The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-04
Rooms For Improvement? Try These
New Wallpapers In Washable Colors
laid Design Is POPULAR Patterned Paper Used On Ceiling
RY MARIAN YOUNG


NEA Service StafY Correspondent
New York.-April's the month
when the house gets a chance to
blossom out in new finery. And
such finery this yeari The new
wallpapers are creations to make
even a professional paper hanger
gasp with joy and housekeeping
Is indeed a pleasure because 1t
gives you q chance to use some
of them. Whatever your, Individual
decorating problems may be, there
are the right wallpapers with
which to meet them.
If you have large, sunny rooms,
look; at papers with dark back
grounds. If not, then consider
the lighter themes that put bright
ness and light into rooms that are
a bit gloomy. Get generous sam
pies and past them, one at a time,
on the wall. Stand back and try
to visualize how the room would
look If it's walls were entirely
covered by that paper. Call in the
rest of the family and let them
help to make decisions. After all,
they have to live there too.
Plaid wallpapers are favorites
right now-large plaids-the big
ger, the better. Large dots
and broad stripes are next in fa-
vor. And then there are handsome
patterns of classic dignity that
harmonize with petiod furnish
ings. II you desire a distinctly
modernistic touch, hang the strip
ed patterns ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
cally if you don't.
Patterned papers are being used
on ceilings as well as walls.
Though they must harmonic with
each other, the ceiling papers pat
tern should be smaller.
If you have a small foyer with
a narrow stairway leading from it,
use identical paper for the hall
and stairway. It gives an Illusion
of greater size.
Don't try to match up the wall
coverings of other rooms in your
home, unless, of course, the arch
way between two rooms is so large
that they appear to be one huge
room.
Plain wallpapers are best for
| tiny rooms and dark, bright col
ors, such as emerald green, are
most popular in this category.
| Floral designs-tiny buttercups'
forget-me-nots, gay little rosebuds.
ferns and larger flowers, maybe
Overwhelmingly please the
nature-loving household. If you
have a penchant for things nauti-
| cal. look. for anchor, and diminu-
tive ship patterns.
For a young daughter or the
| whimsical member of the fam
lily, there are pretty papers with
| pastel backgrounds, printed IN
bowknot designs that are as fem
mine as Ann Harding's smile.
| Even the kitchen gets q chance
to be decorative this year. One
new wallpaper has cute little fig-.
| urines of chefs of various coun-
tries on it. And another features
platters of roasts, meat pies ana
other oven delicacies.
| BY the magic of new wallpaper,
| the bathroom can be transformed
! into q thing of sheer beauty. Mu-
raj wallpapers are good here. 1ln-
cidentally, they're grand In any
room in the house but they are,
unfortunately, too expensive Tor
| the average budget.) But 1t does
MT take very much paper for a
bathroom ana perhaps you coh IA
dulgfie yourself in this one room.
The walls of father's den. an
other small room, would be
| lovely covered with mural wall
paper too. There could be hunt
ing scene on one wall and fish
ing or camping themes on the
| others.
Aside from their intricate pat
| terms and colorful motifs, the most
| impressive thing about the new
wall coverings is their practicabal-
ity. They're washable and that's
probably the best news that can
be given a homemaker. OF course.
| you've heard of washable wall
| papers before but the old types
were printed in nonwashable col
ors and then coated with film of
water-resistant protective. Now
adays, wallpapers are actually
printed with washable colors and
you may be sure that they'll with
stand soap and water.