Show household hints 0 by BETTY WELLS THE PHE marriage and the room are both new and shining writes a reader who asks us tor for an approval or a suggestion about the room not the marri marriage agel she sounds like a person wed like maybe because she hands us u a plum in her last paragraph lor for which we are very grateful anyway heres her problem 1 I have an oriental rug with a rust ground and designs in other tones two mahogany cabinets phate coffee table and a sheraton so sofa fa in blue green because we me like our hearth we are about to buy a pair of easy chairs not too large but comfortable to flank the fireplace fl re considering again that dear delight and source of color scheme schem e the rug im wondering if one chair in deep blue and the other in green probably antique velvet might be marriage and room both new and shining a wise choice my reasons tor for not wanting rust or gold are first theres so much rust in the rug Q and second the gold I 1 see usually looks too gilded and elaborate for the effect I 1 want the windows all have beige ruffled curtains the walls are yellow with white woodwork the room Is west with five large windows four of which make a bay in which I 1 have a table and two chairs and an oriental rug in blues and beiges baiges ive been using turquoise accents but if you advise I 1 could change to something warmer for summer I 1 have a start in a rosy beige slip cover for the sofa with turquoise binding what summer cover would you suggest for the two new chairs I 1 doubt whether ill be able to afford a summer rug so again must keep the ubiquitous rust in mind for the two chairs by the hearth wed be inclined to suggest the same material why turquoise be right here or a shade of blue green just lighter than that you have on the sofa for summer you might use a flowered material with a turquoise ground I 1 like your turquoise accents keep them but if you like you could add a piece or two of copper kept gleaming dont worry about the room being too chilly with the cool colors on the furniture remember that your biggest expanses floor and walls and windows are in warm colors which makes cool colors in the furniture almost essential dramatizing the lady gentlemen prefer blue you cant evade that so they like hude hilde gardes living room which has the blues very literally being all in shades of blue but it give you the blues not at all probably because its a very becoming background 9 and has a way of dramatizing the lady in the case anyway hildegarde was pretty brave to attempt it but now that its worked out so beautifully ev saying how clever she is she began with a soft gray blue carpet then used a slightly lighter gentlemen prefer blues gray blue for the tall fall color draperies ot of the same blue as the wall but in ia a textured material merged themselves gracefully into the walls and overhung sheer curtains of oyster gray the upholsteries upholster ies ranged from the ink blue velvet of the big fireside sofa to the paler smoke blue satin on a sectional settee near the wide windows then a pair of chairs in in a striped gray and blue fabric along with a textured covering in gray bluefer blue tor an extra chair added the feeling of pattern to the ensemble furniture and accessories in a room like this demanded a careful eye tor for balance and tone hildegarde used mostly blond woods for her furniture with accent pieces in mirror because net her balance of color was right and tier her colors chosen with minute feeling lor for the fine shades 0 of difference in tone Hilde gardes room was a success but oh dear a difficult type of room to do and one tha tha be attempted by a lady who awfully sure of her color sense 0 by betty belly service |