Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-12
Third in the Series on Doing
an Old House Over"
By Dorothy Tuke.

TIME hall is quite as important in
decoration as any room. First
impressions count for SO much,
and ii Is very necessary that our
halls should be inviting. Besides, so
many people come tC the door and see
only the hall and Judge the house ac-
The most important thing is the color
scheme. When papering We must CON
slider carefully the different rooms "hlch
open into it. | have sometimes seen
red hall opening into rose du Barry
reception room, yellow hNlhS room
and a delft-blue dining room. That Is
so dazzling and inharmunious that
there is no FEELING of rest created there;
1t is nearly always best to paper nan
either with a soft green or a tan paper
as these two colors look well win any
The hall shown In the illustration has
dark oak dado, with green crlhkIe
the LETT and the living room on the rlght
are both papered with green paper, ana
no one could fan TO be impressed by the
delightful feeling OF rest ana rsnnsment
IN this little home.
Sometimes we can find a pretty paper
that has in II the colors OF the rooms
that the hall leads into. very success
ful han was papered with a tapestry
paper dado OF green, blue, tan ana terra
Gotta, and above this was tan felt
paper. The reception room was blue,
the dining room tan and the library
terra Gotta, SO that each room was In
troduced by the paper In the hall.
wall. as IT seldom looks well running up
the stairs. HARDWOOD or stained floors,
with rugs, are the incest thing for a
hall, but II these cannot be had good
plain filling Is the next best thing.
The furniture should not be hard to
choose, and yet how many mistakes are
made in, for example. the bamboo book
case and chair In the illustration, How
unsuitable for hall how hideous for
anywhere. There Is no occasion for
books In a hall Instead, there should DO
good, substantial table near the door.
II possible. with a card tray, hat brush
and such things upon It. one or two
side chairs and hat stand, II necessary,
though happily the day for hat stands is
slipping by. most houses having a cup
board under the stairs for coats ETC.,
which Is more suitable for the coats
and better for the hail. as coats and
hats are not artistic. However, an at
tTaCtiVe hal stand can be easily made
at nominal cost by buying an old iron
Ing table, which Will cost from IS cents
"a 50. using Il in bench form and put
ting a shelf across the top for hats 10
rest ON, ana putting pegs at either side
OF the seat. The shelf above protects the
coats on the pegs. and If it Is not need
ed for hats, an ornament or two Of the
right color Will add a decorative touch
In long hall an old church pew is
useful ana ornamental These can ca :
ily be picked up at secondhand stores
for 81 or 50, and can then be painted 10
match the rest OF the hail. The built-in
bench Ia the illustration is very useful
ans enectlve, and such a one could cas-
ny oe made by the home carpenter,
l; there are 10 be poTtieres do NOT
have them OF chenille, like those in me
illustration. These are bad, and ara
fortunately a thing OF the past II Is
far better, II you cannot spend much 10
use either denim or burlap. One of the
nicest materials for portieres Is arras
CLOTH. especially VIXEN trimmed with q
tapestry border. three or four inches
WIDE. across the bottom and down tie
front or oven prettier are these cur
tains with an applique frieze design.
For Instance, II the curtain Is green, cut
out circle OF tan arras cloth about
six inches In diameter, then a red apple
ana green stalk and lear or two
Basic this onto the disc and then dc
either buttonhole stitch or plain stitch
with heavy linen embroidery thread
Afterward apply the d'sc To the curtain
IN the same manner, placing The design
about six or eight inches below the top
Of the curtain.
II sash curtains are needed, they
should be or the simplest sort, and v