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Quaint Kitchen Color Schemes 
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may well be some of the extremely inex¬ 
pensive designs to be found in the un¬ 
varnished state, and planned for kitchen 
use, are charming when painted properly, 
and kitchen dropleaf tables are every 
whit as effective as are those designed for 
living rooms. It is in the color that is 
chosen for this furniture, seen in relation 
to the pale and neutral background of the 
walls and the more positive treatment of 
the floor, in the vivid gayety of the cur¬ 
tains, and the spots of brilliant color sing¬ 
ing out of the scheme here and there, 
that the decorative success of the kitchen 
may be achieved. 
Walls and Woodwork 
In the kitchen, as well as any other 
room, the tone chosen for the walls should 
be quite pale and neutral, verging on the 
creams and ivories and never darker than 
pale tan, or one of the many tones of 
light gray. Painted walls are ideal for a 
kitchen, and even if it costs more in the 
beginning, a paint that is washable is 
greatly to be preferred over one that is 
not; but if a water tint is desired, it can 
be very cheaply renewed every year. Of 
course stenciled or painted borders on the 
walls are as little to be advised in the 
kitchen as in any other room, as they are _ 
never very effective at best, and use up 
the thrills that otherwise should be re¬ 
served for the furniture, curtains, and 
accessories. 
For the kitchen woodwork one may 
have a choice of three alternatives: it 
may be enameled white or ivory, it may- 
match or tone in with the colored painted 
furniture, or, in itself, it may' be the most 
vividly colored note apparent in the 
kitchen that is otherwise furnished rather 
palely. 
Likewise, there are several choices for 
the kitchen floor, depending on the effect 
desired: the floor may be quite neutral,— 
untoned wood that has been waxed; it 
may- be painted a vivid color and shel¬ 
lacked; it may be covered with a decora¬ 
tive linoleum or tiling designed in a severe 
two-tone block eflect of contrasting col¬ 
ors; or it may be cemented, a treatment 
that is becoming increasingly popular for 
kitchen floors, and one which has a great 
deal of character and beauty, as well as 
durability. The cement may be natural 
color, or it may be colored in the mixing; 
and even the amateur may learn from an 
adept in cementing how to lay it in 
blocks of contrasting color, or in the tile 
effect. When rugs are desired for the 
kitchen floor, the choice should be con¬ 
fined to rag rugs in some form, either the 
oval hand braided ones, or those larger 
and machine-woven, for they launder 
perfectly. 
Kitchen Windows 
The windows in the kitchen are often 
sadly neglected, since we have hardly' left 
the era of the muslin sash curtain behind 
us, but if brilliant curtain materials are 
chosen we soon realize that the kitchen 
windows are the chief asset in decoration. 
Inexpensive chintz, with a clear design 
and vivid color, and often with a pale 
background, is eminently' suitable as well 
as extremely effective, and lasts well onto 
a year or two, if it has been proven to 
launder satisfactorily while in the sample 
stage. The more simple the window 
treatment the better, however; the drapes 
hanging inside the window trim straight 
from the top to the sill; and the only 
excuse for a valance is the informal 
Dutch type shown in two of these kitch¬ 
ens. When the curtains are used instead 
of roller shades, and they very well can be, 
they should be attached to their thin 
brass rods by the means of rings, so that 
they may slide easily back and forth. 
Other materials that are eligible for cur¬ 
taining the kitchen are ginghams, certain 
figured voiles, unbleached muslin appli- 
qued with color, the same material dyed 
strong decorative tones, embroidered lin¬ 
ens, and even calico. 
Another point that should be made the 
most of is the cupboard. If you have 
colorful or decorative china, and the 
supply is kept in the kitchen, small paned 
glass doors allow delectable glimpses of 
plates and bowls and cups in piles and 
rows. If you are not sure your china 
helps the scheme, hang a curtain that 
will do so, on the inner side of the glass- 
paned door, thus hiding the interior from 
sight. Either method may also be em¬ 
ployed at the upper part of the kitchen 
cupboard, and it is well to remember that 
it is quite possible to find jars and boxes 
for spice and everything nice that will 
honestly improve the kitchen shelves 
from the decorative standpoint. The 
cheapest sort of tin cans and wooden 
boxes may' be painted a fine strong color, 
and decorated, thus taking advantage of 
one of the very best ways of achieving the 
spots of bright color that are so valuable 
in kitchen color schemes. 
Three Color Schemes 
If you wish to know how charming 
kitchens really may be, study these draw¬ 
ings for a few moments while I tell you 
how effectively vivid the originals are. 
. . . Perhaps the most unusual scheme is 
that of the kitchen showing the small 
casement windows under the bracket 
shelf, for it is worked out principally in 
mauve and green. The woodwork is 
ivory', the walls the palest of mist gray, 
the floor deep lilac, painted this color then 
shellacked. The furniture is painted a 
gray-green of medium tone, about the 
color of the green leaves of a lilac bush; 
it is decorated with darker green and 
black, and the flower motifs used on the 
green furniture and on the ivory doors are 
done in mauve, jade green, yellow and 
black. On the lilac floor is laid a rag rug 
woven in mauve, green, ivory and black, 
and at the windows are hung colorful cre¬ 
tonne curtains showing ivory, green and 
black on a rich wistaria ground. Where 
possible, the bowls and dishes used in 
this kitchen are ivory or yellow, the 
set used in the dining room is the Caul¬ 
dron design which is banded in old yellow 
on ivory; the kitchen cans and boxes are 
painted lilac, and decorated with jade 
green, cream and black, and the kitchen 
utensils are of silvery aluminum. 
Next comes the kitchen with the oval 
rag rug and black floor. In this room the 
walls are ivory, the woodwork a flat old 
blue; the rug is scarlet, blue and tan. 
At the windows are hung plain ecru ging¬ 
ham curtains with hems and Dutch 
valance of chintz or calico in red, blue 
and black. The furniture may be of deep 
ivory or old blue, and it may be decorated 
in ivory, Chinese red and black,—with the 
addition of blue if the ground is ivory. 
The dishes used in this kitchen are blue 
and white, the jars black and white, and 
where possible, spots of Chinese red and 
orange are chosen for small decorative 
objects. 
For a Little Kitchen 
The third kitchen achieves a neutral 
background with gray walls, and black 
and white linoleum for the floor; the 
woodwork is ivory, the furniture a soft 
butter-yellow. At the windows are cur¬ 
tains of cream, embroidered in coarse 
orange thread; and at the cupboard doors 
are curtains of cretonne showing brilliant 
yellow flowers against a dark background. 
There is an orange woven rag rug on the 
floor, and on the ivory cupboard there are 
black basket decorations filled with flow¬ 
ers of yellow, orange and blue. 
