WHEN A BRIDE FURNISHES

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 3, Issue 9, 2 March 1925, Page 51

WHEN A BRIDE FURNISHES

"W7HEN starting to furnish from the "very beginning" a certain portion of money should be allocated to each room, and then make a list of necessaries, with a supplementary one of luxuries; these can always be bought later. Have all decorations, fittings, hangings and floor coverings finished before any furniture is brought into the house. In the matter of hangings, it is just as well to remember that there is such a thing as a laundry bill. Carpets are expensive, and unless good are best left out. Linoleum, inlaid for preference, is a very suitable floorcovering for bedrooms, landings, kitchen and bathroom. Where carpets are bought, these should, if possible, be reversible, and, preferably,, small squares, as these fit various rooms. This is a point which is sometimes lost sight of when purchasing carpets; it is particularly annoying when moving to find that none of the old carpets fit the new house. The old-fashioned idea of buying suites of furniture for every room is fortunately dying out. The modern drawing-room, with its occasional chairs and tables of odd sizes and shapes, is a very much more artistic room than that of our Victorian grandmothers. Even the bedroom, now more boudoir than bedroom, owing to the efficiency of the modern bath-dressing room, has no longer a complete "suite." Perhaps an antique piece of •furniture, picked up in an old curiosity shop in the city serves for a dressing table. Comfortable easy chairs, a few gay cushions of brocade or satin, good wall cupboards, which, if not already among the house fixtures, can be put in by any carpenter, and painted to match the room, for a very small sum. A good bed is essential. A dress ottoman is a useful adjunct for a bedroom. Several odd tables, a reading lamp, and a gas stove complete the room. ffimiish gradually TT is not wise to furnish all the rooms at once The guest-room, for example, can quite well be left to the last, and here a word —it is by no means necessary to give up the best room in the house to visitors, who as a rule only occupy it for a short while. The purchase of kitchen equipment needs special care. The bride should have a very clear idea first of how much entertaining she is likely to have, also, if the washing is to be done at home. Only absolute necessaries should be bought, and each article should be of the best. Remember that all kitchen equipment has a great deal of wear and tear.