There is rarely a
room that would not be improved by built-in shelves and inset mirrors.
Of course, I do not advise you to spend a lot of money on someone else's
property, but why not look the matter squarely in the face? This is to
be your home. You will find a number of things that annoy you--life in
any city furnishes annoyances. But if you have one or two reasonably
large rooms, plenty of light and air, and respectable surroundings, make
up your mind that you will not move every year. That you will make a
home of this place, and then go ahead and _treat_ it as a home! If a
certain recess in the wall suggests bookshelves, don't grudge the few
dollars necessary to have the bookshelves built in! You can probably
have them built so that they can be removed, on that far day when this
apartment is no longer your home, and if you have a dreadful wall paper
don't hide behind the silly plea that the landlord will not change it.
Go without a new gown, if necessary, and pay for the paper yourself.
Few apartments have fireplaces, and if you are fortunate enough to find
one with a real fireplace and a simple mantel shelf you will be far on
the way toward making a home of your group of rooms. Of course your
apartment is heated by steam, or hot air, or something, but an open fire
of coal or wood will be very pleasant on chilly days, and more important
still your home will have a point of departure--the Hearth.
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