The Effective Small Home

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ... it is a good plan to keep the space under the beds bare, so that it may be dusted every day. Small rugs laid where most needed are more hygienic in sleeping-rooms than are large rugs and carpets. Plain Chinese matting makes a clean floor covering when the boards are not in good condition. Although it is in good taste to use a carpet or one large rug in a bedroom, the preference lies among the following: Small rag rugs, 3 by 6 feet $1.75 Oval braided rag rugs, 3 by 6 feet.. 2.50 East India drugget, 3 by 6 feet... 8.00 Saxony, 3 by 6 feet 8.00 Oriental, 3 by 6 feet 35.00 Oval rag rugs have become very popular lately, and when carefully designed and made of either woolen or cotton rags in fast color Is, they are artistic, serviceable, washable, an d suitable to use in bedrooms, bathrooms, anti kitchens of any house. In simple houses, particularly those furnished with Colonial furniture, these rugs are often used even in the hall, living-room and dining-room, the size being governed to suit the need. One of the chief things to recommend them is the fact that they may be made at home without the use of a loom; a child may even be easily taught to do certain processes of the work, and to make tiny ones for her dolls' house. The rug in the lower photograph facing page 41, I made of deep cream and turquoise blue cotton rags, cut in one-inch strips the width of the material. Each strip I folded under a half inch on each side, then pressed with a hot iron. This left a strip one-half inch wide, with the rough side kept underneath when braiding. It is easier to braid if the strands are not too long, so I always join mine as I go along, working the colors in to carry out the design I have in mind. In this rug, I began with the blue, and braided enough to form the oval ...