The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-03
PRIDE IN HOME
INCREASED BY
FURNISHING
Skilled Decorators at Store
Can Give Best Ideas for
Equipping Place to Taste


The pride Of owning your own,
with reference to either home or
apartment. should be magnified and
enlarged when considering the per-
sonal furnishings of your living
quarters. even if they be but a
single room.
The employment of yoor own per.
esnal taste In selecting articles
with which you live and which be-
come so important part of your
environment should govern all selec-
tons. However, 1t seldom falls to
the lot of ordinary people to un-
derstand the why's and wherefores
of furniture, rugs and draperies,
and so institutions of the better
character employ specialized sales
men to help and advise.
Decorators Advice Best.
Do not think you are robbIng
your home Of personal touch
because a so-called decorator advises
you to take his choice instead OF
your own when some little differ
ence OF opinion arises. One feels
less apt to question his own judg-
ment when it Is corroborated by
one whose business it is to know.
and then perhaps it is more pleas.
ant to place the blame on some
one else than to shoulder it your.
self, II blame there be. That reason
alone is worth considering for peace
or mind. So from the viewpoint Of
q decorative furniSher, ] am going
70 ADVISE you how to furnish an
own your own" Incorporating in
that name "a complete home in
Few rooms of little space
IN most cases the builders have
specified a certain treatment for
walls. The selection Of color rests
with you, and remember that bright
colorS, loud patterns and coarse ef-
1ects need space to be effective
Plain walls In light but soft tones
VIII please you much longer. Sell
dom will you see an apartment
room with more than one exposure.
. 20 your windows will be on one
side Of the room only. Light is SO
important it behooves us to use
colors that reflect and intensity
rather than deaden.
Woodwork Must Match.
Naturally the woodwork would
correspond to the walls. Grays or
fvorys are usual In bedrooms. but
nowadays we are decorating wood.
work and walls for painted furni-
ture, and you will find it easy to
glaze q painted enamel any tint
you desire. Your large room, often
q living room and dining room COM
bination, should have woodwork in
accord with the type used in fur.
nishing. That IL, II colonial furni.
ture Is used, have white or gray
woodwork: IL Spanish, walnut: early
English, oak or. even stained pine,
and in such q manner keep in har-
nnony with style or type used in
furnishing. Sc,
Keeping in mind that this apart.
ment 10 your own-that you are
paying for 1t with an idea of per.
manency-you ought to get for it
the rugs or carpets it needs, the
type your rooms call for. To
illustrate, the living room Is your
largest room. It will have in it all
the comforts Of living necessary to
make You feel at home. but you
must keep the room looking large
SO that with all these comforts it
VIII not look stuffy and crowded.
The best thing said of the old
. Turkish lounging room was that
you could get out Of it any time
you wanted to, but this you will
not lbe able to do in your apart
! ment. An Oriental rug, If with a
small and rather indistinct pattern
with soft colorings, would be love-
~, but one pays much for the va
riety that bears those requisites. A
single tone chenille or seamless car
pet, which when ordered in plenty
or time may have a border Of diff
ferent tones, would be most suit
able, and over this one may put
small Orientals, using a holder pat.
tern and livelier colors. In the bed
rooms rich Chinese, If one may
be found soft enough in color and
without too much pattern, or a
wilton carpet in grays or sand
tones Is tireless in effect, and
would not interfere with any
scheme Of furniture or Grapes.
Draperies and Curtains.
Here again the "own your own"
idea should help in your selection.
Too many people furnishing a
rented apartment put off the pur-
chase of real draperies, hating to
spend money on that which is not
really theirs. Be careful to use a
fabric that you will not tire of, for
you may both read and eat with 1t
constantly in front of you and also
you may live with it for years. If
1t is rich and interesting, but not
too noticeable, 1t will improve to
your liking, but If faddy and too
striking, you may wish to throw it
out the window too soon to make
the purchase a wise one.
My suggestion would be silk
damask OF single color, a fabric
where a small pattern is woven on
the warp in the same shade of
thread. This is continually inter-
esting and its pattern may make it
unusual, but it will not be striking