Show af 0 x e ho fc T af eints in ts y B rv by BETTY WELLS ICY an outdoor family great on hiking camping exploring and roughing it so when they built their new home and started in to plan its decorations they decided to use leaf greens as the color theme for the entire house because the tone they like best their place big and its all on one floor so theres a lot to be said for a unified color theme throughout the house for one thing it makes the place seem more spacious and tranquil but this house to be rustic or camp ish not at all they liked to come home from their outings to a very civilized establishment with its own inan outdoor family charm so they them y achieved a very smart effect with beige and white combinations with green the living room of this small house was to have some new furniture so that their old things could be relegated to other rooms the new pieces selected were in blond wood a secretary end tables and a coffee table a console table and a pair of small chests the old upholstered furniture got new covers in tones of beige the new living room rug was a brilliant leaf green the walls white the ceilings a paler green and the draperies were white ground chintz with a flower design with lots of green leaves and petals of peppermint pink white lamps and white porcelain vases for fresh leaves made dramatic accents pictures were framed in blond wood frames the dining room adjoining had the same walls floors ceilings and draperies but the old maple furniture was retained here the master bedroom was the grand gesture the walls here were painted a very brilliant leaf green the ceilings beige the rug was an all over floral carpet on a beige ground and the walnut furniture was refreshed by combination with spreads and curtains of permanent finish or gandie made with billowy white ruffles ten inches wide little boys room had beige walls walla with a row of framed prints all the way around the wall at a boys eye level these prints were botany rende renderings ings of various types of tree leaves in blond wood frames this room received some of the leftovers from the old living room a a a A miniature appropriation im like the rest of the world I 1 much money to spend writes a lady who lives in a little white house on a pleasant but unpretentious street but I 1 do think its awfully important to make my home as attractive as I 1 can and keep it pleasant maybe you can help me with my present problems im hoping to do things to my bedroom on a miniature appropriation the furniture is maple g good 0 0 d enough though not up to any fancy decorative scheme were buying a new rug and planning to have the room re papered ill get new spread curtains and lamps if possible since we use this room a lot for sitting its large for a bedroom we keep two old easy chairs here these id like to slip cover so they would add rather than detract from the effect of the room but as the room is used by both my husband and myself I 1 dont want it t to 0 be too feminine anything you suggest will be appreciated and followed out if its not too expensive with maple furniture wed like yellow wall paper with little sprigs or dots in white then brown and white checked gingham for spread and curtains make the spread with pleated flounce and you might have a pleated val valance ance for the windows if you have a skirted dressing table have the skirt of starched dotted swiss in yellow with narrow brown ribbon bows at intervals around the yoke the easy chairs might be effective in matching slip covers of doing over a bedroom a very gayly flowered chintz with quite a bit of yellow in the design and it would be interesting to arrange them under a wide window facing each other with a low table between what a nice place for light refreshments or a late snack on a brayl be sure to provide good lamps nearby for reading light the rug wed have in old blue repeat this color in lamp bases accessories and picture frames or you could have a flash of blue in the material chosen for chair covers too 6 0 by betty SO |