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Such a paper could be used throughout the room, or from the ceiling to the floor on this wall, or be set in a border of paint or wallpaper from the top of the beds to the ceiling. If used as a panel the width including the border is usually the width of the beds. Ornaments –few and useful: the use of ornaments depends more upon the taste of the occupant than upon the style of the room. But generally speaking both in contemporary and in modern decorating, ornaments must be either useful or in good decorative taste. In a bedroom especially, there is a little place for anything but lamps and dressing tables articles, unless the room is used as a sitting room or has a mantel, bookshelf, or desk. In room opposite, note absence of ornaments and the usefulness of a floor lamp which serves as reading light for bed and easy chair.
Write net with ball fringe is used for the draped curtain and the simple, natural wood dressing table. This may have a glass or mirror top and a standing mirror. Heavy candlewick bedspreads to match a color, rose, yellow or pink in the wallpaper hive contrast to the blond wood beds. Here the bedspreads and full length striped draperies give the contrasting note to the plain walls and floor. An economical idea is to be buy two bedspreads and cut one in two for the draperies. A narrow fringe makes a nice finish for the draperies which, in a sturdy material require no lining.
Of course atmosphere is the hardest quality to capture in decorating. It is like personality in people; some have it, some do not. So it is with rooms. The one opposite, though simple, has a real colonial atmosphere. It is in an old house with deep, recessed windows, low ceilings, and a fireplace where an old fashioned Franklin stove has been set.
