Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-02
SOME HELPS ron rERsJs.

: Dear Social Corner Sisters; Persis said | she had bought a new home and wished | 10 De advised concerning the fixing of | your Guest" room, fireplace, etc. All the information l can ,elean from your. letter is that your ceiliIie Ia low.
 Maa1estly room facing north needs g warmer. brighter wall than a room fac Ing south. cold blue is hideous and torniddtng in the north room, while it might be delightful in a south room.
 On the other hand certain shades of red would be charming in a northern room while the glare would be unendur- able in the southern room
 \ paper. with very large motifs would be extremely bad. We should learn to think of our walls as back grounds and merely. as part of the whole effect not as, separate and distinct entities. Be careful to select some things you will not tire of, I would not remove my fireplace
 or. have it built in, I would have the bricks painted a deep shade of old rose and use andirons.
 l If your room has southern exposure l and the ceiling low, I would have the ceiling kalsomine1 white as that makes 1 it seem higher. It lifts" it uD to a sur 1 prising degree I would give the wood work fresh coat of paint and the mold | ing l. would raise and put next to the l ceiling at the top of my border I will
 
 1 pretty if your room is sunshiny And 1 then l would fix my floor to match, if 1 your floor can be stained. If not stained or painted, I would select a grayish tan
 and depend, for color, upon the hang l ings and rugs.
 Those chimney cupboards look so pret- i ty when painted over and they are a
 great help when you wish to hang pie lures.
 | If your room faces northeast I should choose fresh, gay paper. with
 white ground, soft old rose roses, a
 pink with green in the stem and leaves
 and have an invisible stripe. I would dc the same with the melding and paint
 the floor with sage green. If you have willow furniture, paint that to match Il your floor is so you can't paint it get g warm soft sage green rug on the hoel , that will give the desired effect. If you , wish to make a very pretty room gel a 7 white cretone decorate with pinl : roses for 8 cover and. a full Fufffe vii make & smart finish for the side and foot
 Lay a. piece with ruffled edges over th' | pillows. si If .your room faces north. devoid o n sunlight, you could have a panele' i | wainscotting introduced Of ceurs that would make your rooms seem. evel : lower, but if you use paper with strip s that would mako 1t seem higher. Tn a l winscotting I should have painted wst ' ! white enamel I think a paper alnlos Q light, with colors, French blue, warr ] rose and a sage green would be fine O IT course we have painted the bricks in you r fireplace a deep rose color, I took ths Q into consideration when planned tn s paper.
 :. would get 9. rug with deep tan an q rose color to complete the effect, Taste l if really far more necessary than none ], in building an attractive living plac
 By carefully selecting wall covering n and making woodwork count for som' o thing of beauty 1t is an easy task if absolutely transform room at the el ,t pense of a few dollars. Also if you al
 wise, you will make the rugs, the cha # coverings, the hangings and the artn N eial light shades, count towards a hai . Inonious whole, buying them as near r. as. possible to this one end. This ca ,,ss De done with inexpensive mateTllL Con = mon sense and taste are the necessal r things. If you have children your brick owe
 makes fine place for their play thins
 Striped. paper makes a room look big sp Plain paper makes it look little lar ~ er It would make 1t look smaller ss dso a narrow border in panel effect. 1T Y Aebrs. if good enough, would be n! U stained or painted.
 te H1et me know if this helps you, pleas KITTY LOU.