Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30
APPEARANCE OF WALLS
GIVES REAL IMPRESSION
Visitors Always Apt to Form
Definite Opinions This
Wav.
WALLS llNGEn IN THE nnMonY
Home Must IIn,c Something Thar
Bespcnks Character and Taste of
Those who Occupy It-Pnpcr /.
Important.


the more important Continental coun-
tries almost Invariably remarked
upon tho peculiar lack OF decoration
OF our walls. This was also Tie pc
Rod Of the horse hair sofa. The
heavily ornate aud ton weight fur
AituTe. much Described. bcpanelcd
and carved In weird designs. a period
when baskets Of fruit bouquets OF
flowers and similar ornarneutations
We're carved on heds;eads. the backs
ot chairs. table legs ana elsewhere.
so mat although walls were mucn>
spoken OF. much criticized even by
such kindly men as Charles Dickens
hey were far from being the only
cNidanco Of ;he poor taste ~ Ia,
period.
The point 10 De remembered. how
eyer anc 20 carefully guido us in our
pEesen; desire for attractive. chcar-
tu' tasteful homes is--,ha' what i'm.
pressed visitors was wal!e. No; I,ai.
SO much attention was given 20 FUR
nltGr" or f'rntshirEs. W. learn ahou.
hideous walls from letters Of the
time We know about the furniture
only h"causc examples of 4 have
oeen handed down from father 10
SON and NO SIM have them with us
in more or less profus!on.
Memory "f walls LinEern.
ne nFSt impression In the home.
The thing remembered about n room
remembered long after converse
ZION there or pleasing hospitality T.
FORGOTTEN. is tho appearance OF the
walls THIS Is but natural Walls
oifeT ETea'er area 10 the eye than any
other characteristic OF tho room.
therefore, i;s walls should he given
iar moro attention than ts usually the
case
home to gain the reputation of
he!ns dainty. tasteful or "charminr."
as the newspapers say. must have
ABOUT II something that h"sneaks tho
character. tho taste OF those who oc
cupN II. The fewer restrictions thoro
are placed around expression OF TINT
'as'e-the selection OF the wall papers
or the choosing OF the appropriate
tlhts-thc moro accurately wiil ,h.
'"'e'lof portray 10 the visitor the
lses !"
IN" selection Of fabric wall cover
inE patterned papers. brocadcs ami
inc IKE makes this work Of accur,,,
t"SLr expression frequently very diff
HC"I'' Moreover. the true expression
OF 'ast" may fail through financial
concentrations. 4 certain paper NAV
=" very much liked, but It's cost pro
h'hitiNe, hence the selection of "a src
ohd choice becomes obligatory.
IN our Erandmothcrs' day thcro
We're probably many ladies who would
n"Ne preferred something much loss
n"fno"Eant than tho blatant drlJpnc
"nn FlarinG oolors with whlci1tTSItr
Inns were decorated. but there
"ere no other papers to be had. So
a choice necessarily had to b msd.
from what was avn,lable
Old Ideas Outgr"wn.
we nave outgrown those ola i5aa
me rapidly advancing public rasto g.
favor OF water color t!nis IL NO
llan JUST tribute TO the men who
H"ae possible these tlnis and colors
-. ."cfh'ore the manufactured ~
"Ha' was called colG-watar min,
mas made possihl. mos, ar r,,n,s
ana accurate selection of cxactIy -,
correct tones or tints nnccss,r, :,
'Ivpvf!F bring ont the hes, not,
VA" nom" in which they are us.d
az Know. FOR instance. I'm,
oo'''S Suhl"ct"n 20 cold north none
""',"E Ilfht should hive as tb.,r
I'e""H''i"tIGS color the w,rr
more sympathetic. ,onr. a, I'ei'
"ues' Red belongs IN north ronna
80" warm tones OF every d...r,
S.uh "" all know tha, The ~,
'""''."Eh room can be cno,as
1n,o.f ana ~. the pleasure or i,s
'"H ny making green tho fso-
me east side Of tho
80, .ec"iV'ns themorn!ng sun and
~, '"t'f COLO light. nearly nj.
~ requires some reduction Of ~
'c!dneSs and here again tbo -o, CT 80
use. NV F'H nnds
The west, facing red euns.,s
gM'LE orange skies must needs ~"
..-a"''N ny having tho bl,ics "a
Sine much IN evidence. Thnsa
In! hn"w' but modern wnl