Show I WOMANS WOMAN'S WORLD Properly Framed Pictures Will Liven Any I By Ertla Haley PICTURES can add more to your yourI f I rooms tooms than youve you've probably ever dreamed especially when they are adroitly hung and cleverly framed The pictures themselves do not need to be expensive originals gals nals It If these are out of at reach but they should be properly used for tor best effect Dull rooms look smart and colorless color color- less Jess settings take on new brightness If U the walls are properly adorned with pictures These may be something something some some- thing thing youve you've clipped cUpped from tram greeting cards cards calendars papers or magazines maga maga- They may be Inexpensive reproductions re reo reproductions productions which are however true e to the original Good framing and background can ean dramatize even the Inexpensive picture and make It an asset In your room Clever groupings of at pictures can cnn become the center of attention In many a room especially especial especial- ly if it you use some of at the tried time formulas for hanging them proper ly Those who like a jot dot of pictures should be careful to group and place them In accordance with good decorating decorating decorating deco deco- rating precepts Pictures do not necessarily have to be of at one type but their framing and matting should bring them together enough to place them In a grouping for the sake cake of effectiveness Making unlike pictures somewhat alike can frequently be dolts dorte at nome home fome with good matting and fram tram sW a r II f sue t r nu r rs ta C CUse Uti Use wall waif s spat ll property properly I Ing When you do the Job yourself do it with the care and attention of ofa ofa ofa a professional and your pictures will look that much the better for tor it ft Relate Pictures To Decorative Stylo Style To observe the rules of balance and unity use traditional pictures In Yn the same type rooms Victorian bouquets Early American historical scenes and Colonial portraits belong in rooms of ot these different periods r Modern paintings and prints are best in rooms of at the current period while floral and fruit prints seascapes seascapes seascapes sea sea- family portraits po black and white etchings are considered neutral neutral neu neu- and may be used in any period type of at rooms For the neutral types you may choose framing that goes with a certain period if u you want to keep all furnishings in harmony A very decorative gilt frame on a family portrait might be used in one atthe of at the decorative French period rooms for unity while in a modern home the tho same picture could be framed in fn simple light wood or ebony type to be in keeping If It your home is a combination of traditional and modern modem then some pictures of at either type may be used provided they're In good taste Use 1780 Pictures Picture In Harmony With Wall Space Everyone of us has seen pictures All Allover over Tucking I F a a 1 1 f F V 1 f 11 Y This smart casual dress illustrates illustrates illus illus- some somo Important fashion trends of the season with Its allover stitched tucking lucking on navy silk tissue faille faillo crepe White While pique Is used for the shoulder framing sectional collar collar collar col col- col- col lar buttoned with rhinestones to give the new wide lines at atthe atthe atthe the top Navy leather Is featured featured fea fea- In the tho belt I used in disproportion to the wall space available and has had an uneasy uneasy uneasy un un- un- un easy feeling about the result No matter how good the picture how nice the framing the effect is not suitable It if the wall space is not there Avoid too large pictures in smaller small small- er rooms If It you have no small ones its it's better to eliminate them entirely As a general rule ornate wallpapers wallpapers wallpapers wall wall- papers which you may have used to make a large room look less its size do not generally take pictures as this would give too much diverse pattern and destroy unity Small- Small patterned papers may sometimes be used with very simple prints and frames if It the effect is not too con can fusing Use larger pictures over large expanses of wall or over the larger pieces of at furniture so that the wall decor can be balanced with what- what v t 1 lc for lor pictures and J I ever piece is adjoining or part of this particular group croup Large sofas otas take the tho large pictures pictures pic pic- tures while a good sized console or mantel may take some of the theother theother theother other large larie prints If U you do not have large enough pictures for tor the large pieces then plan to use several small mall ones or orone orone orone one large one with several small ones around it Another possibility is to use two medium sized ones one with one set above the other Good effect can be achieved with four tour related prints framed In a single large frame This too will give you one largo large picture live Give Small Prints Character Importance Small pictures placed on a large wall by themselves will lose all importance If you can get together er several with some relation to each other frame them alike with some attractive matting which picks up a color from the room furnishings they'll be Important Let the over all form of hanging small pictures be bo for tor fora tora a pleasing effect Its It's best never to hang them step fashion unless they're going to be used up a stairway stairway stairway stair stair- way wall Many small pictures can con be made to appear larger if It they have wide matting on them Lets Let's say you have four tour or six small prints and end want them over a large sofa Wide matted In hi a deep or bright color with good frames such a group will have more interest and character than a single large picture Its It's a good idea with several small pictures to use a rectangular grouping which suits the furniture above which they're placed If It you have a plaid couch covering too the rectangular grouping would be beIn bein bein in keeping Use Common Sense In Hanging Pictures To be seen to best advantage pictures are hung at eye level for tor the average person If It there are several pictures in the group the bottom lines of ot all pictures should of at course be at the same level Lets Let's take for tor example the chest or sofa that is quite low Is it then wise to hang the picture at eye level No common sense as aswell aswell aswell well as unity and balance alance dictate that this picture or grouping would look best hung low enough on tho the wall to be become como almost a unit with couch or chest The above frequently happens in ina ine a e chest In the hall or even a room The better the is tied to the chest the more dramatic the ef ef- If It you have taken the colors for tor the room from such a picture use it close clOS above the chest and try to get one or two accessories to place on the chest These accessories accessories should have lighter or darker dark dark- er color of the same hue as that Inthe in inthe inthe the picture Centering a picture on the wall wallis is done dono for tor pleasing and restful feeling However if It you have a massive arrangement of plants or ora ora ora a lamp on one side of the wall the large print or group of small ones can be slightly off center to balance the mass properly Pictures will stay hung straight if they are fastened with wire run through a small screw eye at each side of the frame They should be flat against the wall waIl with no wires showing g in a V above the frame Decorative Plates Substitute for Prints Those who have decorative plates may prefer to hang them on the wall in place of pictures Its It's possible possible ble to use them in much the same way and to get as interesting effects effects ef et ef- ef from tram them as from tram pictures |