[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]

This volume is the result of an effort to bring together in close relation with fundamental principles of design a variety of practical problems which are more or less closely connected with the general problem of home decoration and suited to the constructive ability of boys and girls from twelve to eighteen years of age. While the book is mainly a record of the author's experience and observation in this department of educational work, he has received many suggestions from co-workers in the same field. It will be impossible to give credit to all who have directly or indirectly assisted in the preparation of this book: but special acknowledgments are due to Mr. Fred M. Watts, who furnished the material for the chapter on Pottery and several drawings for other parts of the book; to Miss Grace L. Bell for the illustrations and descriptions embodied in the chapter on Block Printing; to Mr. Burton A. Adams for the problems in metal work; to Mr. Edwin A. Finch and Mr. Lewis O. Richardson who contributed many of the specifications for the problems in furniture-making; to Miss Elizabeth M. Morton for specific suggestions pertaining to the subject of dress as related to the principles of decoration; and to Mrs. Ruth B. S. Flower, of Florence, Mass., who supplied several of the photographs and much of the descriptive matter for the chapter on Weaving.

Springfield, Mass.

C. F. W.

[CONTENTS]

CHAPTERPAGE
I. Introductory—The Story of a House[3]
II.Decorations and Furniture[34]
III.Pictures[64]
IV. The Arrangement of Flowers[81]
V. Decorative Fabrics[95]
VI. Dress and the Principles of Decoration[121]
VII. Furniture Making[129]
VIII.Finishing and Re-finishing[212]
IX. Hand Weaving[244]
X. Pottery[280]
XI. Decorative Work in Leather, Copper, and
Other Materials		[321]
XII. Concluding Suggestions—Country Homes[366]

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

Hanging a Picture[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
All the Rough Carpentry was Assigned to the Boys of the Woodworking Sections of the Vocational School[22]
The Boys of the Forging Classes of the Technical High School were not Overlooked in the Distribution of the Work on the House[24]
A Table Runner of Russian Crash and Pillow Cover with Geometrical Design[96]
Window Draperies with Stencilled Border[108]
Crocheted Panels, a Linen Work Bag with Conventional Landscape in Darning Stitch, a Crash Table Mat Embroidered in Darning and Couching Stitch[118]
Finishing a Library Table[212]
Weaving a Rug[244]
Hand Made Rugs, Hand Made Towels[252]
An Alcove with Window Draperies, Pillow Covers, Window Seat and Moss Green Rug, All Hand Woven[262]
Hand Woven Window Draperies, Couch Cover, Slumber Rug, and Pillow Covers[266]
Girls at Work on Pottery[280]
Bowls[294]
Vases and Fern Dishes[312]
Tiles[316]
Pottery: Designed and Made by Schoolgirls[318]
Decorative Forgings[364]