Show WOMANS WOMAN'S WORLD I Plan Room Style Atmosphere Carefully By Ertta HaleyS Haley S THERE SOME tea feature ture In your 1 I Is home that annoys you such as a adark adark adark dark hall a jumbled room a shabby shabby shab shab- by bed frame or no space for books Maybe Mabe It Isn't anything like this but something intangible such fuch as atmosphere or or style How do you go about getting it Surprising though 1 ft It t may seem many of oC these decorative problems in cases are ore easily solved many It may it involve volve changing a furniture furniture furni ture of picture arrangement which requires no money only knowledge It may mean taking the old old old-fash fash Zoned trimmings off some of the furniture and a bit of refinishing which takes not money but elbow work It may mean constructing a shelf over a 1 studio couch at very little cost The first problem is not one of bow how to do It It but one of what you have to do with Look over the problem critically and think about the possibilities See what the desired desired desired de de- de- de sired effect should be be and then its it's much easier to go Co about getting it Style and atmosphere are a result result result re re- sult of imagination but they mt t be based on practical knowledge and certain basic rules You can can- You may accomplish wonders not violate the principles of balance or rules of color harmony and achieve a result pleasing to the eye When you ou feel you lack imagination tion study good examples and soon you'll feel yourself becoming crea crea- tive In this way you can achieve the style you want and at the same time have a lot of fun Simple practical tricks that you do with pictures or decoration decor tion add the atmosphere and individuality that make a room or a home yours Carry them out with neatness and dispatch and you will have hav created something that gives you and anyone anyone anyone any any- one else real pleasure Let Picture Arrangements Reflect Personality Its It's not necessary to rush out to buy expensive originals if you like pictures in the home People have been known to collect inexpensive prints or greeting cards that they like or which reflect a certain hobby hobby hobby hob hob- by of theirs Groupings of several of these over a couch above a desk or on some bare wall reflect the personality of ot the owner Groups of pictures which go to together together together to- to gether might be pasted on a wall near a deep window without frames of their own Colored glue tape to match some color in the drapes or in the room itself would serve to frame each of the pictures Family portraits might all be framed together on a n neutral background and hung above a couch This would take care of the odd shapes and styles in which they so frequently come When youre you're preparing pictures for Cor a group arrangement have them all conform in some way or another Different types of birds go together just as do prints of flowers Charcoal sketches might be us used cd together as would photographs photographs photographs photo photo- graphs of the family All AU of these have something in common which would dictate their belonging to a certain group Framing should suit the furnishing furnish furnish- furnishing ing of the room For modern modem use light or black woods or even white For period rooms select framing that goes pleasantly with your furniture wood Informal rooms may have their pictures framed with wallpaper or tape provided this Is taken from with simple decorating tricks the room in which they're used The width of the frame depends upon the picture which is used When selecting frames try several several sev sev- several eral different widths and woods against the picture to make the choice Arrange Re-Arrange Furniture For Pleasing Effects One of the basic rules In arranging arranging ar ar- ranging a room is that it should have a center of Interest or focal point as this Is sometimes ex ex- pressed When a room docs does not have this you feel restless In It bec because Use attention does not become drawn to one particularly pleasing aspect of the room and cannot set set- settie tle tie When the room has a fireplace this his gives a natural center of In Interest interest In in- terest and arrangements are built around this with chairs to either side of the fireplace and perhaps a table In the middle You dont don't need n a fireplace how how- ever An Interesting arrangement of furniture which Invites a group of people to sit down and talk comfortably comfortably com- com could serve just as well In dens hobby room and such the he center of interest might be a hobby collection a knickknack knack shelf helf a n wall with a n large map or orsome orsome some ome other distinctive feature which Is interest catching Where rooms have a lot of ot sunlight sun- sun lI light ight ht or a row of windows these might be utilized for the focal point Plants glass collections china or miniatures might be used on small shelves on the windows to center enter attention i I. I i |