Show J f- f WOMANS WOMAN'S WORLD l Good food Room Arrangements Please Offer o By Ertta Ertia Haley THE HE way in which you arrange the furniture in your living room has much to do with whether you want to spend time in it and also I ler ter er its it's s 's attractive Good arrangement is dictated by common sense and If I you feel that almost everyone has I furniture arranged in a traditional I pattern its it's because accepted styles have been time tested for I Popularity comfort and convent conven conven- t f Large pieces just na naturally go goI I against the walls Who wants to toj j clutter and crowd the middle of the room with them The desk doesn't belong belong in a dark corner Who would want to sit at it and write Sofas and and chairs are usually grouped ta together gether Its It's only natural to have them so if it you have a group of people who want to talk to each other and not all the way across the room Easy chairs on the other hand are usually placed in a corner by themselves This gives a secluded corner because this thus chair is used for reading and relaxing and this is done alone Convenience however is not enough If It you want a room to be thoroughly pleasing see that you have one single grouping or a focal point which is so interesting it cannot cannot cannot can can- not be missed Focal points In the room give zest to convenient arrangements they're like the seasonings in food essential for full enjoyment Sometimes rooms have their focal focal focal fo fo- cal points already in them Take for lor example the living room with a aI ay y 0 I Make your rooms roams attractive fireplace Its It's only sensible that this that this should be the main center of interest interest interest in in- terest in the room How to Make Room With Mantel Interesting e If your room has a fireplace and anda a mantel over it as they usually do its it's easy to make the room inter inter- esting Here is a natural place for tor all sorts of objects that can be conversation creating conversation creating and interest- interest stimulating I t. t X Your r own individual hobbles may maybe maybe maybe be the e means of arranging the mantel mantel mantel man man- tel properly What about an heirloom heirloom heirloom heir heir- loom clock and nd a collection of copper copper copper cop cop- per brass brassor or pewter Here the room can reflect your tastes and interests interests interests inter inter- ests and thus give it character as aswell aswell aswell well as clues to your personality Small narrow narrow mantels which do donot donot not hold much on the ledge can be used by placing something on the wall above them Should the room be small a mirror above the mantel Is excellent decorative treatment If a smaller mirror is used it might be framed by two or three small prints on either side Any collectors collector's items are ideal for fora a mantel or if it that Is narrow then thena a hanging shelf arrangement would be good on the walL If you haven't started collecting why not start now with sea shells ten-cent ten store animals miniature vases bottles or dishes or just small amusing objects objects ob Treasure plates from your collection collection collection col col- col- col lection which are too large to put on a hanging shelf shell could be hung on the wall above the mantel in an interesting arrangement Ugly mantels can usually be torn out easily enough and new l F I N C r n M 1 s k with a II center of interest tive ones built by a carpenter installed Installed Installed In in- stalled to replace them Keep the mantel suitable to the type of fireplace fireplace fireplace fire fire- place as well as to the room itself itsel so that the feeling of unity is not destroyed Uso Use an Upright Piece PIcco For Tor Center of Interest A room need not have a fireplace fireplace fireplace fire fire- place with a mantel for the room to be interesting or to have a center center cen cen- ter of interest A fireplace has architectural quality and is also an upright so its it's only natural for tor it to be used as the main point of in in- terest An upright because its breaks uninteresting uninteresting uninteresting un un- interesting expanse of wall space is essential This might be a floor loor to ceiling bookcase wide enough to fill till almost the whole wall Against this might be placed a comfortable grouping a sofa set against the bookcase a coffee table in front of the sofa and chairs to either side of the coffee table Something like this immediately draws a person person person per per- son to sit down relax and be com com- Groups of windows or a large picture window can be the center of interest by day If a large window window window win win- dow such as this has small shelves of glass which could be utilized for plants or a collection of various colored glass vases and containers so much the better Picture windows or a group of ot smaller windows which are to be bethe bethe bethe the center of interest can be interesting Interesting Interesting In in- In the evening too if it they have the proper drapes The material material material ma ma- should be attractive and the drapes made full and luxurious floor loor length so that when drawn they will be a decorative asset How to Create Balance Balanco In Living Living- Rooms If you feel leel strangely uncomfortable able in a room look at it carefully to find out why Perhaps it does not have the proper balance A mantel at the end of a room should be balanced on the opposite wall by a bookcase or a table and chair grouping This will give the proper sense of balance to the room 6 and also make it acceptable decoratively dec dec- and at the same time tune more Table and one or two chair grouping grouping grouping group group- ing at the opposite end invites a single party or two people who want to talk by themselves away from the crowd which would naturally gather at the fireplace A mantel on the long side of the room is well balanced by a sofa on the opposite wall In this case the fireplace would probably carry only two chairs to either side with possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly a small low table In the center center center cen cen- ter or not as desired If you place a sofa at right angles to t the e fireplace be certain to place two heavy chairs right across from it If the wall against which the chairs are arc placed has a window or two one chair will be sufficient as the upright of the window will help to give balance Desks can be placed In-between In the two windows to help balance the wall on the other side and at the same time give good light at the desk Pianos or spinets are usually placed against the wall which has no window so as to be away from froma rom roma a draft which Is harn harmful ul to the instrument in in- strument Have Furniture Scaled To Room Size All of ot us have been In rooms roomi which seemed too crowded they really didn't have much furniture furniture fur fur- In them after it was counted What was wrong The furniture was too big for the room But I cant can't go out and buy furniture furniture furniture fur fur- you say There are other ways to do It and still keep the room In as good scale as can be achieved First place all large furniture against the walls walls' and keep the center of the room rom free This makes for a spaciousness and air of comfort |