The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-11
DEEP SEA IDEA
IS LATEST KINK
FOR BATHROOM
Color Is Major Point for
Consideration When One
Begins RemodeIing.
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, June 11.-House
renovation rightfully should begin
in the bathroom, so one would feel
refreshed for doing the rest OF the
house.
OF course, color is the magic wand
that brings about a positive revo-
luton in a bathrooms appearance.
II ones house is being made over
this year, colored tiles and equip
ment should be considered, by all
means.
But. since most folks do not re-
build but redecorate, it is to wall
paper, paint, colored curtains
towels. wash rags. mats and lotion
containers that one must look Tor
inspiration.
The very newest in bathrooms Is
the deep-sea scheme. Fish float
around the wall, waves are lined
in their green-blueness, and there
even may be little ships afioat the
waves for a border near the CELL
ing. Washable new wall papers
make much of fish motifs.
Family Supplies Art
one ingenious family that had
rough plaster walls let each child
as well as adults have a hand IN
the decoration of a sea scheme.
Each daubed on his or her own
kind of fish, with more plaster,
then all were painted and the whole
thing shellacked. 1t was de-
vastatingly effective wall ane such
pride as the whole family took in
its gorgeous blue, green and golden
tintsl
For the "under-sea" bathroom,
there are green mats that look like
moss, sponges like sea-weed, soap
in fish shapes. Towels may be both
green and blue, with the blue mono
grammed in green and vice versa.
The curtain should by all means
be a rubberized rayon one, for 1t
shimmers like something just out
Of the ocean.
Get Color in Room
II your bathroom is white-tiled
I'D part way, with white equipment,
you can get color by using daftodil
yellow waterproof paint above the
thing. with a border of modernistic
design done in brown.
Bath and window curtains, mat
and all towels should be yellow and
brown, the former in a modernistic
design of rubberized materials, the
towels. mat and wash rags yellow
monogrammed in brown.
For the very feminine woman's
bathroom, apricot and pale blue is
a lovely combination, and the two
color scheme can be used effective
" for curtains, liren and rows OF
crystal bottles to hold her beauty
aids.
For this room, a border just above
the thing of dainty tiny pictures,
framed alternately in blue and april
cot, is an interesting touch.
Splash 1t Up For Men
Men like vivid color in bath
rooms, so for the bachelor or the
family man lucky enough to rate
a bathroom all his own, blues, reds,
puppies and deep, rich yellowS are
used in combination.
The walls should be modernistic
and geometric, checked, plaid or
striped effects in linen, rugs, cur
tains and shaving bottles are excel
lent. Leave floral effects for the
ladies.
Some of the newest accessories
for bathrooms that should be noted
are the gay window curtains and
shower curtains ensembles. They
come daintily lowered, colorful,
chintz-like in their sprightliness.
There are, too. matching ensembles
of bath mats, luxurious turkish
towels, wash cloths and hand
towels in all-over lowered designs
in high color against black, brown,
purple or blue backgrounds.
Gay petunias on purpIy brown
background are lovely. So are sew
eral tones of blue and pink against
black.
Accessories are Snappy
Lotion bottles now come in wide
mouthed size, not only fancily
decorated in color, but with the
names of their contents etched in
gold or silver on them.
Finger towels are the latest thing
in bathroom linen, and are diminu-
tive guest towel size made of fine
linen and monogrsmmed or cross
stitched, and hung five on a rack,
each a different color.
Five pinks, or blue, green, apricot
and yellow are nice.
Family towel sets now can be had,
With one color for Ruth, another
for Jimmy, a third for father, a
fourth for grandma and fifth for
mother. so the family will never
get mixed on their wash cloths.