New Britain herald., 1930-10-03
DINING ROOMS SAND NOOKS FLOURISH
 \ IN MODERN ERA OF HOSPITALITY

It is going to be stylish to enter tain at home this winter. The new mode introduces hospitality as one of its winning aces.
 | That being that, dining rooms are bound to come into their own. For since time immemorial, the high spot in entertaining at home has been to break bread.
 | Many Americans no longer boast enough to have an honest to good ness dining room, table, buffet, a dozen chairs, serving tables and so on. Those that have are fortunate, for with such equipment there are market now.
 But there is no reason why every one, even apartment. dwellers. can- not have dining nook. Not built in nook. Rather a corner of the liv- ing room which can be made to assume the, dignity of a dining room.
 Cheerful Note Important
 If you have a dining room, be sure it is dressed up just right for this winter. It should have some lively, yet simple design in it's wall paper, or some pleasing tone to it's tinted or painted walls, if they are not papered Curtains and drapes are most important and some floor covering that adds cheeriness to the room. Above all, a dining room should be cheerful as first aid to appetite and digestion.
 Period dining rooms are very pop ular right now. Combining pieces of this period and that is done and can. be most effective when good | taste has directed the composition of the room. Painted furniture is by ] no means passe and for the family of limited income it is boon, since a few evenings hard labor will be well repaid by the way your dining room takes on when done. For the dining nook, the task Of | furnishing must necessarily depend on what the rest of the living room | has. If you have a preference for 1 the modern buE do not want to car ry it too far, you can combine mod ern furnishings with simple line furniture of other periods and the result is excellent
 Easement Window Adds Touch i Such is the solution of a comfort able, cheery and most pleasing din- | ing nook in the end of a large liv- ing room. The nook happens to 1 boast a easement window, which 1 helps the scheme immeasurably, since it can be curtained in the gay 1 plaid of the rest of the room and yet look as if it was designed just | for this corner.
 | The wall paper of the room is very new, a small intermittent polka dot in soft red on a rich cream background. The woodwork is all cream. The whole room goes in for hooked and handmade rag rugs, so this cornet has it's own rag rug that has reds in it. There is a gate leg table which folds up to stand de- murely under the window, seeming 1 ly only a resting place for few books and magazines. There is an open faced cupboard, with drawers for silver and linen at the side and its old porcelain, and few pieces of modern porcelain make it a dec orative asset.
 There is a Windsor chair and a couple of straight chairs and, when occasion demands, there are chairs of similar design to be brought from the bedrooms to accommodate addi- tional guests
 In setting up the table in this cozy dining nook, you might use either plain damask or one of the new plaid linen cloths that is very modern and yet a bit fashioned too. With cream colored dishes, red crystal and a few cream candles. you can dress up company table beautiful enough to please any guest. With little effort, the living room can be rearranged after the meal to look it's own comfortable self