Household Decoration 



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the interior already has too many windows, when by making the 

 ceiling darker we may absorb some of the glare. The walls also reflect 

 one upon another, thus using the light twice. Because of this reflection, 

 light-colored walls will look lighter and bright-colored walls will look 



brighter than the 



actual color applied. 

 No room nor interior 

 need appear dark if 

 the daylight that 

 enters it is utilized 

 to its fullest capac- 

 ity ; cream or yellow- 

 ish walls with white 

 woodwork and ceil- 

 ing and a moder- 

 ately light floor 

 covering will, by 

 reflection, illuminate 

 the darkest interior. 

 Just how light or 

 dark the walls of a 

 given room should 

 be depends on the 

 quantity of daylight 

 that enters. Avoid 

 dark color schemes 

 unless the room al- 

 ready has too m.uch 

 daylight. Dark col- 

 ors, especially blues 

 and greens, absorb 

 much light, both by 

 day and by night. 

 This makes the 

 evening lights in- 



FiG. 10. — '' Color schemes of adjoining rooms through which 

 vistas are seen must harmonize so as to produce an effect of 

 spaciousness." 



The above interior has natural oak brown floors, buff and 

 greenish pattern paper in foreground, with plain buff be- 

 yond, except for the staring upper third in farther room, 

 which shows a badly designed paper 



efficient and expen- 

 sive. Rooms with gloomy corners present veritable wells of darkness 

 unless a color scheme is used that will reflect Hght into the dark spots. 



The present tendency, perhaps, is too much toward dark interiors. 

 Modern building and the laws of health now provide more windows than 

 formerly; then the decorator turns around and appropriates all the light 

 we have purposely admitted. Dark interiors prevent the easy discovery 



