San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
MUST FURNISH
APARTMENTS|N
DIFFERENT WAY
Furnishings Should Be As
sembled With Thought
Of Space.
LIVING ROOM FIRST.
Not Necessary That Furni-
ture Be of Period
Design.
LIVING ROOM FIRST

congestion of population and when
an acre of ground must form the
home site for scores of families. the
apartment building is the only solu-
tion. They can't be ignored by fur
niture designers, for great proper
tion of our city residents live in
them. and as long as there are. city
ncwlyweds, new furniture will be
ACQUIRED 10 put into "three rooms
and BATH home. Thus the range
of apartment furniture has become
much greater within the last few
years.
The chief objection to an apart
ment as home is that it rarely has
homelike atmosphere. The home
maker has made the mistake of try
( ing 10 furnish the apartment like
: house. and it can't b. done. success
(, fully. Two girls of totally different
] types cannot wear clothes of similar
! design and each look her best. yet
each can dress to suit her particu-
lar type and be a beauty in her own
fashion. This applies to houses and
apartments
| Rugs. furniture and draperies
must be assembled with a thought
of their harmonious relation and
the space they will occupy. Often
times massive furniture is crowded
into cramped quarters until it gives
the impression of having been
bought for a more pretentious es-
Establishment and later brought to "re-
duced circumstances.
Subdued Tones For Walls.
The first consideration must be
the walls. Whether painted. pa
pered or plastered. they should be
kent subdued in tone. Large con-
spicuous patterns in the pane. or
warm colors. red, yellow or orange.
have a tendency to bring the walls
close. while cool grays and tans are
receding colOrs. which give an i'm
preston of greater space. A small
apartment with French doors or
wide doorways may have the walls
in the different rooms treated alike.
which gives further impression OF
space, or two of the rooms may
give harmonious contrast. with
the bedroom papered with narrow
vertical stripe.
When selecting fhe furnishings
for the ansrtmept, the home-maker
should begin with tie living rooom
If this room properly reflects the
homo atmosphere. the rest of the
apartment can take care Of itself
1t is not necessary that the furni'
ture be Of specific style or period
or even matched. but the chairs
should all be comfortable. and each
piece in the room in key with the
others and with the walls, rugs and
hangings.
influences Color Scheme
The first consideration in choos-
ing the color scheme should be to
determine whether the room is
slight or "dark.' Nine chances TO
one are that it is dark. Thus fore
armed with the knowledge that she
/ must overcome the limitations Of
darkness and limited space the
home-maker has n good foundation
. to work from. The furniture should
not be too heavy and cumbersome.
Great overstuffed pieces that look
well, and are delightfully."- comfort.
able in the spacious country house
are taboo in the city apartment
But there are innumerable uph0l-
stored suites Of davenport. rocker
and easy chair. whose slender
carved or tapered legs. cane inserts
and other features. give them an
air of being in their proper sur.
soundings. A good reading table is
a necessity. which may he larger oil
smaller, according TO the presence
or absence of piano. A couple Of
extra chairs. possibly of the com
Portable Windsor type. which
blends happily with most uphol
stored furniture. are sufficient.
The rug should not be too dark
for it would have tendency t,
lower the scheme of the entir,
. room. but should be of a neutra
! shade darker than the walls. Tn
windows should have cream o
white glass curtains. preferably O
/ net and overdraperies of light-col
! ored chintz which carries out tn
! color scheme. or silk in plat
color or narrow stripe. according (
. the taste of the owner for the over
Grapes. If there is no fireplace. il
glow may be simulated by shade
: of warm colors. red. orange an
yellow, for the lamps. Readin
lamps which stand on their ow
: base are preferable to table lamp,
: for the limited lamp SPACE may /
utilized by books and a vase {
The Dining Room.
The dining room which usual
opens off the living room wit
French doors. may repeat the colo
Z scheme of the living room, and
! NOT. should be decorated with
harmonious color scheme. The ma
sive dining table with huge bulbol
legs. has no place in the sma
: apartment dining ROOM But thel
are many small matched suites
choose from. and the home-mak,
can find a suitable type. for II
suites range from mahogany CAT
r legged tables TO the painted set
4 which the table, serving table ar
china cabinet may be nested b
tween meals in space some ]
inches wide.
The bedroom should likewise
equipped with furniture which do
not give the impression of owe
crowding. Gay chintz does mu,
; TO brighten the apartment bedrool
which is unusually lucky If it h
L more than one window. but o.
h must take care 10 have IL bear smi
ii patterns. rather than huge conve
ei fionalized figures of birds, beas
i and flowers Window drap'
{ dresser top and chair cushions W
be a sufficient amount Of chintZ
brighten the rooms even though t
!. furniture is dark.