The placing a jar of pottery or metal near or against a piece of drapery which repeats its colour and heightens the lustre of its substance is a small detail, but one which gives pleasure out of all proportion to its importance.
The half accidental draping of a curtain, the bringing together of shapes and colours in insignificant things, may give a character which is lastingly pleasing both to inmates and casual visitors.
Of course this is largely a matter of personal gift.

One person may make a picturesque use of colour and material, which in the hands of another will be perhaps without fault, but equally without charm.

Instances of this kind come constantly within our notice, although we are not always able to give the exact reasons for success or failure.

We only know that we feel the charm of one instance and are indifferent to, or totally unimpressed by, the other.
It is by no means an unimportant thing to create a beautiful and picturesque interior.

There is no influence so potent upon life as harmonious surroundings, and to create and possess a home which is harmonious in a simple and inexpensive way is the privilege of all but the wretchedly poor.