December 10, 1928

Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser

Detroit, Michigan, United States

A portion of a Beauty in the Home column describing a home featured in Good Furniture magazine and introducing a pattern that will become the symbol of the Detroit News Quilt Club Corner.

Beauty in the Home
By Edith B. Crumb
A simply furnished but dignified room is one which always holds interest for the woman who has home making at heart: and in the accompanying illustration from Good Furniture magazine is shown a room which is usually attractive.

The walls have been treated with simple wood moldings to form panels, and a close study of the distribution of the panels will show that they add interest instead of a monotonous effect because they are of different sizes. Wall spaces should be very carefully considered before laying out paneling in order to avoid any awkward effect which is created by even sized panels.
The wall space against which the buffet is placed has one large panel and two narrow ones, the electrical fixtures being centered in the latter and one can readily realize how much more attractive this arrangement would be than two panels of the same size.

The walls and woodwork have been finished in a deep shade of ivory and the floor covering is of jade green Wilton made large enough to leave a six inch margin all around.

For the glass curtains, a light shade of ecru voile has been selected these being finished with hems and made long enough to reach to the sill.

The over draperies are of black ground hand blocked linen with design in jade green, Chinese red, gold and a touch of purple. These are lined with ecru Stateen, made long enough to reach to the floor and hung from a painted wooden cornice.

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.