The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15

morphose a commonplace and unattractive
room, and that is TO resolutely discard all
objects, however priced for associations.
which fail below the artistic standard she
has set A few compromises may destroy
the charm OF the room. She must feel the
color scheme so strongly that il will be
difficult for her TO make up her mind 60 put
an article i'm the room which threat tens to
destroy this. With her green walls she can
use ceiling Of soft yellow cream or old
ivory. The picture molding of oak. match
ing the other woodwork. should be set from
a foot two below the ceiling line ode
pendent upon the height of the side walD,
and the yellow wash should extend over
the ceiling, and down TO the picture mold.
IT, when she has made these changes. she
Jet feels there is something to be done. she
can make Fat. rather hard cushions OF
green velours or corduroy and fit them to
the seats OF her chairs. She can tie these
firmly i'm with green cord or braid. and they
will transform an ordinary oak chair into
something much more desirable from dec
orative point of view Yellow candle shades
should break the green OF this room and
yellow flowers should decorate the table.
a COLONIAL DINING ROOM
Illustration No. ! shows colonial dining
room which is almost faultless in its fur
nishings. The color scheme is ivory white
and strong rich green. The green figure
of the paper stands out clearly against the
white ground. The ceiling is tinted a
lighter green than the figure in the paper.
and the white enameled finish of the wood
work is ivory in tone The chairs, which
are particularly graceful and correct in
shape. as expositions of the period. are Of
mahogany and are seated with dark green
haircloth. a fascinating feature Of this
room is the breakfast alcove in the sunny
end of the room This alcove * an i'm
mense bay fifteen feet wide, having nve
windows toward the east The windows
are draped uniformly with sheer white
organdie muslin. tied back midway With
white cotton cords and tassels. All cold
ness of effect is prevented by the use OF a
valance and side curtains In the alcove OF
green silk velours. This curtain empha-
sizes and masses the strongest shade OF
green in the paper
The large Wilton rug with flower Dor
der is the only regretable feature OF the
room. II upon the polished floor an ORR
entail rug had been used il would not have
broken the suggestion OF the colonial Pc
riOd, and would by its soft blending OF
rich understandable tones have given a
depth and glow to the room which IL now
lacks.
4 MULBERRY RED ROOM
The dark, yet vivid. crimson OF the Turk
ish rug in the center of this dining room
strikes the keynote OF the scheme Of deco
ration, and the wainscoting OF mahogany
blends beautifully with this cOloring. The
plaster frieze of the walls and the space
between the heavy mahogany beams of the
ceiling is also a dark crimson. or rather
mulberry red. Against this background the
pewter stems arranged above the mantel
shelf show out delightfully."-. The old En-
gish plate and cut glass on the blnet also
show up with peculiar distinction IN these
surroundings. The screen which hides the
door 10 the buffers pantry Is also OF bright
green leather Ornamented with silver lines
and pewter nails. The mahogany chairs
are upholstered in crimson stamped leath-
or. All monotony is done away with
through the medium OF table cover or
Indian embroidery on an ivory ground, the
delicious old ivory tones that appear In the
antique Persian rug that lies along one side
of the room and the cream Of the Arabian
curtains that hang at the windows some
rare pieces Of cloisonne in blue ana green
on the mantel reproduce the blues and
greens IN the rugs and render the scheme
one OF absolute perfection when great ricn-
ness of effect is desired
IN GOBELIN BLUE.
have used this photograph chiefly be-
cause I wish 20 point out the POSSIBLE
ties OF the use Of tapestry on the walls
OF dining room. The deep frieze OF
panel work with tapestry inset would be
much more effective IL the side walls were
in plain color. To use this scheme Of
beams md paneling most effectively the
space between the ceiling beams should
also BE- washed in a strong plain color.
To select for side walls and ceiling a soft
dull gOebelin blue. and for the frieze a
tapestry which has much OF this color in
its composition, and 10 use this with beams
and woodwork OF English oak. would Sc
cure beautiful room. The table should
be OF polished oak and the chairs uphol-
stored with tapestry which Is OF the same
general design and coloring as that used on
the wall. The pattern OF the figure. how
ever. should be much smaller. With heavy
blue draperies over white lace curtains
at the windows. and rug with blue tones
on the hardwood door. this would be an
effective dining room.
KATE GREENLEAF LOCKE
copyright. 1901