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Show TO GIVE A ROOM EXPRESSION f Simple Arrangements of Draperies Has C.'sd Effect. We all remember how wo formerly drew "pictures" of very angular men abd women. A circular lino represented repre-sented tho head, Two dots made two oyes. Tho mouth wna n line. But this was when wo wero very young. For very soon wo gave an upward curve to tho mouth to represent Joy. But a downward curve represented grlof. Our crudo art had struck tho keynote to oxpresslon tho snmo keynotes key-notes that gives n room expression, nnd without which tho room bo it decorated ovor so well lacks "soul." Ono clement which can best glvo character to a room lies In treatment of tho top trims of doors nnd windows, becnuso these nro salient and frcquont detnll8 looming largely on tho wnlls. Usually theso trims aro plnln, straight, horizontal, anil tho horizontal lino is neutral, with an Inclination toward severity. In tho nvcrngo homo theso ungainly horizontal top trims aro hidden so far nB tho windows nro concerned, con-cerned, by n gathered valanco of draping drap-ing not pbsslblo In tho door. I Expression In n room is not necessarily neces-sarily confined to the Bhapo of tho top trims ot doors nnd windows. Height has always been nssoclatod with statollnesB, nnd Informality has been associated with tho rovorso or morcly moderate heights. Thcreforo a loss costly way to slmuloto height and Its revcrso may bo achieved by tho usq ot movable plaquo shelves, made at small expense, nnd such as wo Illustrate In this article Tho double shelf ndds to tho height of tho door and gives dignity. Tho moro complicated single shelf shows effort to successfully glvo tho apart- mpnt n pn?.v nnd Infnrtnnl nlr Tho completely arranged shelf contains con-tains in It the drooping curve element characteristic of tho informal curved pediment shown In our first drawing. Tho extreme right and left ot tho shelf present massed vases and shelf uprights. Tho center of the shelf has its vacancy accentuated by tho orna- Use of the Valance with drooping' curve pattern In living room doorway. mentation boncath. The variation ot holght in these threo details gives the curved "element of Joy." Theso elements aro Influenced "by juxtaposition and environment. They nro only details In giving a room expression. ex-pression. With them Bhould be harmonious har-monious arrangement of walls, pictures, pic-tures, draperies and furniture. The color schemo ot the room has Its Influence. In-fluence. Interior Decoration, Now ' York. . ! |