Evening star., 1928-09-14
Hints on Home Decoration
appropriate Use of Color in Furnishings and Fab
RIGS Adds Much to the Attractive
ness of the Home.
ness of the Home.

! instance, the charming little runners.
napkins and doilies now seen so often
| In the stores are nothing more than
| strips, squares and circles of gay mate
rial, with any desired motif cut from
a contrasting color, and often from a
contrasting material, and applioued into
the corners. Sometimes two rows of
hemstitching are carried along the
length and sides of the article in oues-
ton in such way that the applioued
design appears in the little square form
ed by the crossing Of these rows in
each corner When this is done the
hemstitching Is usually made In the
same color as the applique.
Cotton crepe is specially good mate
rial for table ware, as 1t is soft, pretty,
requires no pressing and shows stains
less than smoother material. The
tablecloth and napkins should. II posi-
Die. be made to match. and may be
finished By being rolled and blanket
stitched. rolled and basted. rolled and
over-and-over stitched. or picot edged
Napkins. too, may be fringed by simply
drawing out the threads and hemstitch-
ing the material so that it may not
fray too far
For the Breakfast Table.
For the breakfast table, doilies of
blue and white damask may be used
with a blue-and-white setting. Glass
and china in brown with squares in
henna will be found excellent. espe-
cially in Winter, since red and brown
give such a warm. cozy effect. For
warmer weather. yellow or amber may
be used. either as cloth or as doilies.
Either of these tints will combine we'll
with setting which includes with
them green, mauve or pink. If you have
china with touch of black or black
central bowl, or anything else which will
introduce strong note of black into
your decorative scheme, use fame or
coral color mats. Delightful damask
cloths also are used for breakfast in
pale green and yellow. with a lightly
scattered design neither too striking for
an informal meal nor too delicate to
appear monotonous or without charac-
ter. .
Color in Fed Linen.
For some time there have been rumors
of possibility of the use of colored
bed linen. but they were imported sets
and the prices we're high Now there
are colored sheets of domestic manu-
facture, no higher in price than you
would pay for the best quality white
sheets. The sheets are of light, ex-
ira firm weave, and there are five lovely
pastel colors to choose from: warm
pale rose; cool blue. demure orchid
creamy canary. yellow or maize, and
soft green. These are guaranteed
fast colors. Monograms are sometimes
embroidered in contrasting colors on
sheets and pillowcaseS-blu monograms
on pink sheets, yellow on blue, and so
on. For bedspreads there are delightful
productions in oyerprints. The mate
rial itself. woven of artificial silk and
cotton, may have an all-over damask
tern, the designers getting most of
their inspiration from the flower gar
den and being unstinting in their use
of color.
In the Nursery.
In the midst Of the thought and care
which is now being given to matters Of
interior decoration, the nursery has not
been forgotten. The best floor for
the nursery Is of bare boards covered
with rugs, as this may be easily kept
clean. Softer and warmer Is floor
Of cork, rubber or inlaid linoleum, over
which rugs may be laid, and which may
be bought in any color. It is well to
select rugs of the washable variety.
which have the further advantage of
being inexpensive. Also those which
show a picture at either end are espe-
cially interesting to little people. Be-
sides these rag rugs there are other
washable types. for the most part small
in size. which picture animals. such as
The Three Little Kittens and other
bits of nursery lore.
If figured paper is used In the nurs-
cry, an ordinary chintz design may be
chosen, but there are many other de-
signs made especially for nursery use.
One design represents little elves in
gay red and blue, who are engaged in all
sorts of domestic tasks Another pic
lures the months of the year, while a
third reproduces some of the dear old
pictures made familiar to us all by the
pencils of Kate Greenaway and Calde-
colt. Sometimes the wall is painted
to height above where the little ones
can reach, thus making it washable. and
then finished by a plate rail on which
are set out the Easter rabbits. the china
animals and other bits of bric-a-brac
dear to the childish heart.
A frieze may be used on plain or
striped wall. This may be hung all
around the room or in panels and should
be hung half way up the wall SO that
it can be plainly seen by the little peo-
pie.