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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1930)
1 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON PAGE THIRTEEN SLIGHT CHANGES IN DULL ROOMS jfiRIGHTEN HOME iTo decorate and furnish ft home p-operly one must keep two fac tors uppermost In mind pattern md color when selecting lis furn fchings, said Boss Crane, one of . America's formost authorities on fcome decoration. ; "If pattern and color are carried ut harmoniously in tugs, draper ftes, wall hangings and furnitire coverings," Mr. Crane explained, there la no doubt that a pleas ing arrangement will result." - He pointed out that autumn Is very bit as Important as spring to hriffhten un the home. Likewise It Jk b time for the June bride who has , lived in a furnished apartment fol- lowing the heneymoon to "have a home of our own." 1 ' Uninteresting rooms may be done over at very little cost," Mr. Crane continued. "Let's take a living room Where thera Is ft three-piece taupe , aulte, the floor covering is of taupe and the draperies are plain as well as the wall hangings. Say the " room has an east or northern ex- ' posure where less light strikes it in the afternoon when it Is used most during the day. There never was 'thought of decoration in such a c room and It certainly Is not an t Interesting one. "The first thing to consider In re- . decorating such a room Is the drap 4 cries. There are many gay patterns 'in linen, cretonne, glazed chintz ' and toile that may be purchased 1 reasonably and that will make a big change in the appearance of i the room. i -This done, get a couple of small A rugs. The rug colors should be dominant ones, say red. mulberry or rose. The room Is beginning to take j on life already. A couple of pillows ? covered In rose and green, one at each end of the sofa, will brighten ' that side of the room. "Possibly there is need for a new J chair of the wide arm type. Keep : the rose color in it. A Martha ; Washington or a Queen Anne will ' look well in almost any living room. I A table runner is necessary always i and so we add that. i "This brings us to need for color j In a lamp. One with a pottery base i of ox-blood or deep rose and r. shade made either of silk or paper ? would look nice. Thus far in the - make-over of this room there has ' been little expenditure arid the re i maining cost will be smalL j "Place pictures on the wall those old funny ones of brown or tan. Lovely and Inexpensive prints may be acquired with beautiful frames. the colors to harmonize with the draperies. The room is rejuvenated just by adding a little pleasing con trast. Book ends of green holding books bound in various colors prac tically complete the work and you will be proud to invite your guests Into the living room. If the room Is large enough a email nest of tables is always good." Other rooms in the house, Mr. Crane pointed out, may be done over in a similar manner, keeping in mind the pattern and color scheme. If there is a girl in the family, a chaLse lounge and a desk with lamp for daughter's bedroom are almost necessary. A slipper chair for both her and mother add com fort, convenienct and a touch of smartness to the bedroom. "The son's room, too, Is import ant," he said. "He has had-hand- me-downs from the rest of the family reminiscences. He never has had a chair that suited him, and one like his father's would be nice. He needs a desk and lamp In his room, too. Remember that his' future taste and ideas of beau ty are formed by the things he lives with when he is young." Furniture designs offered today, Mr. Crane added, practically never go out of style. Fifteen to twenty years ago, he said, only the exclu sive shops had reproductions while now such pieces may be obtained In ii stores. "Years ago we were using golden oak, Victorian mahogany and the like without any period quality and beauty," he said. "Our furnishings were strange and sad medleys. To day we have lovely Duncan Phyfe, Queen Anne, Sheraton and other en sembles that stay in style. "Perhaps next year Spanish style may be popular, but if one has good period furniture. It never la passe. We. may buy reproductions of the 17th Century, Early American or Kignteentn sentury Sheraton, Chip pendale, Duncan Phyfe and Henole- white and different pieces of the same period wm look Harmonious. Designers, whether French, English or American, had the same spirit In the designs they produced in tneir tunes.. RADIO IMPORTANT IN LIVING ROOM In many homes the radio has sup planted the fireplace as the center oi interest In the living room ar rangement. The music group Is pro perly a part of every well furnished living room and the radio Is In creasing in popularity as the source oi music for the home. With the approach of longer 'eve nings, with the lack of opportunity Xor outdoor activity, the family will snore and more want to congregate in the living room after dinner. There will be those who want to read and those who want to talk. and these, as well as those who are especially Interested In what Is "on the air," will be glad the radio Is the center of one group of living room furniture. Near the radio there should be a lamp for the one who likes to read while the music comes In and of course the group Is not complete wiinout two chairs. This arrange ttient can be a very decorative part of the living room furnishings as well as one of the most popular groupings In the room. Since the radio la to be made so Curtains, Precise or Fluffy, Express Individuality Of Each Room Dining Suites Complete Masslvcnest Is the outstanding feature of this dining room mite of walnut