the collecting of these quaint brass or copper nick-nacks a delightful hobby. But the collector must always be on the look-out for spurious imitations. In one beautiful chintz drawing-room a cosy corner was arranged with an imposing white enamelled woodwork. It looked like part of an Eastern temple in miniature. An exquisite old brass Buddha was enshrined on a ledge with a canopy of white wood. The seat of the cosy corner was upholstered in a beautiful old chintz, on which there was a design of moss roses, with vivid trails of turquoise-blue ribbon.

Some women have a fancy for the quaint brass from Benares. The old brass is very much more beautiful than the modern Benares ware now upon the market. The engraving is more delicate and altogether more attractive. If one has a quantity of these old brass curios, there is no more effective way of showing them off than by arranging them on shelves. Three shelves - of course, stained black - should be arranged around the room. Small brass articles should be placed on the top shelf. The larger sizes look well on the ledge below, and last of all come the still larger treasures.

The Beauty Of Blue China

Failing brass or copper ornaments, blue china is always in good taste, and even in these days of curio hunting - which, it must be admitted, has somewhat spoilt the chances for "bargains" - blue china, old and of the softest tones, is still to be found in out-of-the-way shops and cottages. It is best to pick up a piece of china here and another piece there, even if the room looks a trifle bare, than to crowd it with rubbish. One good ornament is far better than a showy display, which must only vulgarise our pretty chintz drawing-room. Old blue plates are decorative for the walls of a room. If blue china is chosen for the ornaments instead of the copper or brass, festoons of blue plates would look delightful over the fireplace instead of the seascape framed in black wood.

A few gay rose silk-covered cushions for the sofa and the lounge chairs will add the last touch of daintiness to a charming room.

As to the cost of furnishing such a room, much, of course, must depend upon where and how the things are bought. Lounge chairs can be purchased second-hand for from nineteen shillings upwards. Loose covers are seldom successful if made at home - they should be well cut, to fit perfectly. Four pounds must be laid aside for the chintz; five pounds would be even better. It may work out a little cheaper to get a working upholsteress into the house, and arrange to pay her so much for the making of the casement curtains and loose covers. Roughly, the cost of furnishing the room should work out as follows:

Looking-glass over picture . .

£

s. 15

d. 0

Seascape or print in black frame

2

2

0

Odd woodwork

1

Io

0

Ingle-seats (two)

2

I0

0

Three lounge chairs at £I I0s.

4

I0

0

Table • • . • •• •

1

5

0

Three rugs at £I

3

0

0

Chintz

5

0

0

Woman's time for making covers, curtains, etc.

1

I0

0

Old brass (about £3)

3

0

0

Benares tray and stand

19

0

Chesterfield sofa

5

5

0

Frill for electric-light fittings

2

0

Fire-irons

8

6

Copper and iron fender

1

3

6

Writing-table

2

2

0

Coal vase

11

6

£35

13

6