Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-04
NOVEL WALL TREATMENT.

NONEL WALL TREATMENT.
For those who are fitting up rooms. here are
two ideas for wall treatment, or rather one for
wall and one for ceiling. In a small room-a
Ettle boudoir would be most suitable--color the
walls a rather deep pink and over them put
plainly lace OF Nottingham or some Similar
kind OF graceful pattern. Finish il at the TOP
with hounce sixteen inches deeply cutting q
curtain lengthwise the finished edges NAV be
obtained The lace over the pink is, OF course
very delicate looking, and is said to make an
excellent background for water colors in white
frames. The small chairs and tables should be
white, with the char coverings OF cretonne with
pink flowers over 1t. The floor should have
white fur rugs on il and be stain a yellow
tone in itself. A white wainscoting four feet
high makes this room complete, while CAV
china scattered about adds TO the general
dainty effect i read this description and
thought il a practicable scheme In such clean
city as Washington, and as 1t sounds very at
ractive give some one the opportunity to
avail herself Of it
The ceiling treatment is to first put on .
small figured chintZ, over which put pine
holdings three inches wide and half an inch
deep. These should be painted cream white
and be arranged SO as to cross each other. di-
vidIng the ceiling into panels nearly three
feet square as may be. The window draperies
and chair cushions (frilled) should be OF the
same chiniz. Have a deep frieze or red car
fridge paper with an olive paper in two tones
aud small figure beneath. / intended to only
give the Idea FOR the ceiling, but the whole
beems good, so put II down. / read IL years
ago and thought 1t a pretty decoration for
ceiling especially. This same idea of chintz
brought down onto the side walls with cream
white picture molding marking of q frieze
span and a foUr-foot dado of cream-white wood
would make a CHI yrming room, fhu,h prettier
tsan the paper effect described above.
BEAUTIFYISo THE PIANO.
Among other changes for the better in ar
ranging rooms the piano 10 made more of as q
decorative feature. The square pianos. which
are so much more hopeless as picturesque oh
iects than the uprights. are much less often
seen, every one that can having banished them
IN favor OF the others. Even when one does
not have the modern ones, with frames To snit
the woodwork OF the rooms where they stand
much can be done to make them more attract,
i've than by placing them in q corner or with
the back fiat against the wall. Attachment or
ailments, as they are called, are provided.
which combine y few or many additions to the
piano proper. Sometimes q music stand IL
lifted into one side of the front below the kew
board, and again onto the side, which IA A CON-
venience aud does not detract from the looks
The placing of the piano is entirely Changed.
and wherever 10 Is possible. even in srn Ali
rooms, 10 IL set out into the roop,
Offences. with the back the part most displayed
The prettiest arrangement, IS far as looks 90
but one which Q musician deplores on account
OF the mutiing OF the sound somewhat, 10 one
MAJ have seen only once. The piano stood