The herald., 1895-09-01
About Furnishing Bedrooms

In furnishing and rep; pering bed
rooms. the bright exposures. west and
southwest. require different scheme OF
color from those for bedrooms and sitting
rooms that front north and east. But
please do not cover white paint with an
Limitation of hard woods. If you want
the grain OF the woods to show. you must
at least go to the trouble and expense OF
having the paint removed and the old
wood planeu. White paint, however, has
quite come into favor again, and a a.rich
cream color is certainly very agreeable for
the eyes to rest upon, in company with
your bronze colored curtains. For the
room which has the strawcolored hang
ings get an olive paint and put these, or
course, in the brightest room. Put your
walnut furniture in the room with these,
and let the oak furniture go with the
cream colored paint, in the darker room
of the two. Scarlet wall paper. well re-
lieved with white borderings and white
paint, makes highly successful room.
scarlet being rather cold color. when
properly managed There are some beau
tiful green papers about; the Napoleonic
green, in tasteful patterns. Oak furni-
ture looks we'll upon green. as it does upon
peacock blue. This last color may sound
glaring; ;but in cartridge paper, where the
surface of the paper softens it. it is very
desirable, and with bordering of white
oak or oak color, makes a very attractive
room. Never have the ceilings done in
very heavy color. The only decided tint
one can put in ceiling is the Delft blue
upon white. the white in large proportion.
This will not "go'' with peacock blue.
If you want to know what Delft color is go
to any china shop,o or to almost ahy jewell
er's and you will be shown it in the ware.
Arabesque patterns. or little sprigs, or
the arragement of blue and white, found
in the old Indian cotton bed spreads.
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papers. What is called hair color, a brown
shade palely removed from white. is very
good for these outlines. Take the whole
width of good chintz pattern wall paper
for your frieze, that is the name Tor 9
wide bordering around che top of the
wall, and then you can indulge in any
colors you choose for the wall below. For
scarlet wall paper. however, have a
bordering wide or narrow according to
tine height of the room, but choose one
that has almost pure white effect, d
feathery or foamy white in the border.
There is so much good modern Chippen
dale now to be had cheap, delicately
carved mahoganies in corner cupboards,
little sofas, sideboards. writing desks,
old fashioned secretaries" and chairs.
that visit to any furniture warehouse
will give You large chulce. Do not over
look the beauties in bamboo and rattan
furniture, and rememb ber that plenty of
odd tables scattered about gives a sitting
room It's most living air. If you can find
bit or two of Sheraton, the old furniture
in mahogany. inlaid with lines of satin
wood-only lines, and nothing m ore
1t is a possession to be desired, so secure
it forthwith. For the scarlet room, how
ever, have white corner cupboards, done in
pure ivory, china gloss. and ivory rattan
chairs, few; or if you conclude to have
the room done in the Empire green.
either the dark furniture mentioned
above or the white makes charming
room. Philadelphia Ledger.