Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1913 — Household [ARTICLE]

Household

Harmony In Furnishing. ▲ room Is changed for better or worse by the wall paper which Is used. Many people are partial to Oor&l designs in wall-paper*. Now a floral design, which in itself may be tasteful, when repeated hundreds of times becomes wearisome, if not positively ugly. Pictures are at a great disadvantage against such a background. Plain paper in neutral tones is much more desirable. Where a design is wanted, the conventional patterns which are in vogue are always good. The draperies used should harmonize with the carpet or the rug. The same general effects in coloring and design should be followed. A carpet in a floral design, and portieres in conventionalized figures and lines, would be most objectionable. The secret of harmonious decoration is this: To so blend the colors of a room that a certain degree of unity will be preserved. Just a word about pictures. Do not use too many in a room. A few wellchosen ones, suitably framed, are far better than to make a picture gallery of your wall space. Beware also of the bric-a-brac fever. Do not make your home look like a “museum.” The tendency, both in pictures and bricVa-brac, is to overdo the matter. In these days of high nervous pressure, we housewives must so arrange our homes that they may become havens of rest.—Harriet Woodward Clark in Suburban Life.