Walls

Here is another cheerful room, and again wall color and windows have as much to do with it as the attractive French provincial furniture. I often asked, “What shall I do with a high stained glass window above a sideboard?” here is the perfect solution. Cover it with wallboard, papered or painted.

An old fashioned window seat transformed with cornice, short, gay curtains, and cushions, become a joy! Use window boxes on the outside, or if there is an objectionable view, opaque glass is suggested. There is definitely today’s touch in this effective room, shown in the repetition of the scalloped cornice board in the recess for the sideboard, the grouping of plates above the sideboard, and the three ornaments on its top.

Wallpaper will transform a plain Jane of a room into any type you want; dignified, somber, formal, informal, colorful, or gay. The choice of pattern and color has a great deal to do with the result. By selecting paper of a definite character such as the needlework pattern above or the Pennsylvania Dutch pattern the wall can be made to carry out the style of the furniture. All over designs with Colonial modern or period motifs are all used, but my best advice to you is to see the new patterns of the season when you are ready to decorate. Styles do change and what is just as important, the coordinated color card of industry changes from year to year. You will find that the colors in wallpapers are to be found in harmonizing shades in fabrics, rugs, and paints. Imagine the joy of finding colors made to go together different for every room in the house but with a thread of color harmony running through a group, just as the theme in a symphony. Besides, they are washable and sunfast.