The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
Gay COI0rs
GiUe Joy to
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BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Giving the
child of the family room of his
or her own should mean more than
merely allotting the necessary space
and filling it with useful odds and
ends of furniture.
There Is such charming juvenile
furniture to be had today. The
best period pieces often are re-
produced in miniature to give pride
and Joy to a little miss or master.
At a cost not exorbitant, a room
can be fitted on a scale of dimen-
slons that will give importance to
the wee ones or ones who occupy it.
There are the cutest little beds,
smal in dimensions and much lower
to tts floor than adult beds, made
Of fine woods in good lines.
Chairs are low enough for short,
fat legs to let little bodies down into
them without stretching up. Chests
Of drawers low enough for little eyes
to peep into.
Gay CoIors Arc Used
And the best part about most Of
these bedroom sets for tots is that
the colors used in conjunction with
them axe all the gay ones children
love and feel inspired by.
Fairy stories, animals, favorite
characters of history are used for
decorative motifs for screens, pic
lures, lamp shades and counter
panes. And even the little lamps
themselves may be animals or elfln
figures.
Two Of the cutest rooms for
children are the early American
and the Colonial room with its lit
tie four poster bed
In the early American room there
is a studiness that little boys I'M
der would like. It has charming
low bed with diminutive dimensions
and a hsnd-quilted bright yellow
counterpart in durable saCeen.
Bedside Table for Lad
There is a bedside table with a
drawer for him to put his odds and
ends into so he can find them the
first thing when he wakes up in
the morning. And under this table
stands toy dog, looking out at the
little hooked rug in plan pink and
blue blocks, with some black.
The lamp is pewter, a masculine
line medium for lamp for a boys
room, albeit a little boy. Two
straight chairs, with arms and rush
seats will accommodate him.
The chest of drawers has wider
lowest drawer. giving it a sturdy
look. And the mirror above it is
quite simple in design, just the
mirror a little boy could look into
and not feel silly.
In the corner behind the bed is a
cute screen, in polka dotted fabric,
with 1.-THE Kings Dinner" done in
pictures on it for decoration, a
theme children love. All of the pic
lures are animals, they might be
prints of his very own pets.
For an Older Girl
For the little girl of slightly more
years, indeed a room a child
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into her teens, is one that has soft
peach and green for its coloring
and an adorable four poster bed
with canopy of glazed chintz in the
peach and green design, in floral
pattern.
There is q hooked rug with a rich
floral design on the floor and a per-
fectly cunning little upholstered
arm chair with flounce all pleated.
There is little foot stool in early
American design, matching up the
bedside table on which little lamp
sits. And the mirrors are much
fancier than the boys.
If one believes at all in environ
ment, it is simple to realize the
far-reaching effect on character
that either room would have.
Background has much to do with
a persons serenity and beauty of
thought.
Either of these rooms and there
are many more possible, in other
periods of design, would be bound
to affect the later lives of the little
ones who had the good fortune to
live in them, and call them their
own