San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-20
WALLPAPER IS
IMP OR TAN 7 IN
HOME-bU|LD|NG
Decorators Recognize Ne
cessity for Strict Har-
mony in Interior.
NO WANING In ITS USE
Beautiful Designs Are Oh
tainable, ONLY Selection
Must Be Guarded.

Among home-owners and home-dec
orators nowadays there is a growins
appreciation of the interesting AMI
artistic effects which can be obtained
by the careful selection Of wall paper.
There is no waning in the vogue for
wall paper. and each year the manu-
facturers offer a wider selection and
more beautiful variety of patterns and
colors. Wall paper. because of its
ads ptability to almost any scheme
Of home decoration offers many adj
vantages in the expression of inji-
vidL | taste. With innumerable ex-
woman of today can clothes her home
with beauty and. in an almost literal
sense. write her own personality upon
her walls. The woman of good taste
can, by choosing her wall paper wise
ly, make every room reflect her own
ia and charm.
A Few General Rules.
There are a few general rules gov
erning the proper selection OF wall
paper. which il carefully observed VII
ensure an artistic effect for the fin
ished room. 1t should be remembered
that deliberately figured paper should
be avoided when the draperies are
heavily patterned, and that light-col-
ored informally flewered wall paper
should not be used in a room. formal
" furnished with heavy and massive
furniture. For bedrooms and other
informal rooms, the simple and
flc Jery patterns in delicate colors are
lovely. and will harmonic perfectly
with the simple and graceful type of
furniture which gives the room its in
formal air.
For the rooms which have been
made stately by period furniture in
dark wood. formally striped wall pa
pers are the happiest choice. If the
living room draperies are made of fig
ured fabrics plain wall papers offer
a pleasing cotrast to the heavy pat
termed effect of the draueries, and
thee are plain. flat papers on the
market that come in a wide range of
colors and that give the effect of
painted walls at less than n third of
the plastering cost. The newest wall
paper effect for the formal room is
the scenic paper which is made to re-
scmt'e the tapestries which adorned
tho castle walls of old. These scenic
patterns depict various feudal scenes
or landscapes and are very effective
in any room large enough to permit
their use.
Panels Are Favored.
It IL interesting to find leading in
terror decorators once more favoriny
the panel effects in wall papers which
were - popular a century ago. Plain.
cream-colored wall paper can be made
to assume a most interesting and dis
tinctive appearance by the judicious
use OF paneling done with narrow
strips of cream-colored molding. Walls
so treated are suitable for any tyne
Of furniture. and have the added ad.
vantages of making the hanging "f
pictures Effective. for a picture placed
properly in a paneled space is usually
more artistic than the same picture
hung on a blank wall.
For the small room too. obtrusive
colors or patterns in wall paper should
be avoided. Plain papers in soft
tones Of green. yellow or putty-color
will harmonic with almost any color
scheme and will form a background
which will make the small room ap-
pear larger. and give more freedom
in the choice Of furniture and dra-
perics.