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Show Tin j Fingerprints Cause No Bother On Painted Walls By BETTY WELLS "My little girl isn't yet three,", writes Mrs. J. C, "which is the reason I'm hesitating about having my light oak woodwork painted. But I'm having the room done over and would like your advice about both walls and woodwork. The living room connects with the dining room by an arch and there are a good many doors, leaving not much wall space. The effect-at present seems much too cluttered and figured. I want to do these rooms over so that they will be different and completely complete-ly refreshing. I am somewhat lim it 1 7Tn Makes fingermarks on light woodwork. ited as to money, but want to plan them ahead so that each thing I buy will build toward a really lovely home. "The rugs are figured wiltons, which I hope to replace eventually with plain broadloom, either room size or all-over carpet Which is better? In the dining room I have Eighteenth century mahogany furniture fur-niture with Chinese blue chair seats . . . which I think is a lovely suite. In the living room, I have one chair in rose-rust mohair which I will keep the other chair and sofa I will either replace or recover. They aren't too big and have nice lines. "And what about the alcove by the stairs? I'd like to do something interesting there. Here are some of my ideas gray carpet throughout through-out both rooms, a softer gray for the walls, blue sofa, striped chair in yellow, gray and rose-rust, yellow yel-low draperies. Would you have Venetian blinds? Would you paper two walls plain and two figured? And what to do with two short windows win-dows that don't match the others? I'd like to cut them out larger later, but for the present, what? Thanks tor any help you can give me." We'd paint the woodwork in spite ot your three-year-old. We have one too, so we know the fingermark problem. But enameled woodwork is so easy to wipe off. As for colors, we think the plan you outline is about as nice as any we could think of. E By Getty Wclls.-WNU Service. |
