Indeed, I
think one big arm chair, preferably of the wing variety, is the only big
chair you will require in the living-room. A fireside chair is like a
grandfather's clock; it gives so much dignity to a room that it is worth
a dozen inferior things. Suppose you have a wing chair covered with
dull-toned corduroy, or linen, or chintz; a large willow chair with a
basket pocket for magazines or your sewing things; a stool or so of
wood, with rush or cane seats; and a straight chair or so--perhaps a
painted Windsor chair, or a rush-bottomed mahogany chair, or a low-back
chair of brown oak--depending on the main furniture of the room, of
course. You won't need anything more, unless you have space for a
comfortable couch.
If you have mahogany things, you will require a little mahogany table at
the head of the couch to hold a reading-lamp--a sewing-table would be
excellent. A pie-crust or turn top table for tea, or possibly a "nest"
of three small mahogany tables. A writing table or book table built on
very simple lines will be needed also. If you happen to have a
conventional writing-desk, a gate-leg table would be charming for books
and things.
The wing chair and willow chairs, and the hour-glass Chinese chairs,
will go beautifully with mahogany things or with oak things. If most of
your furniture is to be oak, be sure and select well-made pieces stained
a soft brown and waxed.
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