Show Womans Woman's World of Unity Balance If You Y on Want Attractive Ath active Rooms By V 6 Ce ARE RE YOU like the friend of mine L 1 who said recently I know Im I'm Ima a good housekeeper but somehow my rooms always look cluttered and somehow Just miss being neat If you could look Into her home you would understand just what she meant True her curtains were freshly laundered and the rugs were lint free free and there was no film of dust on anything but there was I something about the room that Just missed neatness nea In the first place there was too much In the room She has too much furniture and this destroys the im Im- impression Impression im- im impression of balance and unity which we like Its It's disturbing to feel you cant can't breathe or move in a room This friend of mine lovingly dusts all oll her fancy dishes and knick knick- knickknacks knickknacks knacks every day and ond faithfully too but they destroy unity and ond consequently neatness In her room Interior decorators tell us that the first thing they would do to a room is to remove all the objects and pieces of furniture that were not essential After you have decided just what you need In the room de de- decide decide decide cide on the arrangement In furnish furnish- furnishing furnishing ing InS we are arc apt to refer to conversa conversa- conversation conversation conversation tion groups This means that sev sev- several several several eral pieces may be arranged so that two or three people can sit down and be comfortably close enough for I ill fI I I II I I j j I Ifill fill i I I I Your room may be b informal conversation You can do this with witha a couch coffee table and two chairs or two chairs and a table Then be sure to arrange the fur fur- furniture furniture so that there Is ample room for getting to doors and that large high pieces of furniture do not close out natural light Arrange the furniture so that you can have a feeling of freedom and a d sp space c as aswell aswell aswell well as one that Is pleasing to the eye ye Good Taste Costs Nothing In Dollars Now Its It's a foregone conclusion that you have to have some cur cur- curtains curtains curtains or draperies dr perles and some some kind of furniture in the room perhaps some of it covered Intelligent planning good taste In the selection of colors and fabrics costs you nothing So plan wisely and consider each pur pur- purchase purchase chase before making it One of your best sources on what things go well together Is to see seeOr seeOr seeOr O Or formal depending d on furnishings model rooms or or photographs of them Even If they look much too expensive for you take tips from them as to what colors and fab fab- fabrics fabrics fabrics go well together and how the furniture is arranged You can learn a lot by this very simple trick of observation |