Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 June 1930 — Page 21

JUNE 11, 1930.

VARIETY GALORE IN FURNISHINGS FOR APARTMENT Pleasing Designs, Greater Number of Patterns Are Displayed. Among the new furniture being displayed at the larger exhibits there is a greater variety than ever before in furnishings for the small house and apartment. Furniture especially sufted to the needs of these is being made in more pleasing designs, wider variety of wood and more patterns. The limited space and the need for furniture which may serve more than one purpose has beep taken into consideration. Especially interesting pieces to be seen In the showings are the dinette suites. These consist of a table of the refectory type, of pleasing shape in either of its sizes; a Welsh dresser or a small buffet of good proportions, or a chest of drawers; a serving table and four or six chairs. Suite Can Be Formed The table, as many chairs as are needed and any one or all the other pieces may be purchased to make a suite. One suite had the interesting feature of an arrangement whereby the table, which was of the gateleg type, slid right under the combination china closet and buffet. While the popularity of the refectory table seems to be increasing, there still are to be found many extension tables. The gateleg type, of course, holds its own. Styles Are Varied These compact suites were seen In adaptations of Duncan Phyfe, Shippendale, Hepplewhite and early English designs. The woods were walnut, mahogany, maple and oak, with perhaps more oak than formerly has been seen. Bedroom furniture for the small room combined beauty and delicacy of design with commodious drawer space. Instead of the heavy dressers, there were seen many simple and beautiful chests of drawers with mirrors to hang above them. Tables Add to Beauty Space, even in the apartment or very small house, is seldom so scarce for the living room as that of other rooms, but for the small living room there are a number of beautiful tables which are useful and yet which take up very little space. End tables and comer tables in many styles and woods were displayed. Chairs offering all the comfort and beauty of the largest lounging chairs are offered, but proportioned slightly smaller to suit the small room. Plane Color Is Best Blue and green hues in the lamp shades are less flattering than the warm glows approaching the color of a candle flame.

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SEWING CABINET HAS MANY USES Countless Steps Are Saved House Manager. A sewing cabinet in the living room will save the house manager a great many steps. Into its neat compartments fit needle, thread, thimble and buttons to replace those which are always popping off the youngsters’ clothes. At that hurried moment when a stitch just must be taken, the sewing cabinet is the most useful piece of furniture in the house. The Priscilla cabinet with its convenient handle and graceful lines, has long been a favorite with women. For the living room it is seen in walnut or mahogany or oak. For the bedroom it may be had in some brightly painted wood, or in maple. The Martha Washington, offering spacious compartments for storing the family mending until the time it can be taken care of, is another sewing cabinet ranking high in favor. Anew sewing cabinet is one which disguises itself as a table when not in use for sewing. In the living room, besides a chair or at the end of the sofa it looks just like any other table. PAINT YOUR RADIATORS Heating Units Can Match General Color Scheme of Room. When you are doing your rooms over in delicate, lovely colors, why not try painting the radiators to match? The government pamphlets state that paint does not lessen radiation. And colored raditors do fade into the general scheme of the room most beautifully. Before applying your color, put on a good light priming coat. Then any inside paint will do the trick.

SPEND THIRD OF HOUSE COST FOR FURNITURE System Is More Satisfactory Than Allowing Smaller Sum. How much money should the average person spend in furnishing him home? The general opinion seems to be that from one-third and one-half of the total cost of the home; is an adequate amount. If, for Instance, one had $15,000 to spend on his home, and put onethird, or $5,000, into furnishing the SIO,OOO house the result would be more satisfactory than putting onetenth, or $1,500 into a $13,500 house. Single Blankets Easy to Handle Single blankets are more easily handled and therefore more desirable than the old-fashioned double length. It is now possible to purchase blankets which are preshrunken and moth-proofed.

