The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-15

Chaste Touches Give ResM Contrast After Era Of Void Hue
by JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA SnrVica SlaR Writer

The chaste white touch IL the
very latest thing in interior deco
rating. Perhaps the best thing
about the new vague for white IL
that It doesn't necessitate changing
an entire room or house to inject
il into the scheme of things. Just
a few white touches, IL properly
done, can turn the trick.
For the home-maker who Is ac-
tually re-arranging things, the
pure white vogue may hold many
new ideas. Take q living room
that Is somewhat somber, perhaps
using old pieces that have been
in use since the children were
babies. Why not cover one arm
chair and footstool in one of the
new washable white fabrics? Ena-
mel the front and top OF q chest
of drawers white to match, do the
fireplace over white and add either
a white bear rug or just white
chenille one. White combines
handsomely with brown. 1t IL
equally good with red, blue or prac-
tically any other color scheme you
have.
II you are a fiower-lover, there
flower stands that have been paint"
ed cleaning white. Some of these
are built to stand in front of win
dows, others for corners, like old
fashioned knick-knacks; still others
to stand decoratively wherever
your Imagination dictates. They
come with space for one to ten
pots of flowers. You can have your
flower pots in color or white, too.
Perhaps the biggest inroad the
new white vogue has made is in
the line of decorative pottery. II
it's anything from moderntstic
sea lion to an old-fashioned steed
that YOU desire to stand guard
over your fireplace, it can be had
in white. And it's perfectly beautiful,
white, too, some In high glazed,
shiny white, others in dull chalk
white pottery. There are cigaret
boxes, ash trays, book ends, fruit
dishes, flower vases, and every
thing else you can think of in the
way of gadgets, now made i'm white.
If you are a conservative who
took a long time getting used to
vivid color everywhere, even the
bathroom, then the chances are
that this new white vogue will
strike you as something too mod
ern, again. II so, the best place
to begin going white Is the dining
room. Right on the table you can
declare your intentions. Some Of
the handsomest new china avail
able is white. Whole dinner services
of 1t. Or just dessert and coffee
courses in a handsomely patterned
white set with raised white flowers
in design. One of the lovelist for
NAL dinner setups shown in New
York this season is all white china
on the most beautiful red and
white deluxe satiny damask. The
centerpiece was a low white bowl,
holding mass of red and white
carnations that had been built up
together packed tight, into q little
shaped tree holder. Even the
glasses were the new milk white
crystal.
Bedrooms are another place
where one white unit becomes
charmingly attractive spot. one
modernistic bedroom, done IN
silvery blue with walls and carpet
matching, has draped Victoria cur
tains of white slipper satin, with
the high Grapes held by bows OF
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one window is the little powder
table, cleaning white, with the
Grapes and stool made of the cur
tain's satin, piped in the gray blue.
Another bedroom, old-fashioned in
its sprigged wall paper and cano-
pied bed, has woody white rugs on
the floor and the chaise Tongue is
white.
White bathrooms, like most 9th
err old but good things, are with
us once more. The white walls and
fixtures are contrasted this season
with rudy or deep colored towels,
rugs, bath curtains and glassware.
White lamps in your living room,
with white satin or velvet SOFA pill
lows scattered through the colored
ones on the couch, is another new
and good touch. There must be
hundreds Of new lamps fashioned
in white by now. Some of them are
simply the handsomest lighting
apparatus you have ever seen.
This new vogue for white is rest
full after such siege of high color
as we have been through. Even
if you don't go for white, in q big
way, it will do something to inject
O. few white notes in the home.
Don't be afraid to try white with
rich dark colors.