Evening star., 1941-07-04

SOIiiC OtIicI COlOl lOl COlllIdSl, DuL
color be blue. 1 have selected a soi
and living room. A medallion pap
room-al in blue, and 1 am undec
a small blue figure for the library. I
am using blue broadloom in the
dining room, and have black and
white rugs with blue in them for
the library. I would like advice on
floor coverings and draperies in the
hall and living room. T. R.
Answer think this is quite
enough blue. To keep a pleasant
effect of blue-rather than deep
depression-you should use white or
wood tones or some other tone TO
make your blue effective. You
might settle for wood tones in the
living room and hall rugs. The pale
beige or honey tones that would be
repeated in furniture woods. Use a
figured material at the window in,
possibly, white, beige and blue.
Neither of these tones will be i'm
portant enough to kill your blue,
but will give some interesting con-
trast.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: We are re-
modelling a house down Virginia
way, and though We are not
sticklers for the antique, We would
like TO make 1t fit as nicely into
the landscape as possible. Our
greatest difficulty is in getting a
material for the roof. I like the
efficiency, long life and fire-proof
qualities of modern shingles which
look like wood, but do not want
something new-looking that it will
take several years to fit into the
background. Have You any ideas of
what We might use to solve this
problem? HARRY w. T.
AnsWer-Most of the simulated
wood shingles are made up in a
weathered wood appearance. There
is a new asphalt shingle which
looks like old weathered wood with
the grain apparent. This has plenty
of color built into it and when on
the roof has nice shadow lines and
a smoky appearance that looks as
though 1t had been there for years.
Dear Miss Novel;: I understand
that it is possible to get screening
for a porch that actually keeps out
the sun Is this a new product. and
is il available in moderate price
range? How does it work?
H. T.
Answer-This wire screening is
built on the same principle as a We
netian blind. Instead of having
round wires in the usual manner it
has fat wires set at an angle. The
minute the sun gets above the 40
degree angle it can no longer pene-
.rate the Stats ana is completely shut
out The product is several years
old and comes within the moderate
budget. It is also available for house
screens and the saving en- awnings
or venetian blinds makes it we'll
worth while.
Dear Miss NoWell-I am moving
into very small Washington house
The rooms seem Ike bandboxes to
me. am sure my furniture will all
be too big and I do rot know how I
shall find room for it all. Is there
any trick in making a room look
larger and make the furniture fit
better? MRS. D. S.
Answer-Yes. indeed, there are
several tricks that help 10 make a
room look largeT-bIt the first one
would be not to try 10 flt all the fur
niture into the room That will
Immediately make 1t look crowded
and undo all your enlsrging tricks.
Plan to store some of it which is
not absolutely necessary for the
comfort of living. Plan draperies to
blend into the walls-do not break
up your wall spaces. with strong
lines of color. as that will shorten
the room. Keep the furniture low
and as uniform in neighr as posi-
BILE Leave several good sized empty
wall spaces to help open up the room
above tables and over sofa. plan on
having the essentials and rule out
all the small knickknacks that clutter
the room and take away the spacious
feeling Remember. unfurnished
rooms usually seem small. and you
may find your furniture will slip into
place better than you thought.
Dear Miss Nowell-We have sew
eral old oak trees OH our place as
we'll as two beautiful elms. In the
two electric storms We have had this
summer We have lost several big
limbs which have snapped off in the
wind. Is there ANYTHING that We
could do to brace thesep We would
probably not live long enough to
grow two others like them. and We
are very much disturbed at their
destruction.
Answer: I hesitate to advise YOU
about your trees until you are sure
of the cause of the breaking. 1t
may be just old age, but, on the
other hand, they NAV be infested
with bug that is impairing their
strength and causing the breakage
in storms. Suggest yod get the ad-
vice of a tree surgeon who can tell
whether or not there is any infesta-
tion and also advise about bracing
the limbs.