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METAL CHAIRS, TABLES, SWING, GOODJNMBIN Gay Interior Adds to Joy of Summer Residence in Cottage. Moving a collection of “antiques” from the attic to the cabin constitutes furnishing the summer cottage in some families. When the warm days come, when the mothballs are shaken out of the swimming suits, someone in the family usually starts talking about fixing up the summer cottage or cabin. The way to make every hour at the cabin or cottage a perfect joy for the whole family is to furnish it correctly. This does not mean extra vagantly or even abundantly. Informality is essential tn the cottage furniture. An interior has to be almost primitive to make a suitable background for a costume consisting of a bathing suit and cap. Simple, painted furniture finds favor with many cottagers. In bright colors it may be gay and festive. Those who enjoy roughing it will want the Interior furnished with hickory or cedar furniture with the bark left on. It seems more like really living out-doors. The cottage may be furnished throughout with metal furniture. This has the obvious advantage of not being subject to changes in the weather, which are rather hard on furniture built for the ordinary well protected interior. Metal chairs are now made as comfortable as any other kind and metal tables and settees, swings, lamps and other pieces come In. a wide choice of colors, designs and prices. For the more pretentious summer home, the early American reproductions are appropriate and attractive. They combine the simplicity nec-r essary for rest and relaxation with

good taste and decorative qualities. The summer home furnished as much unlike the winter home as possible will be the most restful to the members of the household. A cottage completely furnished in early American or other similar style, is a delightful place to spend occasional week ends during the winter. Draperies for the cottage or cabin made of some rough cotton material are the most attractive and the most durable. Navajo rugs, rag carpets or braided rugs are adequate for the floor coverings. While there will not be as many or as elaborate accessories in the summer homes as in the winter one, these things should not be omitted, as their presence adds a great deal to the gay, vivid appearance desirable in a home arranged for & holiday. UPHOLSTERY FABRICS ARE SIMPLE IN DESIGN Glaring Figures Pass Out of Picture in Decorations. One of the most noticeable things about the new upholstery fabrics is the simplicity of design in most of them. In striking contrast to the glaring figures super-imposed upon upholstery fabrics a few seasons ago, are the structural, simple patterns which seem to grow out of the material itself. The rather simple lines of upholstered furniture demand a good, bold design but not an ugly or crude one. More refinement is seen in the graceful, pleasing lines of the new patterns. A closer harmony between fabric and design is being worked out and a great improvement in upholstery fabrics is the result.

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MANTEL CAN BE MADE HIGHLIGHT OF LIVING ROOM Junk Should Be Kept Off Shelf: Artistic Touch Is Possible. Do not let the mantel become an understudy to the what-not. Usually the fireplace group and the mantel decoration are the most conspicuous features of the room and for that reason should be given a great deal of thought. Os course the mantel itself will determine to a large extent the way it is decorated. There are mantels and mantels—everything from the lovely arrangements in stone and wood to the bilious-looking little green tiles and a skimpy, unattractively finished or over-ornate shelf. Usually little change can be made in the mantel itself and if it is not a desirable one, it must be put up with and its difficulties overcome as much as possible by the decoration used with it. Tiles that are just too terrible may be painted. Artists’ tube paints will stick to anything and the offending tiles may be covered with this. Other objectionable features of the mantel must be counteracted by the right kind of ornaments. “Not too much” is the answer to all the questions regarding what and how many to use on the mantel. Objects placed on the mantel should number three, five or seven, to admit of correct balance and

pleasing appearance. They should be selected with care and if as many as seven are used, they should be grouped so as not to give a cluttered appearance. The space above the mantel shelf calls for treatment. It offers an excellent place for a picture—a portrait. a marine or a landscape—but it should be a good picture. You will see it often and if it Is not a joy to look on, you will grow very tired of it. A mirror of suitable proportions may be hung above the mantel. Sometimes a tapestry finds a place there. Whatever is used it should be of quality and character. Occasionally the objects on the mantel shelf are of sufficient size and im-

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portance to take the place of over* mantel decoration. One especially attractive mantel has for its decoration two tall brass candlesticks holding dark red candles. These flank a picture framed in dull gold, of suitable sire and shape, in which there is some red, hung on the wall above the mantel shelf. On either end of the mantel are rookwood vases of dull browns, reds and orange. These vases are not so high as the candlesticks and behind them, leaning against the wall, are pottery plates in the same colors. By incorporating the picture above the mantel into the scheme of decoration of the mantel shelf, balance and symmetry are introduced into what would otherwise be an uninteresting group.

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