Middletown transcript., 1910-09-24
FALL RENOVATT0NS

The Fall has come 10 be she moving
season as we'll the time when naoss pso-
pie do any important household rsnova.
HONS and the choosing of new wall deco.
rntionH confronts great many peouIe.
Papers have 3 way of looking 20 very
different when enticiDgly displayed BY
the decorator, and hung on ones own
particular wall, that the results Of even Z
very painstaking selection are often far
from satisfactory.
AFew Suggestions
A few points that everyone has perhans
heard, and quite forgotten to use as the
critical moment, would prevent many
dlsappointmentsif kept In mind. Don's
cut your house into dabs of color--a blue
room, green room, etc. Uss tones Of.
one color, rather soft neutial tones, shat
don't clash with ones household belong.
ingS, but are complimentary TO them and
to your own personality. Don't ehooss
wall hangings and carpets that glare at
you when you enter the bouse. These
should be only backgrounds to ses off the
other contents Of the rooms beeominRly,
including the human contents. Don't
have a wall that makes your complexion
appear washed ont and yellow. You are
more important than your mural decoEa.
tions every day in the year in your own
home.
Some Trends in Fashion
There are, of course, fashions in decoFa.
ton as in other thinge, and just now there
is decided vogue for stsnciling, for
hanginga and npholsterings, a. we'll a.
for walls. This work is, Of course, done
on plain backgrounds and materials.
Often the same design is stencilled on
both walls and uphoIsteries, or the idea
is reversed, with excellent effect; thus
figured wall will have some of it's pattern
repeated in stencillings on the plain dTa.
peries, OF the figured draperies will furn.
ish motive for the stencilled decoration
Of the walls.
An AE61s6le 6ooW
A dining room recently done over here
ct very moderate cost has the walls
hung in "sanitas," the washable vail
hanging that has become 90 popular with
discriminating people who like durabls,
sanitary decorations that are at the same
tint. handsome and artistic. A warm red
burlap surface, with q fsuF-de.Iys hRure
was selected for this wall, the porsisFas
and screen being of Forrest tapestry, and
the window draperies of thin silk stens
cilled with the feuF-de.lys pattsrn.
Crossed scarfs Of linen crash stsnCilled
with the same design, outlined and en-.
bellished with little coarse embroidery,
were used on the old oak table.
The Bath Room
The bath room aud kitchen in the same
house were hung in white tile patterns Of
the same washable hanging, with Dor.
der Of Dutch figures in delft blue in the
kitchen, and Of delicate rose design in
the bath room, where green and white
cotton rugs harmonixed with the color
scheme.
The Vogue Of Gray
One sees great deal of gray used for
walls, especially in elaborately furnished
drawing rooms, and in bedrooms where
chintS or cFetonne draperiea and cushions
are used. This is usually the shade known
Is French Gray, quite light and With
hint Of pink in its make up. Gold dark
yrays absorb 80 much light that they
make even sunny room seem gloomy,
while under artificial light they are posi-
lively vault-like. Too dark walls are de.
pressing, too light walls, unless relieved
oy borders or panels are yspid. Medium
Ihades in quiet tones are generally most
satisfactory and hvable. One tires very
oon of any marked decoration. Walls
md hanging should correspond ia color
" pattern. ELEANOR FRANCES.