Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
FURNISHING THE HOME
Conducted for The Star
BY ELIZABETH STETSON AND GENEvIEYE HENDRICKS


colors of your room, 1t is difficult to
give any specific advice, but from
the ~yellows and oranges and soft
crimson shades, you ought to hnd
something that will give YOU a feel
ing of warmth and cheer. Do not
make the mistake of selecting a rose
color that has in 1t any gray or blue,
for this is a particularly depressing
color.
Suitable for Winter.
Question: live in a bungalow and
feel that the ruffled curtains would
be dainty though salesladies say For
Summer only l do not want to use
over curtains, and yet I want some
color at my windows. What can !
do?
Answer.-Ruff1ed curtains are, in
deed, dainty and attractive, especi-
ally for small houses and bungalows.
You need not for a moment think of
them for Summer use only. They are
as suitable for Winter as for SUM
mer. re YOU are making your own
curtains, l would advise your select
ing soft-colored voiles or crisp organ
dies in soft but cheerful colors. II
you make these curtains with "a
piCoted edge on either side of the
curtains about three-quarters of an
inch in front of one edge, YOU will
achieve a charming effect. DO not
skfmp in the material for your rutfle
Make fairly wide ruffle g or inches
in soft material and 2ta to 3 inches
in crisper materially and count on
twice as much length as that of the
finished rutfle.
Use of Valance.
Question.--In the stores I have
seen a pretty valance selling by the
yard for use with ruffied curtains
when no over curtains are used.
Could l use this in my dining room?
Answer do not quite understand
what the valance piece may be. Pos
sibly 1t Is composed of one ruffle over
another, such as is frequently offered
for sale. This, am afraid, is apt to
be a little too frivolous for dining
room. Also, 1t is nuisance to keep
washed and ironed. If you wish to
use a valance, you could have a plain
valance board the length of your
window frames painted-painted in a
color to harmonic with your other
decorations, and decorated with
wreaths of flowers or other motifs.
This, of course, is apt to be fairly ex-
pensive, but the effect is charming.
Question.-This client sends us the
plans for her entire house and asks
for detailed Information regarding
practically everything that is to go
into her home. Fragments of our
advice to her appear below:
Is blue all right for my dining
room and living room and yellow for
my breakfast room? We like plenty
of colors.
Blue Is Cold.
Answer.---In spite of the fact that
you like 1t, 1 would advise you not to
use large masses of blue in either
your dining room or living room,
your dining room windows being to
the east and your living room win
dows being to the east and north.
Blue Is, as you know, a cold color,
and in these two rooms you will
surely wish to suggest warmth and
cheer Blue would be especially bad
in your living room, where the front
porch dims the light from the north
ern windows.
Use a clear blue IL you care to for
your chair seats in the dining room, or
introduce this color in your rugs or
pictures or in a decorative screen by
the pantry door. But for the cur
tains, use something in yellow or
copper that will tone in with your
furnishings and bring "A suggestion
of sunlight into the room.
Charming Bedroom.
Since your breakfast room. will be
flooded with sunlight from the south
ern windows, believe 1t will be better
for Won tO 11Sa prppn Or blue hero de.
pendent, of course, on what you use
in the adjoining diping room. If you
use yellow curtains you will find the
light almost stronger than you can
bear. In your living room, as in the
dining room, introduce blue in your
furniture or rugs If you wish, but do
not attempt to hang it at the windows.
Soft copper or gold color or the richer