Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-24

| peClduy Careful dbOul DIV olulllS lit
correct, rigid and severe look of q
specimen room in a department
store.
One goodly sized room, remodeled
from an old farm house, successful!
avoided this latter bad effect. and
! impressed every visitor with its
charm and comfort as well as its
really homelike atmosphere.
| Real Centers of Interest
In both living and dining rooms
| wide fireplaces, simple in construc-
ton, were found, plainly meant to be
| used. On winter evenings these
would certainly prove centers of in
! tereSt.
Someway the living room with its
deep luxurious couch, its paneled
walls, it's shaded lamps, and glints
! of polished brass, suggested snug
and coZy winter evenings. While the
| dining room, for all it's wide fire.
place, suggested mainly summer
days, warm and fragrant without
cool and fragrant within.
| A creamy white tile floor I'M
| doubtedly was partly to. blame, If
| preston. White enamelled, shell
) topped corner cabinets stood open in
opposite corners. Offering their
treaSurers of silver and glass to all
Light pongee Grapes continued the
cream tints Of the floor. And the
walls carried over their surface the
gayest of springlike landscapes.
Colonial, Chippendale and modern
American furniture all hobnobbed
cheerfully and tremendously together
in this unusual room.
1 Effective Good Taste
The living room, too. showed how
effectively good taste may be used
to unity different periods and types
| of furniture. Theoretically, a dec
7 orator would instantly question the
combination of carved Italian
chair, an 1860 red plush sofa with
modern heavily cushioned. over
stuffed pieces. But as in all other
things you never know what you
can do until YOU try And this
| room tried the effect liked it-use it
| In addition an elaborately carved
F.! flat-topped desk of Louis XIV period
J filled corner, and was distinctly
useful as well.
To go from this spacious home to
a modern apartment is a jump in
deed. The living room in mos,
cases is the largest room. but at that
it may be small, and needs the most
careful study to acquire a feeling OF
| space.
, This can be done, however. and q
simple and yet pleasing effect be
produced. A plain paper and an un-
patterned rug are to be recommend
ed. Painted furniture with insets OF
cane and cushioned seats attractive
| ly furnished one room. Two or three
| decorative small tables in walnut
were disposed about, where they
would serve to care for lamps. one
of these stood by large deer
comfy" chair with a gay cover oil
printed linen. Prints, softly colored
and beautifully framed. completed
the charm Of this little room.
An Italian room achieved an un-
usual effct in a comparatively small
space. When one thinks Of the
massiveness of Italian pieces, one in
stantly visualizes high ceilings
Tough cast walls and wrought iron
fixtures. This room had all these but
the high ceilings and yet this room
did not look crowded. A gay hang
ing of patterned red velvet hung
| above long Italian table at one end
of the room. A huge sofa faced the
fireplace. with beautiful torcheres
standing guard either side. One or
|
old painting and the room was
complete.
Breakfast Nooks Gay
! Dining rooms are usually some
! what formal and restrained, while
breakfast hooks, or dining porches
/ may go the limit In gay color and
/ bazaar effects.
Lest the dining be too formal and
! seem to exert repression one room
took on a light tone and painted its
| paneled walls in ivory. Open shelves
, Tor china have been spoken of be-
lore. This room placed its open
shelves over the fireplace and then
against the soft cream BACKGROUND
it displayed a quaint collection of old
emma. A summary green tone was
repeated in the room, in the chair
seats and in the green and amber
| glass used on the sideboard. Geor-
gan pieces in walnut supplied the
furniture and heavy linen hangings
with rose and black hung at the
windows.
Finished in Dull Maple
! A more coZy and informal dining
| room selected dull finished maple for
Its set, to be placed against the
gayest or red chintZ- patterned wall
papers. The chairs were of Windsor
| the small rag rugs on the floors.
Either side the small black marble
fireplace stood small desks, with CAV
bits of pottery on them. An open
| dresser with shelves for china stood
on one wall, opposite a painted glass
cabinet hung on the other wall.
Plain red curtains of sateen edged
with black accented the windows.
An equally gay room designed for
the breakfast nook for a rather large
family used a strong note of vivid
blue. The walls We're paneled and
painted blue with a tiny line of rose.
Striped hangings carried the rose
and blue in their colors with tan.
The upper walls held fine floral
panels, each framed in blue. Against
this stood an interesting dining set
Gothic in design with high backed
chalrs, long table, and sideboard,
cabinet and serving table to match.
Bits of blue glass on the table re-
peated the dominant color.
Another room, serving in the food
capacity, was dining porch on
black and grey floor. The wood