The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-04-08

/ PART WALLS PLAY
\ IN AN ARTISTIC
! HOME INTERIOR

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VVyALIs are important points in
M the house for consideration IN
w procuring an artistic interior.
There are n few rules that mny al
ways be applied. First, consider the
location OF the room. Does II face
the south3 Does Il face the aorth ?
Il II shaded by tall trees, shrubs or
buildings? In the latter two cases
use paper Of n warm. creamy color.
bun. OF some other with the sunshine
In u. Avoid blue. gray or green tipts.
II the room 10 oe made over h ono
IN which delicate furnishings would
be OUT OF place. as in a family sitting
room. care should be taken not to
select papers Of the pale. character
ies5 Kind, FOR although They may
De beautiful In themselves. they spoil
the enect OF n room uaiess matched
with light rugs curtains and fnrni-
turo. For a large room, q LARGE hnt
not pronounced figured wail covering
may be selected. In the small room,
" a heured paper u preferred. the de-
sign should b small and vague. When
several small rooms open with wide
arches or doorways into each other,
a feeling Of cxpanse and size may be
gained by using the same paper on
the wallis OF all the rooms.
For the low -celled room. plain pa
pers without a border are best, or with
n narrow border ~ plain dark paper
used "a a hnish 20 represent a mould
ing In the absence OF the latter. The
high-celied room II improved oy a
wide border which serves % foroshor-
ten the height OF the walls.
In the south room "a cool green,
brown or blue paper will look we'll
Dainty papers In pink. blue. white or
chintE are GOOD choices for sleeping
rooms. The French paper known AZ
the Powered chintz variety. with It's
delicate pattern arrangemen OF low
ers aud birds. when rightly used is
very beautiful and of late has hecomo
quite popular. Shades Of purple. law
endcr and red are not good co.ors Co
81 with day after day. and with the
exception OF pale lavender. which Is
sometimes found IN tho papers FOR
bedrooms. these colors are better
avoided. There Is as great opportun-
Ivy tor the exercise OF originality
individuality on the walls Of the home
a. there is In lis furnishings.
In these days Of the vacuum
cleaner. textiles may sometimes be
utilized for wall coyrings. one small
room not In constant use was most
effectively finished with blue denim
turned wrong side out on the walls
The strips % cloth should be meas
ured and stitched together before put
ting them In place. The darker eide
Of the material, the right side, was
uppermost In the floor covering. Two
light blue and white woyea rug
proved a pleasing finish.
An enterprising young oma who
had planned her house ahead made
borders FOR several rooms. a roll OF
paper such as vas used for the walls
was eat the width Of the mteided
border and stencilcd with a con ~
tiOnalized flower design. The dsg gl
was also used as the Unit OF De MA
ton FOR the couch cover. pillows.
draperies and table cover Of She roo %.
After measuring the paper for the
border into squares. which Ia this
particular case we're about 10 In he
on "a side. the artist marked ihc a.
visions with a thin line Of gold paint
The pattern Was then stenciled iu its
! proper position In each square.
Very delicate designs for stenti ilg
may be made FOR shceping room,
and. if the furniture b. finished 90
white. good results have been obs
tained by transferring the pattern ar
a decoration for the furniture. How
ever, the Would-he decorator should
take care not 10 oyerdo the stoueilin1
rs the design ought not e. appear o.
stare one In the face. The stencil
pattern should always be simple 90
outline. and not Of elaborate parts
should the housewife be unable Co
draw her own unit, h ran often
trace q portion o. a figured textile
or wall paper which viii De salts
factory. Sometimes very artistic de
signs have been found On magnzine
covers. Patterns moy always DE puT-
chased. although they lack the fresh
ness ana selcctnoss of the original
stencil.
How the stencil may le applied hy
young people TO carry out m idea
is cxamplcd by "a boy Interested iu
botany. lie took the leaves of the
trees with which he aas familiar FOR
patterns. Thcso ne arranged Ia tho
hit-or-miss fashion of lcayc blown
about oy he autumn breeze. Painted
on the plain green paper 81 his room,
In their autumn colorings Of rel. lcl-
low. orange. with uoH ana then "a
Drown or green onc the effect was nt
once gas artistic and unique.
Attractive little s|unbonnef tots us-
Jed az various tasks were reproduce
hy a girl In "A border To- $50 al tho
wooden walnscOting in the playruou
uf her brothers and sisters. The sun
huruets ana gowns we're tinted in
bright pink. blue. green red, and Law
eudcr ON n background Of heavy
cream wrapping paper.
The aton.iliug should De done care
fully with %clcan-cut edges. Each
$ pattern iH T. Doe guarded from rub