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 d6q WOMAN'S HOME TASTE 5H WALLPAPERS Ciiiiliiiued /i-ont fa^e jjj, i'arl j Floral and Chintz Patterns— Small All-over Designs — Trellis Designs — The Panelled Bedroom — Restfulness Must be the Aim of All Bedroom Decoration HThere is no need to go into statistics to our bedchamber. Everyone nowadays fully realises the importance of the proper fur- nishing and decorating of this apartment, and the hygienic need of at least three changes of wallpaper every decade. Floral and chintz patterned papers have made immense strides in popular favour, and have been produced in such a variety of beautiful designs that it is a case of emharras de choix. The floral paper is a very pleasant one to live with, and, provided the surrounding draperies accord well with it, will usually afford us a very satisfactory bedroom. Clover is specially decorative in this connection and looks delightful when hung, but care must be taken when choosing the design. Sprays and clusters are more effective than an all-over pattern, which is apt to produce a " spotty " appearance. Daffodils are extremely artistic, some of the papers decorated therewith being worthy to inspire a second Wordsworth ; to assist in the production of a " yellow " room, such a paper may be cordially recommended. Boughs and sprays of white hawthorn on a pale green ground produce yet another example of the pleasing possibilities of a floral paper. These three are merely cited by way of novelties. We still have our old friend the rose paper in every possible shade and design, as well as clematis, sweet- pea, wistaria, almond blossom, and laburnum, all of which play an important part in producing very pretty rooms. Wallpapers in chintz design on vari- tinted backgrounds account for themselves with much persuasion, when used in con- junction with antique furniture or its modem reproduction, as will be seen in our illustra- tion, which depicts the " Very latest," the black background. Quite delightful are the wallpapers in small all-over designs. They are specially suitable for cottage and small bedrooms generally. The groundwork of these papers presents a very pleasing surface, usually produced by a succession of finely ruled lines in a neutral tint, arranged in irregular groups. Upon this will be printed an all-over of fine spots in some pretty shade, while in the case of many colours being used for the super- design, the groimdwork of stripes is varied by the addition of spots and small geometrical patterns. Black wallpaper. A novel but very effective idea for a bedroom IVariHtiS
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