with Jacqumrd seats. Ten pieces namely, table, six chain, china cabinet, buffet and server. Is Your Dining Room Hospitable? By MARJORIE HOWE DIXON I If you can have just anything you want In your home, an Interest ing feature in your duiing room might be panels, showing your own city In Its early days. You would have to find an artist who could ex ecute them properly, and then delve Into your historical museum or your library and find scenes of days gone by. Large panels showing the park, or Main street, or the harbor, or what have you, would intrigue your guests and give a perfectly sure sub ject of conversation at meal time. After all, folks have a tremendous appetite for entertainment. If, as a clever hostess, you can satisfy that appetite while mere food is being served, your name will be recorded forever In the registers of your guests' minds. Another Interesting background lor the dining table conversation was chosen for a small room where panelled walls were al ready there. Paes of a well-known scrap book, of famous sayings of all times, were used to paper the pan els. In the center of each panel, about eye level, were pastel old prints of fruits of brilliant colors. This "literary background'' was an unfailing subject for discussion. Then again. It Isn't just guests to whom the hostess extends the cor dial hand of welcome, and the invi tation to a warm meal. There's the well-known "tired business man" who looks forward to home coming, night after night besides all the rest of the family. Do you think they all might gather In this room rather gladly? The recipe for this room reads as follows: Take plenty of windows and throw In much sunlight through dainty ruffled curtains. Mix an ivory white paint and tint all wood work with it Fill two fine corner cupboards with cheerful arrange ments of the best china, and grand mother's dear old tea set. Arrange a full size Duncan Phyfe table In the center of the room and set with rose-sprigged dinner ware. Draw up tapestry seated chairs and call all hands on deck. The response is sure to be hearty and satisfying. To go back to the room with the panels showing early days of your city. For this room you would like Chippendale furniture of mahogany. The chairs with finely carved backs would have seats of leather held down and decorated by nail heads. A low buffet would stand under one panel and a Chippendale chest un der another. This room would be just the place for a pair of the old silver cases, that are urn shaped. Of course mahogany and walnut are ever popular woods, but now a number of others are used for din Ins furniture. Oak and maple are stand bys. Insets of swirl mahogany and olive burl make attractive pieces while one set rejoiced In cedar ma hogany, inset with burl walnut Oak dining sets often are graced with linen-fold carvings. A dining room in the French pro vincal manner had two unusually attractive pieces. One of these was a dresser with shelves for display of one's pewter and the other was a delightful corner cupboard, with small graduated shelves like ft cun ning old "what not.1 A French print of pastoral scenes inrea was cnosen for the walls. The red note was then repeated brilliantly in red glass on the dresser. Built-in shelves with arched tops graced one end of the room. These were lined with the red wall paper and filled with lovely dark blue glass. Oak was the wood used, while the chairs were covered with a checked cotton material. Speaking of chints reminds us that cretonnes, linens, chintz, and India prints continue In popular ity. Small pattern chintzes come glazed and ung lazed. Quaint old patterns of our grandmother's day are being revived with care ful attention to detail and color. For fall and winter, velvets, heavy tapestries and homespun important a part ot the living room furniture its cabinet should be at tractive. The wood will probably be selected to harmonize with the other wood in the living room furniture and the decoration Is usually more satisfactory when fairly restrained. There Is a wide choice of styles, in keeping with any scheme of living room furnishings. Radio manufacturers have provid ed cabinets which are adaptations of all periods and styles and ot oak, walnut, maple and mahogany wood. so that this modern invention can be harmonized with furnishings plan ned after the designs of any period. even the oldest weaves come in demand. Curtain materials are varied from rub ber curtains for the bathroom to thinnest voiles and scrims, and back to heavy velvets with silk linings, brocatelles and damasks. A modern style room had a very floe handling of Its drapes, using a rayon material of light and dark green with horizontal stripes. One drape at the left bung straight. The other on the right was tied back, very high, from pleats. Very sheer taffeta In a cream tint form ed the glass curtains. The effect was straight lined enough to fit In with the modern scheme. An empire room with striped wall paper obtained a very striking composition by using a elaborately decorated rod at the window top. A curved drape was made by flinging a soft silk over either end of It. This was weighted with a fringe of beads. Bands of color edged the drapes that hung straight from the rod to the floor and lay in soft folds there. Glass curtains reached only to the window sill. Brackets with potted plants completed the picture most beautifully, since their foliage was chosen to complement colors in the wall paper. New designs in curtain fabrics are printed on cotton, linen and ray on. One of these has horizontal stripes. A flower pattern crosses the fabric with a "happy family" on