Evening star., 1926-12-04
Furnishing the Home
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c"" room, you will see how the colors
i-"y be carried around the room. 1t
"Ild not be well, Of course, to have
! flch note of color in just one spot.
>lter to have 1t recur in other parts
lne room, so that the eye may be
rfed from one spot to another to
e the room sense Of unity.
Good Chintz Suggested.
4 simple means toward working
q t a good color scheme which any
.nateur can easily follow is to select
Sood piece Of chintz or other mate
al and select colors from this to
Ike up the different colors for the
room. You will notice a good piece
& material is advised, as it Is seldom
tat the design or the color happens
Z" be correct in a poor piece of ma
rial. This does not. of course, mean
that the material must be expensive.
For the northern or eastern room
h us cover the walls in a soft golden
How, not too deep. and have the
'odwork painted either the same
1T or a trifie deeper. This color
II make a fine background for ma.
lo@any furniture which will also add
bit toward warming the room. AS
foil for these yellow walls let us
20 a rug of soft rather blush
f7'een Of a rather darker than medium
i"1e. For our curtains we can use
curtains Of plain material. Of
s2tine or the more expensive silks
= Id damasks, of the same quality of
cen only many tints lighter This
ill give US excellent opportunities
I" use gayer color on our upholstered
eces in the center Of the room,
mere stronger color may be needed
'"cause of the light. If we use a
CIintZ with deep mahogany base
"1 which is a design of flowers and
caves in soft green's, fold tints and
e cam tints on the sofa and the arm
"'lairS marked 13 and 18 we will |
we good color which will be well
c7rried around the room. On the |
sofa we NAV use pillows Of green the |
s"lne as the curtains and Of gold |
rioed with green for interesting ac-
cent.
On the armchair marked it would
Ia we'll to use a green brocade or
cher self-toned figured material. In
lis position it will be placed near
We fireplace, which will probably |
Ave hearth of red bricks. Again |
will have the interesting contrast |
IT green and mahogany. The chair |
'narked ii may we'll be in striped |
'naterial, which may be either ma
oganY red with narrow stripes Of |
old or green or gold color with |
arrow stripes of gold. The desk |
chair marked II should be covered |
IN this same stripe. The armchair ,
at the end of the sofa, marked 5,
NAY be covered in the same material
as the armchair nearest the fire.
pace.
Green for South Room.
II such plan is carried out it will |
give a pleasant distribution of color
around the room and will give every
where delightful contrasts.
For the southern living room let |
us paint or paper the walls and wood
work a soft green that has in it quite
a little bit of blue. Not a blue green,
hut surely not a yellow green. Since
this color will give a cool appear
rnce to the room, we may have some
very pleasant accents of stronger.
warmer color.
For the rug in this room we may
use a deep taupe. almost a tete de
legre. For curtains we might do
we'll to use a soft orange pink or
ninky orange. such as is popularity
known nowadays as rust color. This
ime for variety we might use a slip
cover on the large armchair next the
fireplace and on the two armchairS
marked 13 and IS made of a chintz
that combines the same quality of |
green in several shades and tones of
Yellow through to orange red in the
design. The sofa may be of deep
rust color in a heavy h~n"9's r.,
may be in a striped material that has
this color as one OF its elc.uenls.
The chair marked IL could be COW
cred in solid green material piped
with the soft rust color used at the
windows. The desk chair could be
covered in the same material as the
stripe if the sofa is plain, or in a
gold color to tone in with the chintz
used.
For the room that faces east or
west, and for which we may wish
neutral wall we have a thousand pos
sibilitieS Of decoration. An interest
ing one that has recently been worked
out in a home in Washington has a
color scheme based on the coiors in a
very lovely and very colorful holly
hook chintz. The background of this
chintz is mauve and against it are
blue-green leaves, beautifully shaded,
and blossoms in yellows. pinks. blues
and soft crimson. In this room the
walls were painted soft cream and
the woodwork covered with a soft
glaze to give 1t an interesting antique
appearance. On the floor rue of
deep mauve. almost an eggplant color,
was used. The curtains were of Dlue-
green, edged with a narrow fringe of
soft crimson for accent. The sofa
was covered in the mauve chintz and
against it were placed pillows of gold
and soft blue. A fireside chair CORE
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