New Britain herald., 1930-08-05

New York. Aug. 5-Charm and | distinction in a home are by no means just a. cold cash proposi- ton. With inexpensive furniture and furnishings as comfortable and lovely as they are today, given good taste and a little time, any one with a moderate salary can evolve an attractive place worthy Of the name "Home.'
 The smaller the furniture bud get, the more scrupulous must be the care taken to get eXactely what 1 IS wanted and needed-the per feet kind of chair, table. and so | on. the right color and the right price, A good plan is 10 start with l a skeleton equipment and then fill in, taking advantage of furniture sales.
 4 current exhibition at the Art Center proves that you really can have q pretty home. though not earning a whale of salary. The couple living on $3O to $50 a week las a chance to enjoy back ground of distinguished beauty. Strive for Simplicity
 Keep things simple. have a min- mum Of pieces. and stick 10 your color scheme these seem to be the first principles. Remember a small place looks much larger and more dignifed if not cluttered up. Pick T color scheme that can be match cd up in inexpensive accessories, because some tones are million dollar hues and are . mistake for the average homo. An excellent color scheme combines a most liv- able green with tawny yellow and some burnt reds suggestive Of ma pie leaves in autumn. Walls can bc that pretty. sunny buff against which both furniture and pictures look well and which makes a room seem cheerful whether you happen 10 feel that way or not.
 For your living room you may like the following list of equip ment, all of the wood pieces being maple reproductions of early American, First, a single daybed couch, with green cover made with pleated flounces, with a maple cof- fee table in front Next, two wing chairs, one with maple arms and legs, with the seat and back o1 gay calico in the rooms colors, the other upholstered in a glazed floral chintz, in bOlder pattern, with a flounced skirt about its ma table that can be used for library purposes to hold books. q vase of flowers and magazines by day and be opened up for formal meal at dinner time. Two low butterfly tables serve as accessories to com Tort near the chairs.
 The curtains may be a glazed chintz in yellow and green with d tole design in red and they may be made long and rather dignified tD heighten the formallty of the room. A couple of prints. framed in green. q reading lamp that is reproduction of an carly American lamp and a two-toncd TUE in green. and your room Is tremendously pleasing and de1ightfully livable,
 You can add a couple of good straight chairs, or Windsors, as you see if and the budget cor roborates your decision And you may add low rocker without arms. for rockers are coming in again and there IS no denying the relaxation of comfortable rock
 To keep up the color Echeme, you can have your bedroom paper ed in dainty figured design against a light green, with small hooked rugs on the floor and a four-posted bed, /chcst of drawers. bedside table and easy arm chair all of maple. The chair may have cretonne back and seat patterned like the wallpaper or plain green or yellow. And your kitchen can be a gay yellow, with pots and pans in cream with bright green rims.
 Unity Has Practical Side
 If you do make your entire home a unit, you can move your chairs from one room to the other, whAn you have company, for instance. Also, there is a sense of unity and peace about a home that is. con- sistent in it's general color scheme. But do not duplicate the scheme. exactly, in any two rooms. For nothing is deadlier than monotony which comes from lack of variety.
 This may sound like a rather expensive undertaking for the average small-salaried couple or bachelor or business woman. But this whole Apartment was planned with an eye to helping the small salaried family. Be careful budget ing and by extremely careful buy ing, it can be done. But the en- tire scheme must be worked out in paper and dollars and cents first. It is by planning that you get the kind of home your friends envy you. the kind they love to be in vited to.