Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-09-29
DECORATION BEGINS
WITH FLOOR COVER
NOW, IS ADVICE
Carpet or Rug, Dominating
Color Plan, Represents
Major Investment

Where to start?" is a question oft
en- asked by home decorators. Faced
with the problem of furnishing an en-
tire room, or a series of rooms, afresh,
they want to know what to select first.
Floor coverings are the logical
foundation for correct room ensemD-
les. Determine first your general
scheme of decoratiOn-the period or
style you plan to emphasize, the DO
minating colors. Then select your car
pet or rug. After all, the floor rep
resents the largest single area you
have to furnish in any room. It also
represents a major investment, one
which should be carefully chosen to
give lasting satisfaction.
With your general plan in mind, ask
Yourself whether you want plain color
or pattern on the floor. Decide Wheth-
err the furniture will be in one of the
favorite period styles Century
English or Early American-or of
modern design. Decide whether you
shall want considerable pattern in
your wall coverings or draperles.
Then you will be guided in selecting
for your floor a modern pattern,
Colonel hooked type, an American
made reproduction of an Oriental rug,
one of the new textures, or a solid
color broadloom.
Now, when you have chosen your
rug or carpet, so ahead with the Sc
lection of furniture, draperies, lamps
and accessories. You will find that
you can build most satisfactory color
schemes, picking up the main color OF
your rug elsewhere in fabrics ana
furniture coverings, and accentlng
with notes of contrast elsewhere IN
the room.
It is interesting to note that IN
many rug patterns today you nave
selection of about twenty sizes, so
that you can buy just the right size
for YOUR room. A large room requires
a larger rug that will cover the floor
adequately, leaving only narrow
border of exposed floor on all SIDES.
Then, too, you can match your rug,
saw, in hall and living room, or in two
adjoining rooms of different sizes.
AS to bedrooms, the floor covering
YOU select will again depend upon the
general character of your room. For
a bedroom in the modern manner, fur-
nished with bleached maple or one OF
the other blonde woods now so much
in vogue, you can choose broadloom
Garnet in a plain or textured weave
possibly one of the deep-pile carpets
with a rich lustre, available in most
delectable colors-dark or pastel, eth
err an admirable foil for the pale wood
tones.
These carpet colors now come In
sumptuous shades which once you
would have had to have specially
dyed hydrangea blue. peach, golo
foam green, as well as more suDstan-
t;al tones of rich brown, dubonnet
forest green.
Floor coverings for the modern bed
room NAV also be in two-tone flora
or leaf effects or in textured, lnoe
terminate stripes and plaids IN so1
colorings. The more vigorous textur
ed effects are splendid in young PEG
ples' rooms or in Early American
rooms whose colorful chintz curtains
and mellow maple furniture give al
air of country charm.
When YOUR floors have been prop
erlv clothed, consider the other de
lightful things you can do with car
nets and rugs as foundations. New
covers. smartly tailored, will rejuv
enate faded furniture. New Wallpap
er or a fresh coat of paint Will Hgnt
en- and brighten walls. New ,ciea
glass or colorful pottery vases an
bowls will hold summer flowers! Al
in all, YOU will be well prepared 10
the busy season ahead!