Evening star., 1923-03-09

0HE problem OF decorating the
walls of room, whether
with hangines. wall paper or
paint, is one that calls for
more than taste. There are certain
scientific principles to be considered.
A touch of gold in everything Is
popular at present All the most
fashionable wall papers initiate fao-
RIGS Of some sort. and gold and sill
yer lines appear in the fabric mesh
OF the paper. Grass cloth. chintz.
linen, brocades. moire, velours. bur
lap and many other charming ma
terials are closely initiated in spring
wall papers. Warm tints OF the pur-
ple grape are beautiful. whether used in
q dining room or living room. How
ever. furniture. pictures and draperies
usually add enough variety to a room
so that a plain or unobtrusiVe
figure in wall paper is liked best by
most women. Nothing should be ap-
piled to wall that will destroy its
appearance of being support OF ver-
I!cal plane.
When selecting a covering for
certain wall. you must first consider
the exposure OF the room. Does it
face the north. east. south or west:
Take note of the height and size OF
the room. and also the amount or
light that comes into it.
You can entirely change the appar-
ent size and shape of room by means
OF what YOU put upon its wall sur
faces. Although YOU may have your
personal preferences in the matter
of color. you must know what quality
of n certain color. whether light or
<lo hri orb
best for the room under consideration.
When speaking of cold colors.
artists mean blues and grays: by
warm colors they mean reds and yell
lows. or coloss in which these shades
predominant. Green, for instance.
ran be made by mixing blue and yell
low. RI the blue predominates, you
will have blue green. a cold color.
If the yellow predominates. you will
have yellow green. a warm color.
Reflected Light.
Few persons realize how much re-
fccted light has TO do with the ap-
parent size of room. Color absorbs
light, and the darker the color. the
smaller the room will appear If you
want a room to look large. use light
paper or paint. u you want 1t to
look small. use dark paper. 1t is also
true that the color of paper or paint
also affects the quantity Of light. for
some colors absorb more light than
others, and the more they absorb the
less they reflect For instance, blue
ahsorbs compa aratively little light.
yellow more than blue. and red a
great deal Green comes half way
between blue and yellow in respect
10 absorbing light, as it is mixture
OF these colors.
If the light comes from the north.
a room will be without sunlight. For
such a room a red yellow. or yellow
green wall covering will be best. A
cold blue paper or paint on such
room would be cherries. especially
in winter. On the other hand, houses
used only in the summer are best
when covered with blue or gray
green, since cool effects are exactly
what you want at that season. Blues
or cool greens should be used in
rooms with windows that face the
south or west, in which sunlight is
plentiful
If you take two rooms Of the same
size and equally well lighted. and
put dark red paper on one and light
blue or cream colored paper on the
other. the second room will seem 10
be very much larger than the first
1t will take nearly twice the amount
OF gas or electricity to make the red
room as light as the blue or the
cream -colored room.
The ma ture of the design in wall
paper also changes the apparent size
OF room. \ wall paper with verti-
cal stripes gives the appearance of
extra height to room. Horizontal
lines give a room greater apparent
length. II is therefore not a ques-
tion as to what is the fashion in
paper whether you should use striped
paper or not but entirely a question
OF the shape and size of your room.
holdings, friezes and chair rails all
tend to make the walls of a room ap-
pear lSw. If a ceiling is already too
low. Ben the thing to do is to take
off all the holdings and run striped
PAPER from Dashboard to ceiling
Panels built over door frames and
reaching to the ceiling add greatly
~ the general effect of the height
II ceiling appears to be too high,
II is good plan to put a deep frieze,
chair rail- or wainscoating and hori-
zontal moldings wherever possible
and practicable. One way Of treat
ing wall surface when the ceiling