New Britain herald., 1930-10-06

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 The lamps with which you light your home and the curtains and the drapes with which you dress your windows often arc the finishing touches that give character to a room.
 For lamps and windows might, with perfect propriety, be said to dc the same charming things to a room that lovely eyes and a warm ing smile do to woman's face.
 Knowing this, it is evident of what importance your choice of lighting and window trim are. Both should be in tune with all Of a rooms furniture and color scheme.
 Fall fabrics for windows are full of interest and charm. Glazed materials are increasingly popu- Tar, for their fresh crisppess adds sprightly note that the house needs as fall is upon us and win ter approaches. Voiles and pie torial fabrics present scenes that vary widely, from hunting parties to quaint pastoral groups. For a p1ofusion of colors, there are in- numerable floral prints. The fa- miliar tapestries. satins, brocades and velvets come in new colors to blend with carpets and self-color satin stripes introduce new deli cate formality that is desired to- day. Damasks give us twotone effects that may be just what a room needs.
 DrapeS Should Reach Floor
 How you cut and arrange your drapes is a matter of individual taste but no drape should be less than 32 inches wide, all are bet ter lined, all make a room seem higher If they reach the floor. You can have valances or no valances this winter but there is prefer ence for them in most places, when windows are wide.
 Glass curtains perform the dual role of securing privacy and ad- hitting light at one and the same time. Silk gauge, marquisette, scrim, theatrical gauge, with wool embroidery, chiffons, voiles, ray ons and many new cotton fabrics offer delicate glass curtain mate- rials. The plainer the glass cur tains, the lovelier, if you are using formal drapes. But the sweet frilled dimity and dotted Swiss curtains of another age are very good for cozy rooms, especially when Colonial or other Provincial furniture is used.
 Choosing lamps this autumn is more a matter of elimination than anything else, so multitudinous' are the new shapes and colors. Colonial lamps are especially pop ular. early English types or sub- stantal and comfortable looking and a wide range of subdued mod ernistN lamps offer wealth of choice.
 The newest lamps show care to harmonize the base and shade. A pewter base, for example, may be used with a tan shade in which the design is pewter-colored. Re- gardlcss of the color of the shade, many of the new ones have the border matching the base, the whole thing being treated as a unit.
 Among the popular colors are ox-blood, coral, Ming blue, all shades of tan, and many rose-hued shades. All colors, however, are available. If you look long enough, you are likely to find the exact lamp and shade you have been dreaming about.
 Dark Corners Frightened
 Small shadow lamps, usually with feminine figure outlined against the light background, re- tain their popularity. They are frankly ornamental. their chief use is to provide mellow glow major lamp. There is increasing use of such lamps to brighten
 
 dark corners.
 It is quite the thing nowadays to have several lamps in the same room. some for utility, some for decoration. They should, how ever, all belong more or less to the same family. It is mistake to have an assortment of shades that bear no relation in materials or color. to each other. A bridge lamp, library reading lamp and a decorative lamp, when carefully chosen, can be the perfect ensem- ble for room.
 Bedroom lamps have become quite frilly this year. Twin lamps are still fashionable, one on each side of the dressing table, for ex- ample. But it takes a very dress ed-up living room to stand frilly lamps. Usually the simpler and plainer they are for the living room the better.