Show HOUSEHOLD FEATURE warm wa rm walls floors r aided by cool colored furniture by BETTI BETTY WELLS 66 THE THE marriage and the room are both new and shining writes a reader who asks us for an ap or a suggestion about the room not the marri marriage agel she sounds like a person we d like maybe because she hands us a plum in her last paragraph for which we are very grateful any way here heres s her problem I 1 have an oriental rug with a rust ground and designs in other eln marriage and room both new and shining tones two mahogany cabinets coffee table and a sheraton sofa in m blue green because we like our hearth we are about to buy a pair of easy chairs not too large but comfortable to flank the fire place considering again that dear de light and source of color scheme the rug I 1 in wondering if one chair in deep blue and the other in green probably antique velvet might be a wise choice my reasons for not wanting rust or gold are first there s so much rust in the rug and second the gold I 1 see usually looks too gilded and elaborate for the ef feet I 1 want the windows all have beige rut ruf fled curtains the walls are yellow with white woodwork the room is west with five large windows four of which make a bay in which I 1 have a table and two chairs and an oriental rug in blues and beiges I 1 ve been using turquoise accents but if you advise I 1 could change to something warmer for summer I 1 have a start in a rosy ros y beige slip cover for the sofa with turquoise binding what summer cover would you suggest for the two new chairse I 1 doubt whether I 1 II 11 be able to afford a summer rug so again must keep the rust in mind for the two chairs by the hearth we d be inclined to suggest the same material why wouldn t tur luoise be right here or a shade of blue green just lighter than that you have on the sofai for summer you might use a flowered material with a turquoise ground I 1 like your turquoise accents keep them but if you like you could add a piece or two of copper kept gleaming don t worry about the room being too chilly |