Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-06
Color in New Furnishings
Interesting Combinations Play an Important Part
in Home Requirements = Wall Paper,
Curtains and Draperles.

colors and widths and even in conbi-
nations Of colors. There are wool
fringes for linens and heavier Gre
tonnes, cut and uncut silk -ringes for
damasks, moires and novelty silks.
If your ceilings are not too low and
there are not too many groups of win
dows in the same room, a valance is
good to use. Do not make it too deep
Sometimes when you have treated a
group of windows as enc and have used
some very colorful material at the win
dows it is necessary to tie the color
together with valance, or a decorative
rod may be used in place of a valance
painted to harmonic with wall and
curtains or covered with wall paper the
same as that with which the room is
papered.
Overdrapes should repeat the domi-
nant color Of the room and form the
connecting link between the background
and furnishings. Dark, rich colors are
best to use. If room is small, it is
well to have the overdrapes very closely
related to the color of the wall. The
materials or the color used for over
drapeS usually is repeated in the couch
covering or in cushions or in some way
in the other furnishings. Plain side
Grapes should be used with a figured
valance, or a plain valance may be used
with figured side Grapes In room
where there are too many windows the
windows may be made less conspicuous
by the use Of plain overdrapes.
For Bed Rooms.
Draperies, upholstery material and
rugs for bed room should be more
simple in pattern than those of the liv-
ing room and dining room. and the
colorS should be more reStful. Carpets
are especially appropriate for bed room
use. They not only thoroughly carpet
the floor, but they make a room ap-
pear larger by eliminating the border
lines, which even a plain rug intro
duceS into floor treatment.
BY using velour Grapes instead of
lace or even light curtain materials one
can secure noise absorption and rest
SorberS OF sound, taking up about 20
per cent of the racket and clamor that
strikes them. When choosing the color
of sheets and blankets, it should be re-
membered that blues and green's bring
reStfulness. Blue or green Is an emo
tionally wise choice for a sleeping room.
Noise Is a worse disturber of sleep than
light. Noise raises our blood pressure
without waking us.
In the Kitchen.
A1IllOuBh ouDOucu COlOIo may NC uoCu
throughout the rest of the house, ths
kitchen will look well in bright, clear
colors. Do not be, afraid to use red,
yellow, orange or any of the gay colors.
Color in floors, walls, woodwork, cur
tainS and perhaps SINE fixtures or pieces
of equipment will change an ordinary
kitchen from a workshop to a room of
pleasure. Just lots of color will not
produce the desired effect. 1t is a
blending of harmonious colors, not too
strong nor in too much quantity. Some
predominating color tint should be Sc
lected. let us say. for the walls, and
the rest of the colored portions of the
kitchen graded to harmonic. The rest
of the fixtures and equipment should
then have a soft background color.
Types Of kitchen walls that make for
efficiency are fabric-covered walls, tile
walls, and painted walls. There are
tile boards for walls that are good.
Some of these boards are of fiber COM
position, some of plaster, and others of