Evening journal., 1911-04-29
SUMMER HINTSFOR
The HOUSEKEEPER
Touches That Count for Much
in RemOdeIing the
Home
CAUTIONS TO BE RE-
MEMBERED IN COLOR SCHEME

Many things should be thought aut
before redecorating a room. AS spring
is the time when thoughts turn TO
lighter styles after having been sur
rounded by heavier effects all win
ter. the force Of contract appeals to
the average woman. Yet there are
cautions to be borne in mind when a
woman is planning color schemes TO
freshen up country or city rooms. For
instance II the ceilings are high don't
use striped paper; If the room is
light use restful color, and If dark
reverse it and the effect will always
be good
Many women nowadays like a color
scheme of different tints on a floor
giving shading of tones. Although
this may be harmonious It often be-
comes tiresome, for It seems as
though YOU could never get away from
It, and after a while you take an in
tense dislike to anything approaching
that particular color much pret-
tier way is TO have different colors,
one blending into the other by force
of contrast. gradually. shading off to
a lighter tint at the end Of a floor.
thus giving the prospective or shad-
owy feeling Of distance
For bedrooms use only soft neutral
tones on the walls Whatever color
you prefer for contrast can be in the
frie7e above. For example, take a
white moire paper with a cut out
frieze of lilscs. The hangings can
be of white net with full valance on
which can be sewed q band of lilac
material, with the outside edges
shaped to your fancy and finished
with lace braid The net bedspread
can he made to match with a full
gathered founce and monogram in the
centre of the same lilac material and
similarly treated a plain lilac rug
completes the scheme.
If you prefer white alone for bed
rooms cut out friezes Of different
flowers can be used which will re-
lieye the monotony. The hangings
can be Of simply endless variety, some
with the cut out cretonne idea, which
many persons like. others of cretonne
alone. Then again in summer homes
silkoline looks cool and does not keep
out the air.
A hall is always an important fac
tar in the decorative scheme Of q
house and should be we'll considered.
not only for IT'S own sake. to give II
spacious look if II is small, but also
/ for the color effect on the rooms
which open out Of It, for wrong note
here will spoil the whole II some.
times happens that the entrance hal
| Of a small house in the country hal
q window or two with an ugly out
look which IL Is desirable 70 hide I
stained glass is out of NE question
on account Of the expense the glas,
can be covered with one Of the ma.
| terials which give the effect of stained
J glass, cost little and come I'm pretty
designs
4 RemOdeled Hall.
A very pretty hall in a remodelled
country farmhouse had on the walls
a landscape paper showing an old
mill with water running from the
wheel. II was quaint conceit and
was the right thing in the right place
| as the hall was light and the tones
we're soft and subdued as though mel
/ lowed by time
AS for woodwork. white enamel is
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dren are romping about Forest greer
Is very good in a summer dining room
with a high wainscot and colored cot
ton tapestry frieze above il. provided
1t Is a light room otherwise it woulC
look sombre
Dark Flemish or English oak trim
is inadvisable except in good size,
rooms, as IT looks heavy in small
spaces. For furniture. white ename
is serviceable, and is prettier still
when cane is inserted in panels Thi
is intended principally for bedroom
and reception rooms. but II looks vel
too in a summer dining room with thl
color note, say. Of rose. On the walls
the chair seats and sideboard tn
same tine can be used in some design
and II may appear in either flower
or border on the china. With a plaii
rose rug and white trim and the gilt
ter of glass and silver and the whit
napery such a dining room would b
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