The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-02
A PINK ROOM.
The Tint That Is Becoming Quite
Prevalent.

The popularity of rose color is seen in
half the recent furnishings of houses as
well as in dress. This is tint that re-
quires the use of delicate natural woods
or of enamels in ivory white. There are
many shades of rose that will not stand
the sunlight, and. therefore, it is desir-
aole to secure a wall paper that is
sun proof. Probably the best way of
testing the paper is to secure a sam
pie and let it lie in a strong sunlight,
though there are so many paper houses
now whose reputation is sufficient guar
antee of their honest dealing that this may
not always be necessary. Few cheap wall
papers bear the sun. While these papers
are often charming in delicate tints of
pearl gray and natural bronze and olive,
where pale color, like blue or pink, is de-
sired 1T is necessary to choose more ex-
penSive paper.
Some Of the silk finish papers are espe-
claliy pretty In rose color for boudoirS or
summer bedrooms. A rose garland trellis
on ivory white ground is pretty frieze
for such room. The ceiling is then a
few shades lighter, marked out in ouaire-
Toll with pale, rOse-hued ribbons or scat
tered with rose petals. All the paint of
the room should be ivory white, the fuTni-
tuTe may be white enameled, and COM
pieted by brass bedstead; or, if the bed
room Is double room. it may have twin
bedsteadS of white enameled wood. cano-
PIED with the pretty r0se-printed silks
that are now imported for such purposes
In arranging the canopy, sc picturesque
and graceful part of the bedroom furni-
ture OF the day. it should be remem bered
that this Is no longer suspended from the
bed, but from hook Or frame permanently
fastened to the wall. This allows the bed
a wit
weight OF the canopy. Linen tapestries
printed with rose patterns, make cool
agreeable upholstery for these summer
rooms, and there are the shadow silks,
which come In a variety of rose tones and
in the moss greens or rOse-stem green's
which harmOnlZ9 so well with these pink
shades. The pretJest carpet for such a
room is rug in dull reds, such as the Jap
anese make of cotton, The crimson carpet
is too bright; it requires the dull shades of
terra Gotta red that approaches The brown
and have nothing striking or pronounced
IN their colOrlngs or tones.
The artistic rule is that the carpet should
be least conspicuous and darkest in tone,
the wall somewhat lighter color, the
frleze still lighter, and the ceiling lightest
OF all. 1t is possible to carry this idea out
even in very delicate tints. The same color
looks much darker on the ceiling than IL
does on side wall, therefore, to obtain the
FlcCt VI even LHo Sdlle LiDt, mucH lIgnler
color must be used overhead. This fact
is not always recognized by people who
are not decorators, hence the frequency of
heavy looking ceilings that apparently have
a tendency to come dnwn-as bright, gay
cOlOrs on the floor have tendency TO rise
up and strike the behOlder. Now, all
these things are especially to be abhorred
in pink room. where the slightest use of
loud coloring is fatal to the success OF the
scheme The relief of warm browns,
cream tones and the pale apple green's and
rosestem green's is always a necessary.
A judciously selected pearl gray rug
makes tasteful carpet Tor a pinkrOom :
but it is a very delicate one and does n ct
wear so well as the reddish brown rugs
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