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INTERIOR DECORATION 



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INTERIOR DECORATION 



Let us follow, step by step, the construction 

 a collapsible model for a dining room, the 

 third figure in the color plate. First prepare 

 the cardboards for floor and walls. Cut one 

 piece 8W*W, for the back wall (Fig. 2). Cut 

 two pieces for the end walls, each SW^Vz" . 

 Cut a piece for the floor ll^'xlG". 



In decorating our dining room we will work 

 on one wall at a time. Let us begin with the 

 back wall, which is the largest and most impor- 

 tant space. The first thing to decide upon is 

 the color scheme. A general scheme of orange 

 and blue will be appropriate and effective. 



Cut two pieces, each 4" long, for the uprights. 

 Paste these in place, so a slight projection 

 of the sill is seen at each end, as shown in 

 Fig. 2. Cut a 7" length for the top of the 

 frame, and paste it in position. 



The window frame is subdivided into inter- 

 esting proportions by pasting quarter-inch 

 strips vertically and horizontally within the 

 frame, as shown in Fig. 3. Rectangles of pale 

 blue paper (to represent window panes) are cut 

 and pasted within these openings (see, also, 

 color plate). Cut from the warm-brown paper 

 a strip %"x!4". Paste this at the bottom of 



FIG. 3. DINING ROOM 



This does not mean that we shall select bright 

 orange for woodwork or wall paper. Cream 

 color, buff, light-brown and dark-brown are 

 all tones of orange. We know the great variety 

 in tones of blue. 



Cut a 3"xl4" strip of cream manila paper 

 for a frieze. Paste it at the top of the back 

 wall. Cut a 5%"xl4" strip of light-brown 

 paper and paste it below the frieze, to cover 

 the wall. (Scraps of small-figured or delicately 

 striped wall paper could be used, if desired.) 

 Cut several half-inch strips of warm-brown 

 paper for the trim. 



Let us next plan the dimensions and placing 

 of the window frame. Cut from one of the 

 half-inch strips a piece 7W long. Paste this 

 2" up from the bottom and 3%" in from the 

 left edge of the wall, forming the window sill. 



the wall for a baseboard. Cut strips of warm- 

 brown paper *4" wide, for picture molding 

 and plate rail. Paste these in position, as 

 shown in Fig. 2. The wall is now ready for the 



FIG. 4 

 Steps in cutting shape of chair. 



furniture, and for such decorations as we may 

 wish to add. 



The two chair shapes shown in Fig. 3 are 

 cut from dark-brown paper, following the steps 



