Evening star., 1928-02-03
Color in the Home
inexpensive WAYS of Adding a Touch of Color
and Brightness i'll Furnishings
About the Home.
About the Home.

full arrangement of simple groups OF
flowers and foliage are all you need
TO produce good work For instance,
the simplified forms and bright colors
Of anemoneS. tulips and marigolds ar
ranged in bowls of vases of simple
outline are very effective placed against
black background. and these also arc
we'll suited to simple framing in pasSe-
partout bindings. A flower lover has
almost no end of choice. whatever the
style of furnishing or the expenditure
of money contemplated. A little search
among colored prints in art stores or
books which you are willing to cut and
use for the purpose will bring to light
the flower piece in color and design best
suited to your surroundings.
Passepartout Framing.
Passepartout bindings offer a very
economical and effective means of
framing small, inexpensive pictures and
photoeraphS Handy sets OF paSSe-
partout can be bought containing
bindings in various colorS,. mounts. ad-
hesive and metal hangers or struts. a
damper. glass cutter. backing boards
mounter's paper. glass mounting paste.
cardboard strips for deep framing, art
needed OF course, all these things can
be bought separately. but the sets are
great help if you are going to do
considerable framing from time to time.
Instructions for working usually come
with these sets.
In case you do not buy set and only
wish to do a little framing of small pic
lures the following instructions will help
you: Take a piece of glass of the re-
quired size. piece of cardboard. and a
piece of paper for the mount. the card
board and the mount being cut exactly
The same size as the piece OF glass. Then
very lightly paste down the top edge OF
the photograph or picture to the mount
to keep it firm, Cut your strips OF
binding a little longer than the glass
sides. As the lengths are cut of, they
curl up and to handle them like this is
difficult so hold one end of the strip be-
tween the thumb and the finger of the
left hand. with the gummed side down.
ward. Then take the scissors. closed up.
and put them on the strip. pressing
lightly against the edge with the thumb
of the right hand underneath. Draw
evenly across and 1t will be found that
all the curl is taken out of the strip.
Now put newspaper on the table. lay
the glass on this, the edge of the glass
extending a quarter of an inch. or what
ever width you want your frame to be.
over the column line. The column line
can be seen quite clearly through the
glass, and all you have to do is to
damp the edge of the glass we'll
and place the passepartout binding
straight down along the line. Next rub
the binding firmly down with your fin
ger. pressing well on the edge of the
glass. Do the same on the opposite side
of the glass. Now turn the glass over,
place the picture exactly in position.
and over il put the piece OF cardboard
which makes the backing for the pic
ture. Then press the projecting edge
of the binding firmly down. Now miter
the cornefs of your other pieces OF bind
ing. and place them across the glass at
top and bottom. to meet the binding al
ready applied. turn over the glass and
press down on the other side. as before.
Adhesive hangers can be used for light
pictures but If the picture is heavy.
hanging rings must be fixed on the
backing board before the picture is
framed
The important thing to remember
when framing pictures is that the SIM
plest frame is usually the best. 1t adds
to the beauty OF the picture and the
harmony OF the room. That is why
passepartout binding Is In such good
taste for so many pictures. 1t is plain
and simple. First study the picture
you wish 10 frame in passepartout. in
order TO decide what color tha frame
shall be, whether the picture shall be
framed close up or have mArgin or
mount. and II so what size shah the
margin be and what color the mount.
II the cardboard used for backing is
rather thick, the passepartout used for
framing the picture may not be wide
enough 10 60 right ~Qver the back. In
which case another "Trip must be used
TO increase the width of the frame. II
liked, gold binding can be used for the
inner strip and black for the outer strip
or framing. or any other color COM
binations may be used that appeal to