| Show l I WOMANS WOMAN'S WORLD Home Decorations Should 0 HAVE A HOME in the truest T TO sense of the word means that the home should reflect those who live In it When you walk into a home you ou should be able to get a certain feeling and insight about the family who lives there even before you know them very well Properly furnished and decorated n a home will vill reflect your interests and hobbies It will give some insight Insight insight in in- sight into the personalities of the people living in it Sometimes these qualities are all too transparent for a home can give the impression of carelessness lack of interest and hobbies The first thing to do if that's the case casci Is to change it by making the home the interest and hobby Make lake Living Room Place Flace to Live Today's homes are quite a bit smaller than those of the past decade and for this reason every room must be used to the fullest advantage Gone is the parlor wl which ch was opened for fo company only You may maybe maybe maybe be fortunate enough to have a den study or library which is much used but for most families the livIng living living liv liv- ing room is the center of most social and family activity If II you dont don't use the living room enough and find yourself crowded In one of the other rooms then do some simple remodeling or reshuffling reshuffling fling cLing of furniture to make the room For example if yours is a social family and you like to entertain plan plenty of comfortable seating 1 T J Decorate rooms to 10 o fit il pace in the living room Group chairs and sofas into conversational conversational conversational conversa groups which make sitting and chatting a pleasure If It everyone in the family reads a lot good chairs are essential Good lighting is a problem here too and each comfortable chair to tobe tobe tobe be used for reading needs a light that will make this interest easy Plan Music 1 Corner If U That's Your Interest Does the family enjoy music If this centers around the piano this instrument will be the main interest in the living room Try to arrange chairs and sofas so that you can enjoy sitting around listenIng listenIng listening listen- listen Ing comfortably Many families enjoy records and It If so one of the best corners of the room should be devoted to this in in- terest The radio phonograph or combination unit should be the center of interest with chairs arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged comfortably around it Have plenty of storage space in cabinets for the records or albums or both You may also want to have 1 Your our living plans plant books and magazines on the subject in an easily accessible spot for this activity How Row to Restyle Rooms In Good Taste Take a critical look at your furnishings furnishings fur fur- furnishings and see whether they meet with your approval Do you have any pieces of furniture which are not used Eliminate them and |
