Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-26
Working Up a
Color Scheme
rhn,,ae One Idea and ork
Around IL II You Would
Be Successful.

xuV VOW uiu you 81
n ing, ing out ,a,.CG color y, 'shq%g9 C gnmng
,,usekeeper who was showing heT
ver a pretty. though small ana un-
,retentlous house. Il should never
now who're to begin
That is just the trouble. Many
Tomen don't know where to begln.
hey want their rooms to be lur-
,ished I'm harmonious colors Ihey
now. when they see 1t. room that
in good color taste and one lIat
IN bad color taste. But they don |
now how 10 go about producing tue
fcce they desire.
An Oriental Rug the Keynote
The young housekeeper explained
Here. IN tho living ROOM sue
aid 4 had this one fine Oriehtai
ug showing a soft, rich SHADE OF Ieu'
bright dark blue and a little mus
ard color. II was the most dlstinc-
I've thing I possessed for TINS roo"i'
10 I took Il "a a color key. h"u Sec
he room isn't too sunny for yellow
sh walls. so we chose TINT thaI
,armonized with tho mustard IN the
.ug And then | got cretonne TOT
.urtains and cushions that combined
he right shade OF red and blue IN
.ather small pattern. And the touches
II bright color are furnished oF
-hineso blue candles. n blue pottery
,owl of the right color Tor mowers
and such flowers as ! can get from
he florist in the winter and from the
tarden in the summer OF deep plue
" the right shade OF yellow
My living room furnished ur
- the china I had Tho furniture
was set IN a soft brown finish. good
vith any color But the china was
hat deep yellow glazed wear thai
would swear NJ some color schemes
"a difacult. anyway. for Il keeps
many flowers off the table. but
Ike f.
Wei. the dining room opens OF
tba living room. which r. one Trims
II consider chose teep cream
walls lighter than those OF the livinI
-nom and al the window curtains 9
sine s!lk 10 match the deep tone Il
.he living room cretonne and rug
And the result IS a lovely room i
M brown. cream and bright blue
The yellow dishes are perfect in suci
room
This is the right idea
choose something as a keynote an
~otL around Il
chinese Embroidery.
ON, woman once refurnished
whole ilam because she had hecom
NE happv possessor or a piece c
ancient Chinese embroidery. IL wa
81 a time whom there was a grea
rake for green as color for II
ter!ors. ana her house was done !
lovely green and tan color scheme
At least she thouRh, Il was lovel
until che received the precious bi
nf Chinese embroidery.
But the orange and blue OF IN
Chinese embroidery. with a touch c
rose and a llttle black They wer
I, wonderful color combination. Blu
they swore az the green and tan
So the green and tan went by th
boards
II was about time for a change
ANYWAY. argued the woman. SO sh
set about furnishing her drawin
room. with the hall that opened frol
n entirely 70 suit the bit OF embrOiC
erv She went in for gray enam'
and soft blue grass cloth on the wall
black lacquer and gray willow furn
ture blue and orange cushions. an
polished copper and pot marigolds Il
oruamentation She even change
her floor coverings. having the hete
oreneous Turkish and Persian rus
taken up. and usng a gray carpe
She liked the result. and as she ha
more money than she knew what
Dc with doubtless the furnishing
the room was a delight 10 her
Without Money.
However. you can really do wo
eprs BY this same process even Il VC
have little money, very little none
g. worlf with You will never kno
un'N YOU have tried Il how much "
csu BRING all your furnishings IN
harmony simply by choosing q
q dsflInant color in a room IS turnitu
and working Up 20 i eliminatiI
ALs rearranging until you ha'
things properly grouped
Remember that paint and enam
and dye do much 70 help along In
change OF arrangement. And remeI
ber that a different grouping Of fu
niture can often be arranged We
helpfully That is. you can grol
al the mahogany furniture, perhaI
in the library. and leave the SC
brown oak and the wicker furnitu