Quality of rugs and fabrics: carpet and rug making has reached a high standard in this country. Rugs with excellent wearing qualities are to be had at reasonable prices for the standard nine by twelve. They will cost a little more if the rug is cut to fit the outline of your room. The same high standards are followed in fabric manufacture. It is wise to buy as good a quality as you can afford, especially in rugs, as they come as near bring a permanent investment as furniture.
Painted and waxed floors, hooked rugs: in early American rooms, especially, painted or waxed floors with hooked rugs are in character and very attractive, because of the colorful, interesting rugs of all sizes which are being made in the hooked weaves and designs. Bare floors which are well laid, stained, waxed, or painted – with the good materials now on the market – may be kept in order with very little trouble. A walnut tone not light oak is the best color for stain. In old
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