The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-19
H o M E
HINTS
COLOR CAN HELP YOU
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FRANCES
FORTENBERRY
Home Hconomics
Director A1iss. Pcvss
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You think Of color every time
you buy dress. You think OF color
every time you pick out drapery
or upholstery material. naturally
But have you ever thought of color
. as styling. to make possessions APP
pear to the best possible advan
tage? Do you know how to empha-
size the good feature, or features,
of room, and how to subdue
the poor features?
Almost any home can be I'M
proved by using color attractive.y
and efficiently. anyone will admit
However, color experts will tell
you that this Is much more than
just mater OF picking out the
right" shade of green.
Suppose you have q good paint
Ing. Somehow you think 1t does
not show to real advantage. "Play
1t up" by giving that whole wall a
different color, . nicely contrast
] Ing one. The picture will stand out
| all the better. But suppose, instead
that you have q big clumsy combi-
nation desk and bookcase, or some
thing just as awkward, which you
have to keep standing against q
certain wall. No other place for
1t. Paint that wall to match your
white elephant. It will blend in.
will be much less noticeable.
Everyone knows that a light
color will make q room l o o K
larger, just as dark makes q room
seem smaller. And it is pretty well
understood that q dark ceiling
takes height away from a room
just as having a light ceiling make
a room seem higher. But did you
know that you can widen" a room
by using light color on the two
walls which are too close together,
And do you know that II q room
strikes you as being toe long for
its width, you can counteract that
| too? Make the far end, or maybe
both, darker shade.
Be careful abou: bright colors
In little cooped-up rooms Some
] may be just too much to live with.
Some colors convey q feeling OF
warmth, seem to bring everything
nearer to you. Good examples are
red. orange, yellow. Others seem
to make things seem not so near
Blue. violet, blue-gray. blue-green
We have come long way from
the days OF Practical" decorating
Remember the oatmeal" paper
that we used to see in millions OF
homes, because it went well" with
everything? Can you remember
Il fnrthnr honk IN N
wainscotings? They were "Prac-
teal too. Practical and ugly an0
no more expressive OF one TEN
permanent, or good taste, than the
old broom.
Women began ven-uring into
better home decorating, and, II.
nally the lovely color arrange.
Ments we know now. only when
1t became possible to give chem
good care. You keep q carefully
chosen carpet fresh a-d colorful
with q good vacuum cleaner. You
preserve color harmonies by run.
ming this vacuum cleaner tool uY
that over upholstery. draperies
and the rest as frequently as yor
| know is necessary.
a woman's magazine editor VIII,
Just has finished a 3 900 mile tour
OF subscribers homes reported one
feature which. to her. vas GU,
standing. She said ma; In ever,
house whore she founc the vacuum
cleaner kept IN handy place, y
was being used for Just abou
everything as she expressed II
one more reason why more an
more women feel perfectly JUST
led in working out attractive colo
arrangements for their homes.