Show WOMANS WOMAN'S WORLD Modern Dining Rooms Should Be Colorful and Pleasing By Ertta Erita Haley THE OLD FASHIONED dining A room was wa very much like Jike the parlor of ot past put years pearL You put In a fl table with chairs and a buffet and nd possibly a glassed chest cheit It was wai the room In which you had your meals This may be one of ot the reasons reason the dining room has passed out o ot of favor lavor in some circles Another 1 I. I that for approximately the two o othree or three hours a day It was used 1 It was an expense and a space pace con cone sumer umer Today Today's dining room Is as III colorful color colors ful tu and pleasing as the tho most tastefully taste taste- fully lully decorated living JIvIng recreation or bedroom It may be part of the living Jiving room rooms separated only by a different decor It may be many other things too like a sewing room music corner or library Table chairs and buffet may match or they may not Either way worked out intelligently and taste fully can give you a room which youre you're proud to have hove in your home and on display If It youre you're building or remodeling you may want to take advantage oi ot of built in features for the dining room This is 11 especially true If U the room is small or If Jt its it's a combination living dining room One wall can be used for a in built-in cabinet which will house all manner of ot dining accessories ac like glassware silver linen and dishes Combination living JIving and dining areas can also be separated by flexIble flexible flex flex- ible screens to give you privacy during dining and then too to Let Lea l dining room roomi b 6 separate the clearance of the dining area while the family or guests relax relax re re- re- re lax Jax in the living room Basic decorating principles apply to dining areas no matter to what other uses the room is put This gives rise to some problems but they're there easily solved with fore fore- thought Treat Combination Room As Separate Unit When dining and living room area Is combined into a single room it Its It's usually built bunt so end nearest the kitchen la is reserved for dining This may mayor or may not be separated by flexible screens or a Dutch door type of arrangement If U painted or papered the Ule whole room should be done the same The floor covering is to be the same in both bolli cases If draperies come Inthe in inthe inthe the dining area these should match those of at the living room If It the room Is narrow you may mayuse mayuse mayuse use this exception in the wall wail decor The dining end of the room may have figured or printed paper if the remainder of at the room has plain walls The predominant color in the thep p paper per used however must match or harmonize with the llie plain color Its It's possible to furnish the living room in modern light woods and the dining room in traditional furniture fur fur- using dark woods The two types are frequently combined Inthe in inthe inthe the same rooms and this is an excellent excellent ex ex- way to do the combination unit especially if it you are more pleased with willi the design of at tradition tradition- m al at furniture for dining than the modern modem types In an average sized combination unit the dining area will have room for the table and chairs There may maybe maybe maybe be enough space along the wall for tor fora tora a buffet which is good for housing dining accessories If It you cant can't find lind the buffet in a size harmonious to the unit consid er two matching chests set side by side aide They make a roomy buffet and can be made to appear as a single unit when topped with a mirror mir which extends over both chests Adjoining Rooms Determine Colors Consider the walls of the adjoining adjoin ing room before deciding upon your choice of dining room colors and scheme of ot decoration Usually the dining room is adjoined by a hallway hallway hall hail way den or living room Since we now aim to unify unity the house louse in a decorative scheme the rooms though separate should look I 43 i wIll at III a practical as though they belong together inthe Inthe in inta the ta same ame house If U you have a plain hall haJJ and plain living ving room try a patterned paper In n the dining room It will add ver- ver to the home The paper however should hould harmonize effectively ively rith ith the plain colors used in hall ball all and living room What if U the hall ball Is S. patterned and I living room plain Use Ue a plain stripe or wide floral stripe in the dining room A large dining room can take the busier busler wallpapers like wide striped ones bold prints and wealth of pattern If It the room Is high Its It's very effective to paper paper pa pa- per er ceiling and come down a foot or two on the walls Have the remainder remainder re reo re- re plain Sel Select cI Wearable Floor Coverings Much used dining rooms need floor coverings built to withstand wear If It yours Is a home with small small- smaller er children and a lot of at their friends consider linoleum rubber tile or polished cork Busy Dusy dining rooms require floor Coor coverings which will look neat Hen after a n meal When diring and living rooms are small In scale they may mav be carpeted in the same rug rug m material This gives a n feeling of spaciousness and ties the rooms together effectively Those who want to give distinct separation to the rooms can do just the opposite In contrast to the thick carpeting in living room let let the dining room floor gleam with wax or polish a separate rug or an entirely different covering Size of Room Determines DetermIne Furniture Large dining rooms can cope with massive pieces of at furniture while smaller rooms must have their furnishings fur fur- in harmonious s a scale c a 1 Ie e. e Tables for the smaller rooms are made compact but they have good extension when Its It's needed Then too for a feeling of space keep the drop leaf leat table lable against a wall the room is it put to use Ule If you lack chairs in the living room and cant can't afford them It its iff wise to buy at least two chairs ta to tabe tebe tobe be used by host and hostess hosten that thai can serve erve in dining or living rooms Dining rooms room which are to serve as music mush or sewing rooms should h have a V e their furniture carefully chosen so the appearance isn't hodge podge Radios or television sets in the dining room to one end should be finished in harmonious woods and the chairs or near them can have the same slip covering as the dining room chairs Built in cabinets are ex excellent for forthe forthe forthe the sewing equipment Shelves Inthe Inthe in inthe the cabinet can take care of sewing sewing sew sew- sewing ing accessories A large Sh shelf lf can hold a portable sewing machine while a folding table will fit against the wall of at the unit Accessories Should Balance Dining Rooms Proper accessories add a homelike homelike home home- like Uke atmosphere to the room but they should be used with Choose what you like but limit the number used to the size of the room and whatever is in It A small room naturally should have few accessories A large Jarge mirror mirror mir mir- rot above the linen chests or buffet I will give the illusion of more moro room than there actually is Three items on the buffet should be sufficient and one is better since these would be r reflected in the mirror Larger rooms can take plates or prints on the wall In this case too too the table can carry a flower fruit or plant arrangement |