1048 The Cornell Reading-Courses 



Designs should not bulge. 



Simplified, or conventionalized, designs. 



Good and bad patterns. 



Safety in choosing plain paper. 



Principles of patterns apply to rugs, upholstery, curtains, 



and other flat surface designs. 

 What to consider in planning decoration. 

 Purpose of a room. 

 Whether it is light or dark, sunny or sunless, high or lov/, 



large or small. 

 What are the colors of woodwork, floor, and furnishings. 

 The danger of " the latest thing." 

 Permanence in decoration. 

 Use of room. 



Living rooms should be planned to suit various tastes, ages, 



and moods. 

 Adjoining rooms must harmonize in color. 

 Light walls or dark? 



Room has artificial conditions of light. 



Reflection from walls and ceiling. 



Exact tone to be used depends on amount of daylight that 



enters. 

 Dark colors to be avoided unless room has too much daylight. 

 Expense of artificial light in dark room. 

 Dark interiors harbor disease. 

 Proper colors for different exposures. 

 Plain walls or figured ? 



Plain wall best for small room, or as a background for 



pictures. 

 Striped papers give height to low room. 

 Borders, friezes, moldings. 



Simple borders add interest to plain tinted or papered walls. 

 Width of border and location of picture molding shovild 



depend on height of room. 

 What to use for plain walls. 



Treatment where plaster is uneven. 



Advantages and disadvantages of burlap, linen, grass cloth, 



etc. 

 Good effects possible with water-color paints, tints, or calci- 

 mines. 

 Kitchens, pantries, bathrooms. 



Necessity of smooth, hard, washable surface and light color. 



