Evening star., 1914-08-08
HOME COLOR SCHEME
AN|MPORTANT MATTER
Too Much Care Cannot Be Exercised
in Its Arrange
ment.

Too much care cannot be exercised
in planning the color scheme OF the home
you are building or the one that you are
having redecorated
There are colors and shades OF paint
and paper galore and the various COM
binations OF these colors and shades ss
used in your home make all the difference
between a gloomy and unattractive place
and home fun of light and rejecting the
sheer joy of living OF the occupants. says
a writer in the Bridgeport Post.
Do not use giarinE coors in any part
of the house. That is a good foundation
rule to begin with DO not seek to mako
the house conspicuous by painting ii an
unusual color. This is not only bad taste.
but it has a Very material effect on the
value of the property in case you should
later wish to sell IT,
Some painters adj decorators have good
taste in recommending the use of coiors
and others have taste which is certainly
execrahle. II Is better TO secure the ad
vice of some one with good eye for COL
or harmony to help you in planning the
color scheme of the home if you do not
feel quite equal to the task yourself
Avoid Startling Effects.
Avoid sudden or startling effects and
try to preserve harmony throughout
the house. II is not often that the con-
ventional papers and coors are fitted TO
all the rooms. A room which is naturally
dark should be lightened and occasionally
tinge OF pink or red adds cheerfulness
to room which would otherwise be
gloomy. Try TO get wall papers which
are distinctive and have character but
shun those which have tremendous con
ventional figures. These are rarely fitted
for the ordinary home and should only
be used where there are very large wall
spaces to be covered or where the room
demands unusual treatment.
Secure delicate designs and delicate col
orings whenever possible. pretty style
of wall covering. though sometimes rather
expensive. is secured through the use OF
burlaps. which may be painted when ono
tires of the initial coloring
White for wainscoting and paneling Is
usually good. but too much white makes
the place glaring and TOO like hospital.
Selecting Wall Covering.
Select wall covering which will har-
monize with the pictures to be used, the
furniture which is TO be installed and the
color of the rugs.
A beautiful room may have its whole
effect spoiled by one or two color mis-
takes which will rob il entirely Of the
character which 1t should have and will
make really very fine furniture look cheap
and tawdry.
Try. if possible. TO adapt the color
scheme of the outside of the house to
the location. Try to make the house look
as If it We're a part Of the landscape and
not a conspicuous intruder in the scenery
There are many breaks which may pc
made in the coioring of the home. No
general rules covering the whole subject
can be laid down. but each house needs
different treatment and presents dif-
ferent problem, but upon the correct So
luton of this problem depends the entire
character of the home. Better to go slow
and seek advice than to hurry and spoil
the appearance OF the place and make u
into a regular nightmare of color.
Select new furniture with the same
care YOU would use in buying a suit OF
clothes Do not buy furniture just pc,
cause it is cheap. Walt until you hnd
what YOU want and then buy ii. even
though you have to wait a while before
buying.