Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-07-09 | Page 12 | Effective Simplicity in the Living Room

Effective Simplicity in the Living Room. , l The whole trouble about this matter of furnishing a living room lies in a few very sinnlo j j things. For one thing it is difficult to gain access to a number of homes to see how really sue- j cessful living mom furnishing is accomplished. If it is your fate to be familial with a few leather j living rooms is it your fault that yon follow the course of least resistance and have leather too? j Ami iri the matter of buying curtains you read somewhere, perchance, that sunfast hangings j I j leave nothing for the heart to desire, so when the clerk unrolls the thin, unmercerized sunfast to i j your trusting gaze, are you to be blamed for thinking he knows more than yon do? Sunfast is j j sunfast to you, and you may be absolutely ignorant of the fact that there is a heavily woven ma- j i terial in changeable and plain colors that combines all the charm of the best silks and velvets in j I iis somewhat lustrous folds, and that cretonne is an equally exciting elmicr. I Likewise when you buy your lamps you are not to be blamed if there is a preponderance of j J cathedra glasa l imp shades among those that suit your pocketbook, and you commit the indiscre- j I i (on of making the fatal purchase, not knowing where to seek the right lamp shades of plain Bilk j I or decorated cllnni. lu much blindness and good faith are blunders made in this world, but they are none the I levy gad. Vnd SO, mi matter what the neighbors have, furnish your living room thus- I Plain, pale and neutral walls, preferably grayish cream, putty color, a cool tan or light gray. I J Do nol have u border or any other decoration on your walls. At your windows, if you have those j ! thin curtains next to the glass choose a perfectly plain voile or scrim and make without trimming, j j Ovcrcurtaine should be of a stunning cretonne or a heavy sunfast. If you have the plain curtains J vou should have a noticeable cretonne elsewhere- in upholstery, pillows, and so on. Your rug ! I should be plain or of an unobtrusive two tone fabric, aud you may get plenty of color notes in your i I cretonne upholstery, which goes so well with your mahogany gateleg table and Windsor chairs, in j J your lamps, your books, your flowers and the logs crackling in your fireplace. j And before you know it your neighbors will be copying after you! j $k 111 M3 iPm