The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-03-24
WALL PAPER SUGGESTIONS.
Points TO ne Considered when the
Walls Are 10 He Re-
covered.

Several questions have 10 be taken
into consideration before that OF the
walls can be satisfactorily settled. Is
the room hight or dark, large or small
Does the sun shine in? Is il in the
country or in town? What is its out
look? For what particular purpose Is
it destined? Must question Of old
furniture enter into the discussion,
that which cannot be changed or re-
covered, or that which is so valuable
in itself that the room may be built
up in reference to IL? Has the indi-
vidual owner any particular prejudice
for or against any particular color,
so that either a depression of spirits
or an cxhlaration is felt? What is the
room intended to express-comfort,
coziness, hospitality, repose, cheer,
dignity, airiness or freshness, or shall
a question OF mere formality settle
everything? All efforts TO beautify
an ugly apartment will be thrown
away which ignore any or all of these
questions.
That which is to be avoided for any
and every wall is paper having gilt
figures, or figures outlined in gilt
Like double-faced friend, this paper
is always playing you false. IL is
never the same on any two days or in
any two situations. 1t is n shining
presence from one side of the room,
and dark and unresponsive one from
the other. As you look at IL from
your seat by the fire il seems TO adapt
itself to the color of your sofa cush-
ions or to a special hanging. But go
over by the window and look at IL
again. IL has robbed everything about
il of color, and destroyed your best
bits of composition. In copper or brass
jars or utensils, now so universally
used in decoration and for plants, this
ability TO take up and reflect lights
from every part of room and con-
stantly TO change as you look is one
of their great attractions, creating
their special value among those who
love color for its own sake. But on
ones walls one wants something with
more reliance in il, else all sense of
confidence vanishes, and one of unrest
takes its place. Papers with gilt fig
ures have utterly destroyed many a
room and are never to be encouraged.
Powered papers, by universal con-
sent, are accepted for bedrooms. When
there Is oak woodwork, like that
which is found in so many small
apartments and new houses, a ground
work of green or Of yellow should be
chosen for the paper. White is not a
good groundwork for oak, and red is
always bad. Red is always bad for
bedrooms, unless by chance one hap
pens to have some rare old hangings
belonging TO palaces. The everyday
housekeepcr should avoid IL for her
slecping-room. Red, by the way,
beautiful and fascinating as it often
is, can ever be good in any cheap ma
terial One is then apt to get ma
genta-an awful color-or reds with
purple tones. Nothing is more de-
pressing or spoils room so easily
Red Is good dining-room color, the
silver and china coming out well
against IL. IL ought to have white
paint. Red conventionalizes a parlor,
but the formality is relieved by the
introduction of specimens OF old Delft,
or blue china, arranged over the man
tel or on the walls, and by pictures
in gilt frames. Red hangings must
go at the window, and white next the
panes.--Collier's Weekly.