Show WOMANS WORLD plan room style atmosphere atmospheres 7 carefully by erita haley TS THERE SOME feature in your rhome home that annoys you such as a dark hall a jumbled room a shabby bed frame or no space for books waybe maybe it anything like this but something intangible such as atmosphere or style how do you go about getting it surprising though it may seem many of these decorative problems are easily solved in many cases it may involve changing a furniture of picture arrangement which requires no money only knowledge it may mean taking the old fash boned trimmings oft off some of the furniture and a bit of re finishing which takes not money but elbow work it may mean constructing a shelf over a studio couch at very little cost the first problem is not one ot of how to do it but one of what you have to do with look over the problem critically and think about the possibilities see what the desired effect should be and then its muth much easier to go about getting it stylo style and atmosphere are a result of imagination but they must be based on practical knowledge and certain basic rules you 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 feel you lack imagination study good examples and soon feel yourself becoming g creative 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 add the atmosphere and individuality that make a room or a home yours carry them out with neatness and dispatch and you will have created something that gives you and anyone else real pleasure let picture arrangements reflect personality its 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 bobby of theirs groupings of several of these over a couch above a desk or on some bare wall reflect the personality of the owner groups of pictures which go together might be pasted on a wall near a deep window without frames of their own colored glue tave 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 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 preparing pictures for 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 used together as would photographs of the family all of these have something in common which would dictate their belonging to a certain group framing should suit the furnishing 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 pa FIE E with simple decorating tricks the room in which used the width of the frame depends upon the picture which is used when selecting frames try several different widths and woods against the picture to make the choice rearrange arrange re furniture for pleasing effects one of the basic rules in arranging a room is that it should have a center of interest or focal point as this Is sometimes expressed when a room does not have this you feel restless in it because attention does docs not become drawn to one particularly pleasing aspect of the room and cannot settle when the room has a fireplace this gives a natural center of interest and arrangements are built around this with chairs to either cither side of the fireplace and berh perhaps aps a table in the middle you dont need a fireplace however an interesting arrangement of furniture which invites a group of people to sit down and talk comfortably fort ably could serve just as well in dens hobby room and such the center of interest might be a hobby collection a knickknack knick knack shelf a wall with a large map or some other distinctive feature which is interest catching where rooms have a lot of sunlight 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 attention |