Evening star., 1942-10-07

your own that you will forget for
time the fact that it has many
decorating difficulties to be over
come. Just to convince yourself
that you can take it" no matter
how tough it is, arm yourself with
a 6-foot extension rule, pad of
paper and sandwich and plan to
spend the morning in your new
quarters. In three hours you will
know the worst, and at the end of
four you will start to be encouraged
about the things you are going to
do with 1t.
Make rough floor plan indi-
eating doors and windows and wall
spaces that seem to be large enough
for furniture. Measure these spaces
accurately so that you will know
just which pieces of furniture will
fit. and where. Stand in the en-
trance and plan the arrangement
you wish to greet you when you
come in. If the continuity of the
room is broken by an ugly jutting
wall, consider what you can do to
turn this liability into an asset. A
dining alcove, a reading or music
corner, a desk corner with the walls
lined with your own books are few
suggestions. If you want color ac-
cent, painting the whole alcove a
clear, daring color may turn the
ugly duckling" into the most ex-
citing snOt in the roon
II the room is too straight and
sbarny,' making 1t almost impos-
eible to create an intimate, comfort
able arrangement you may wish to
create a break in the wall. This
may be done with half wall at
the back Of the sofa which breaks
the length of the room, or it may
be done with a curving ply-wood
wall which isolates the entrance
door from the room and makes a
graceful furniture BACKGROUND. Port
able book shelves might jut out
from the walls at either side of
long room, breaking its length,
making extra furniture corners and
turning the far end into an extra
room as we'll as decorative detail.
In an hour or two you will have
eeen and conquered most Of the
structural difficulties of your me-
mage. Then you are ready to mask
its bad points with decoration.
Windows which are puny and ugly
may be built tall or wider and their
commonplace frames covered with
venetian blinds or sheer drapery.
Breaks in walls which are unnec-
essary may have shelves or cup
boards built in or be made into
a useful coat closet. Ugly doors
which have no claim to fame may
be painted gay color with interest
ing hardware applied Uninteresting
fiat wall spaces which "hit you in
the eye" and hem you in may be
opened up with mirror which re-
fleets the whole room.
Aside from the necessary pieces
OF furniture to live comfortably,
select from your personal things the
accessories that please you most.
In these busy days all of us are
living simply, avoiding unnecessary
effort in housekeeping to free us
for other duties. For this reason
you may not wish to care for hobby
collections and similar impedimenta,
hut do choose two or three of your
pictures. pair of lamps. the small
accessories that you enjoy handling.
The coffee table that is just the
right height, the drapery fabric that
you discovered in tiny shop and
loved for its glowing color. the books
that always make you feel at home
these are important. No matter
how hard we work, in fact. because
of the difficulty of our days, the
beauty and comfort which surrounds
us at home is vital.
This new venture in living calls
for some of the best we have always
had and much of the acceptance
of taking the day as it comes right
now. The combination of these
will see us through the difficulties
of the future with our faculties
and morale hitting high.
That's P;6bt Cu6or