Evening star., 1940-05-04
New Paint Styling
Gives Personality
To Drab Room
Complete Transformation
: Achieved by Carpentry
And Imaginative Ideo

No matter how lacking in pos
eibilitieS room may seem, there is
always some way to rejuvenate it..
A perfect wall flower of q room,
when treated intelligently. may be-
come the belle of the ball. For ex-
ample, the metamorphosis of a
sleeping room, square as a box and
no more interesting, was achieved
through the use of paint styling. To
counteract this lack of personality,
1t was highly styled, with one wall
painted different color than the
other three.
The bedroom, as it stood before
redecorating, was a confusion of
tangled pattern and inharmonious
colors. The figured walls, rug and
spread all combined to detract from
the serenity conducive to rest and
relaxation. The jumbled appear
ance of the room was further in
creased by the lack of balance in
furniture placement, the too-small
rug islanding the center of the floor
and the pictures Of widely varying
size and type of frame.
Room Completely Transformed.
With the aid of the new paint
styling technique and it's modern use
of color, some carpenters work and
an imaginative idea, the room was
completely transformed. First of
all, the wall at the head Of the bed
was painted rather deep aqua
marine blue. The other walls were
painted a light tint of sand color,
the trim an even lighter shade of
sand and the ceiling just off-white-
tinted with the sand tone. The top
of the footboard of the old metal
bed was cut off, the casters were
removed from the legs to lower the
bed, and a slip cover was made for
the headboard, as modernizing
touch. The slip cover of the head
board, the bedspread and lamp
shades were of pale yellow. On the
floor, a large rug, extending from
wall to wall, increased the sense of
spaciousness in the room. Deep tones
of harmonizing blues and greens
appeared in the plaid design of the
rug against a sand toned back
ground.
With the aid of some simple car
pentry work, two cabinets were built
against the wall at either side of
the window: one to be used as q
clothes closet, while into the other
were built the drawers removed
from the discarded old chiffonier.
Between these two closets a shelf
was placed to serve as dressing
table. This did not interfere with
The emanation of heat from the radi-
ator beneath the window but helped
to disguise its ungraceful lines. The
radiator was further camouflaged by
painting it the same color as the
wall against which it was placed. A
scalloped valance cut from plywood
borders the opening of the dressing
table niche. Behind the valance are
concealed the lights for the dress
ing table.
Exotic Lamp Bases.
Furthering the tropical influence,
the dressing table chair Is made OF
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a molding around the front surface
of the pair of bookcases at the head
OF the bed. One of these cases con-
tains radio as well as books while
the other is devoted entirely to
books.
Outstanding in the room and en-
phasizing its exotic theme, Balinese
dancing maidens of terra Gotta serve
as lamp bases. Painted in soft colors
that blend with the tones of the
room, extravagant blossoms Of the
South Sea Islands decorate the
panels of the closet doors at either
side of the dressing table. A floral
print repeating the flowers of the
door design was used as a slip
cover for the old armchair. The lack
Of clutter and striking patterns in
the room after its redecoration con-
tribute greatly to the coveted air Of
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