Show household hints 0 ey by BETTY WELLS WEVE EVE seen a good many model houses in our day some good some bad but too many of 0 them either cither dull with usualness or spectacular beyond the point of comfort and livability so we found the interiors of one pleasant little house we visited the other day more than satisfying because they had style and yet seemed thoroughly compatible with the practical routine of life the entrance hall maintained an air of tranquility an quiet poise this small room had with a medallion wall paper in white with gray motifs the carpet here was one of the new misty patterns in a dusty greenish gray and the small settee was upholstered in a striped fabric with yellowed effect A spinet piano was the main piece of 0 furniture in the entry opening off oe ot of this room was a powder room that the ladies would flutter over silver and aqua were the colors that 11 0 model houses should be dream houses stand out with a suggestion of pink in the living room that same green gray misty toned carpet was continued while dado and woodwork were painted a similar muted green above the dado the walls were papered in a sprawling last century floral on a ground in this same powdery green and a design in off whites and gray the curtains were a sheer white net and draperies in a two tone beige fabric made to hang from poles painted white the sofa in a wide strip material with coral pale yellow and green was complemented by the two chairs flanking the fireplace repeating the deep rusty coral note another pair of chairs in a more brilliant shade of jade or peacock green gave the room a delicious lift and incidental chairs were in pale beiges baiges furniture was mostly eighteenth century ol of english and colonial heritage and accessories were of chinese and nineteenth century influence fragrant and dignified portrait of a gracious lady that would be our name for the pleasant small home we saw the other day it achieves a fragrant spaciousness and a sense of leisure and offers many suggestions on how to coordinate dignity and tranquility this is the home of our new neighbor and it is indeed becoming to her A regency note in the furniture detail and a rather modern treatment of color distinguish it from the usual home furnished in traditional period style combining pickled finishes in furniture with mahogany regency the effect is both refreshing and feminine very pale gray walls and a slightly deeper gray carpet are perfect in the living room which is flooded with sunlight a good part of the day the draperies are a clear canary yellow finished at the top L I 1 I 1 A iq il she selected a lovely chintz with a valance of chintz in rather unexpected colorings soft coral ground splashed with shaggy yellow chrysanthemums and their dull green leaves this same chintz is repeated on the two wing chairs that flank the fireplace the mantel of which is painted white like the I 1 rest est of the woodwork while the bricks usually the bane of contemporary decorators were painted in a gun metal tone this gunmetal gun metal appears a again on n the sofa in a silk faille or rep the occasional chairs are in white leather and also in a yellow and white leafy patterned fabric that is used again on the small cushions on the sofa above the mantel there is a pastel portrait of the little grandson of the family A pair of tan tall pedestals in pickle finish hold pots of luxuriant ivy this same dull green turns up again on huckleberry leaves on the mantel and in the leather top of the desk A bowl of 0 gladioli in coral pinks and yellows emphasizes further the dependence of the design of the room on flowers and greenery Q by betty wells ice |