The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-09-29
THE JOURNALS HOUSEHOLD LETTER

New YORK, September 18th. The fall
has come to be the moving season as we'll
as the time when most people do any i'm
portant household renovation and the
choosing of new wall decorations con-
fronts great many people. Papers have
way of looking so very different when
enticingly displayed by the decoration,
and hung on ones own particular wall,
that the results of even a very pains
taking selection are often far from salts
factory.
A FEW SUGGESTIONS
A few points that everyone has per
haps heard, and quite forgotten to use
at the critical moment, would prevent
many disappointments if kept in mind.
Don't cut your house into dabs of color
a blue room, green room, a pink room,
etc. Use tones of one color, rather soft
neutral tones, that don't clash with ones
household belongings, but are compli-
mentary to them and to your own per-
sonality. Don't choose wal! hangings
and carpets that glare at you when you
enter the house. These should be only
backgrounds to set off the other contents
of the rooms becomingly, including the
human contents. Don't have wall that
makes your complexion appear washed
out and yellow. You are more impor
tant than your mural decorations every
day in the year in your own home.
SOME TRENDS IN FASHION.
There are, of course, fashions in dec
GRAFTON as in other things, and just now
there is a decided vogue for stencilling,
for hangings and upholsterings, as well
as for walls. This work is, Of course,
done on plain backgrounds and materials.
Often the same design is stencilled on
both walls and upholsteries, or the idea
is reversed, with excellent effect; thus a
figured wall will have some of its pat
tern repeated in stencillings on the plain
draperies, or the figured draperies will
furnish motive for the stencilled dec
oratlOn OF the walls.
AN ARTISTIC ROOM
A dining room recently done over here
at a very moderate cost has the walls
hung in "Sanitas," the washable wall
hanging that has become so popular with
discriminating people who like durable,
sanitary decorations that are at the same
time handsome ana artistic. A warm red
burlap surface, with a fleurde-lis figure
was selected for this wall, the portieres
and screen being of Forrest tapestry, and
the window draperies of thin silk STENCIL
ed with the fleur-de-lis pattern. Crossed
same design, outlined and embellished
with a little coarse embroidery, were
used on the old oak table.
THE BATH ROOM.
The bath room and kitchen in the same
house were hung in white tile patterns
of the same washable hangings, with a
border of Dutch figures in delft blue in
the kitchen, and of delicate rose design
in the bath room, where green and white
cotton rugs harmonized with the color
scheme.
THE VOGUE OF GRAY.
One sees great deal of gray used for
walls, especially in deliberately furnished
drawing rooms, and in bedrooms where
chintz or cretonne draperies and cushions
are used. This is usually the shade
known as French Gray, quite light and
with hint of pink in its make up. Cold
dark grays absorb so much light that
they make even sunny room seem
gloomy, while under artificial light they
are positively vault-like. Too dark walls
are depressing, too light walls, unless
relieved by borders or panels are vapid.
Medium shades in quiet tones are gener-
orally most satisfactory and livable. One
tires very soon of any marked decoration.
Walls and hangings should correspond in
color or pattern.
ELEANOR FRANCES.
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