Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-06
COlOrful Features in Bathrooms
BY BETSY CALLISTER.

= IxTY years ago houses that had
bathrooms at all were considered
luxurious. Now in this country
at least ideas of luxurious living
quarters include a private bath
for every sleeping room and bedrooms
for two sometimes have two baths. Even
farmhouses remote from towns have
their up-to-date bathrooms, and build
ers of city apartments know that well
equipped and attractive bathrooms serve
as strong inducements to prospective
tenants.
If you are planning to build new
house the chances are that you Will be
willing to accept compromises In other
parts of the house-cheaper WOODWORK,
slightly smaller rooms, floors not quite
what you had planned-rather than
give up the idea of bathroom or BATH
rooms UP to date in all particulars. You
probably insist on built-in tubs, tiled
floors, up-to-date fixtures and, If pos
sible, a shower.
Recently bathrooms have come to be
looked upon as a suitable Held Tor the
work of the interior decorator Bath
rooms have color schemes, not OF the
conventional blue or green and white.
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you please, and have an air of individ-
uality and distinction that does not
in any way interfere with their per-
feet sanitary qualities. Even the not so
new bathroom can be given this air OF
distinction by the thoughtful choice OF
curtains, bath mats and other Access
SorieS.
Color may be introduced by means OF
the tiles or the paint TN the wall, the
curtains at the window, the roller
shade, the bathmat, the towels, wash
cloths, and even the soap. To choose
one simple tone for all these things pro-
duces a somewhat monotonouS effect.
Two tones, one of which is neutral, give
a more pleasing effect-blue and gray,
green and buff, for instance. Black is
introduced into the color scheme Of
some of the new bathrooms.
When it is necessary for more than
one member of the family to use the
same bathroom it is usually more con-
venient to have the colors of the towel
borders serve the purpose of identi
! a single color scheme WaShclothS and
| towels can now both be obtained in a
number of colors--blue, pink, yellow,
lavender and green.
! If there are children in the family
! it is best not to have a regular lock
on the inside of the bathroom door
or, If you have the lock. not to keep
| the key in the keyhole because of
| the fondness that most children have
of locking themselves into the room
and then they are not very clever about
! getting the door unlocked again. 1t is
| possible to buy metal hook-and-eye
| fastenings. which can, when necessary,
be raised from the outside by means of
a knitting needle or knife stuck through
| the crack.
Europeans usually have a little plat
form for the bathmat-like a bit
Of lattice. This keeps the bathmat off
| the floor. Some housewives here have
a coarse fiber rug to place on the floor
beside the tub. with the bathmat to be
placed over this. There are two hooks
! beside the bathtub where the bathmat
! is hung after the bath, keeping it
clean and dry.
Usually there is need for some sort
of mat beside the regular bathmat
! in the bathroom. especially if the floor
| is tiled and therefore likely to be
very cold in Winter. There are rubber
) mats that may appeal TO you. cotton