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Show Color Ideas For Kitchens Win Approval Gay, colorful decorating schemes for kitchens are being widely accepted ac-cepted in place of the cheerless hospital whiteness common during dur-ing the last few decades, says American Builder, home building industry magazine. The trend in kitchen decoration is toward colors which reflect the personality of the housewife, the magazine explains. Selection of a color scheme thus becomes a matter mat-ter of individual taste. Types of modern floor coverings range from inlaid linoleum to asphalt as-phalt and rubber tile and laminated-vinyl flooring. All these materials, the magazine says, are available in both solid colors and variegated patterns. Colors Permanent The colors are permanent. Kitchen floor materials also are resistant to chemicals and strong cleaning solutions. American Builder says approved ap-proved kitchen wall materials vary from paint or wallpaper on plaster walls to ceramic tile. Others are panels and tiles with metal mouldings at the joints, interlocking tiles, chromite zinc panels, wall-flex, mura-tex and asbestos-cement boards with metal met-al mouldings. Tiles and panels are adaptable to modernization as well as new construction, the magazine says. These materials simplify the job of making a kitchen a more pleasant room in which to work. Combinations Suggested "Interesting color combinations can be obtained in the kitchen through the use of several different differ-ent wall materials," American Builder adds. "This method has a tendency to reduce the cost, depending, de-pending, of course, on the types of materials used. "A method which has proved extremely popular is the use of tiles or wall panels on the cabinet walls with a highly decorative paper on walls without fixtures. This makes a kitchen a gay and delightful place." |