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House & Garden 
Ilarting 
This charming Directoire paper in gray and white makes a pleasing 
background for the dressing table in turquoise and yellow taffeta, 
the cabinet and chair done in lemon yellow. Devah Adams, decorator 
WALL PAPERS 
for BEDROOMS 
With a Selection of Interesting 
Designs 
LUCY D. TAYLOR 
(Above) A lattice pattern of 
mauve leaves on white. W. H. 
S. Lloyd. (Below) An interest¬ 
ing design with a sprinkling of 
black flowers fromThos. Strahan 
A ir, light, space, beauty—synonyms 
for the American ideal of a bedroom 
and the goals we all strive for regardless 
of cost. The materials contributing to the 
ultimate result do not make so much differ¬ 
ence. It is the taste and skill with which 
they are used that count high in the scale 
of success. And as the background of the 
room is of prime importance if one is to 
achieve a successful ensemble, let us con¬ 
sider the walls in relation to light first. 
The light in a room is always established 
primarily Iw the walls. They either ruin 
or make what the windows leave undone. 
Xo amount of gorgeous color will make up 
for the lack of carefully adjusted reflection 
from the walls when the windows admit but 
a feeble stream. Neither w’ill any number 
of richly toned rugs, tapestries and uphol¬ 
stery subdue the too brilliant light which 
comes from an over generous supply of 
windows for the size and height of the 
room. Walls simply cannot be ignored as 
regulators of the light supply in the room, 
for the whole effect of the illumination is— 
in large measure—determined by them. 
Light rooms, medium light rooms, or 
frankly dark rooms—some of us enjoy one 
kind, some another. If your taste runs to 
a fairly dark room, you will get it by using 
Field flowers in blue, pink and 
yellow and gray stripes. A. L. 
Diament. A quaint dotted paper 
that comes in many colors 
in the same design. Thos. Strahan 
a dark paper. If 3 ’ou prefer a lighter room, 
the walls should be covered with a lighter 
paper. The exact degree of lightness or 
darkness of the background depends on the 
amount of light coming in at the window 
in relation to the size of the room. For 
example, the room with two windows shaded 
by a porch, trees, or a neighbor’s house will 
require a much lighter paper in proportion 
to the number of windows than would the 
same sized room with the same window 
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