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Show Color Scheme In Lieu of Smart Furniture EC F YOUR FURNITURE docs not jj satisfy you; If Instead of tho B9 charming mahogany pieces in Kl Chippendale, Heppelwhite and Sheraton style you yearn for you must get along with nondescript examples of lato nineteenth century type, throw your furniture so to speak into the background by centering the chief Interest In-terest In your rooms in color scheme. If walls are modern and correct and hangings chosen with an artistic eye, the furniture will really matter very little; and attractive wall papers and hangings of chintz In agTceablo color and pattern cost vastly less than Chippendale Chip-pendale and Hcpplcwhlto mahogany. There aro stains and paints too, which will accomplish wonders with old fashlonod furniture; and upholstery uphols-tery of modern and artistic design can accomplish even greater wonders. Suppose, for Instance, you havo an oak dining room set which is an eyesore eye-sore every timo you look at It. Try staining the pieces dark mission color, remove tho clumsy bracket and glass superstructure from the sideboard, and fasten flat cushions of dull blue rop in the chairs with brass headed : tacks driven through narrow black , gimp. Paper the walls in dull blue l as far down as plate rail depth. . Be- JA lowk stretch stout canvas and on this j arrange narrow wood moulding In squares and oblongs to Imitate panel- Ing. Tho moulding must be mitred 1 where the sections Join and the panels must be arranged with perfect accur- acy. Then go over the whole canvas ! and moulding with dark mission paint jH If there is no plate -rail, a strip of tho moulding will make a neat finish 1 at the top of tho "paneling." Hang 1 curtains of blue rep In tho windows I , with inner curtains of white net or I madras. For sldo table and dining 1 , table mako linen pieces in grayish ' 'M tan with dull blue embroidery in slm- ) pie, conventional design. The floor, i Jf If not hardwood, may be stained and partly covered with an Inexpensive , i bluo rug. And behold a dining room , a that will delight your heart1 |