the next line below. Another on linen shows hunters, stags and pine trees, and has a border of very conventional pine trees. One or tne designers bad a lovely time making castles in the air all over his fabric for a nursery pattern. Anotner designer expressed his live ly sense of decoration in a series or romping children Interspersed with grass plots and trees. A really exhaustive study of curtains that would thoroughly cover the subject would need sev eral volumes, to do It justice. Win dows and woodwork are so varied. materials for ft given room are le- Klon. and the styles of the drapes are just as numerous. Then there's the additional prooiem ox tne ei- fect you want to produce do you wish to emphasize the height- of the room or do you wish to short en It with the further considers tion of the question shall the view outside be shut out, or shall it be framed by the drapes? A very pretty crisp looking pair of ruffled curtains for the kitchen was made of maize-coloicd organ dy. Edgings were of rich rack braid with tie backs of the same mater ial. Colored voile is another favor ite material which may be hung below an oil cloth valance. Lighter weight oil cloth is also used for kitchen drapes. Iron rods are important for sun room hangings and for windows that open as doors. Short rods are made to swing on hinges so that the curtain may be turned back when the door is opened. Wooden poles, with stained finishes or painted to match uie woodwork, are used la a number of places, es pecially in period rooms for in stance Early American or Tudor. One very happy arrangement used a white pole against white wood work for a group of four French windows. In order not to have too many drapes at the windows the decor ator hung his red patterned Tulle de Jouy at either side from the white rings. Glass curtains were of fish net. The casement between the windows was ornamented with three shelves, to give horizontal lines. On each shelf was a single good sized object, a bowl, a flower pot or crude pottery figure. A sun room presents aa entirely different problem, In that the sun is so very hard on the thinner ma terials that would suggest them selves for glass curtains: One room got around this very cleverly by painting the panes with white paint The brush strokes up and down, very thin, of course, looked like transparent shirred material. A small pattern was scattered over the surfaces. Drapes of brilliant lacquer red shantung completed the effect. Valances, we will have ever with us, from the single drape flung in formally over the curtain rod to the very severe ti atment of straight drapes, hung from a val ance board, of carved or gilded or decorated surface. One such board was painted a faint green, with mouldings touched with silt, From it hung pleated glazed chintz of plaint tan which was used to border the drapes. These were of block printed linen In a floral de sign and hung in straight folds. In a child's nursery, gay can ary theatrical gauze was tied back with large billowy bow knots of like stuff. A bed room used the same material of moss green with a wide ruffle. One curtain was crossed over the other, and both were tied back to glass headed nails. Style Luggage Nov anilable In the beautiful leathers and other no.el mater ials with silk and fabrleord 1U ing s arc Aviation Cases With many conrenient pockets, tie backs and garment rollers overnight and week-end cases are daintily fitted with toilet articles, bottles and trays which answer for handbags. Wardrobe Trunks From the small Pullman car sizes to the big family carry-alls are unique for convenience and dur ability. They are also made to please the eye. REALLY GOOD-LOOKING. " t a.-. - --" V 5- "li Vr tw-3 :x-Fy i t -J Jt C. S. HAMILTON SALEM'S PIONEER FURNITURE HOUSE Gill "HE C. S. Hamilton Furniture Store, the pioneer furniture house of , 111 Salem, is one of the oldest furniture establishments in the state. The F-enior member of this firm first engaged in the furniture business in Salem . in 1894. In the 36 years that this firm has been in business In Salem the policy of the manager has been to carry the best lines of merchandise obtainable. Not meaning by this that the most expensive is carried, but the best that can be obtained for the price, whether low or higher in price. Of course the Hamilton Co. carry a good stock of high-grade home furnish ings, but they also carry a big assortment of furniture for people with moderate means, and the same care is taken in selecting this line of mer chandise that is taken in selecting the more expensive grades. Their aim is to give each customer the same courteous treatment and no item is too small to receive anything but the best attenion. During this Style Show the store is extending a special invitation to the public to call in and see the going styles in home furnishings. No effort will be made to sell, but they wish everybody to be their guests and look over .the many new things in home furnishings which they are showing. This store specializes in helping people with their furnishing problems, and have expert drapery, carpet, stove and furniture salesmen to aid them in making selections. " l THIS BERKEY & GAY BED ROOM SUITE IN AMERICAN WALNUT is an outstanding ensemble, embodying simplicity of design and richness in finish usual in Berkey and Gay furniture. The pieces shown here can be had separately or in groups to suit the buyers' demands. A good selection of Berkey & Gay bedroom and dining room furniture al ways shown by this store. During the Furniture Style Show Our Store Will be Open on Certain Evenings to be announced later 340 Court Street
