Evening star., 1938-12-10
Coronado Furniture
Gives the Home a
California Setting
Its Use in Apartment
Creates Decidedly
Romantic Mood
Special Dispatch to the Star.

Special Dispatch to the Star.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 10.-As the
frosted green of a New England
setting is suggested by the mellow
toned maple of early American
. furnishings, SO Is the sun n-drenched
California scene conjured up by the
newly re-created Coronado furni-
ture. Consequently, you can live
where you want to these days and
still have an Eastern or Western
setting for your daily life, depend
ing upon your preference. Creating
a New England atmosphere is not
at all hard. Neither is it difficult
to inject a Southwestern flavor in
our surroundings, aided and abetted
by paint and color.
With the new furniture trend,
homemakers are discovering that
American furniture lore makes vivid
conversational material From the
sentimental heritage of the Castilian
rose painted on the stiles of the
Coronado pieces to their wrought
iron and fiber wrappings-from the
sturdy designs Of the furniture made
by Indian Workmen for the mis-
slonarles-there is an air of drama
about Coronado California" To
the tales of Coronado and his search
for the seven mystical cities of
Cibola, you can add a flavor of
landed Spanish, a dash of the gold
rush era-not to mention a blend
of Moorish and Indian seasoning.
The Coronado furniture has it all.
Romantic Mood Created.
On the shore of Lake Michigan,
fascinating apartment done in
the Coronado California manner
is decidedly romantic in mood. The
dlnette-lving room has walls coated
with a maize-yellow texture paint.
Tie woodwork has been enameled
the same color. Stippled in flat
paint, maize over pale yellow would
accomplish much the same effect
The interiors of the shelves have
been painted terra Gotta rose tone
which matches the hand-enameled
frames on the pictures.
The furniture has been given an
antique ivory finish, melloWed to-
ward the edges with deeper amber
tones. Along the cross-stiles of the
dinette table and benches, the fore
panels of sofa, stools. tables and the
fiat visible edges of chairs are hand
painted the glories of the Castilian
rose. Upholstering that flatters the
furniture comes in rough Weaves,
horizontally banded in ivory. rllSt
and brown.
Vivid Color Accents.
Vivid color accents lend sparkle
to the room. There's the blue green
fiesta pottery in the wall inches, for
instance-also green lamp with
an antique ivory shade. Strings of
painted dried pods and gourds prove
as interesting and decorative as the
old keg, now acting as wastebasket,
which has been painted dull sage
green, trimmed with a Castilian
rose and given an antique glaze
finish.
In a dining room furnished in the
same fashion, the walls have been
stippled yellow and cream and the
woodwork has been enameled faWn.
Bunches of wild grasses, painted red,
green and blue, add a gay note in
the corner of the room. The chairs,
with their leather seats, fiber wrap
pings and dull brass nailhead stud
dings, are finished in the same man
ner as the table-dark ivory with
an amber toned glaze. Colorful
pottery sets the table.
The off-white tint of adobe is fire.
quently used for bedroom walls
with enamel of a rust-rose tone ap-
piled to the woodwork and floor.