Show I About YourI Your our ouri I Home The high cost of bl building today today to to- day eJay has made us become realistic realistic real- real b lou the use of space We want our OUI houses to be lived in in every inch of them For most of us the formal drawing room is a thing of the past Gone too loo in many small houses is th the dining room In its place is a amore amore amore more spacious living dining room loom The study-guest study room is often found round replacing the guest bedroom The furniture of toda today is comfortable comfortable com and sturdy The pieces arc usually related but not matching Lighter colored woods of the past because they are less prone to show marks and dust People are learning to make the best use of what they have Combinations of furniture are interesting and individual lw ant and can be tied lied together with color The fhe room without a mantel is isa isa isa a decorating problem It II need not be he so however The rhe point is is' is to make a center of interest if you have not the ready-made ready note of a a fireplace There arc are various ways to lo do this One o othe of the best besl is a sofa grouping either in connection with a group of windows or with wilh an upright wall decoration There must be uprights in decorating The piece mantle is isan isan an upright This makes the horizontal lines of a sofa o or chairs form a pleasant tion lion Place a picture or group of pictures above a sofa to give the upright line |