Furniture Wisely Placed
> » 1 ]£FFECTIVE arrangement is the secret of furniture charm. However beautiful the wood and design of your furniture, a room will never seem right and pleasing unless you have given care and thought to the disposal of each piece.
JN furnishing, give consideration to your windows. Oddly enough, lighting of rooms in daylight is it factor given far too little consideration by interior decorators . . . and even loss by housewives who do their own decorating. Study the pictures. If you follow the fashion and have a big. round mirror, do not make the mistake of blocking a window with it. It is better Io make a group of tlie dressing table and stool at the side and leave the window free to give lite room abundant light. Another hint—don't, place light fur niture in dark corners. Light woods should always bo seen at their best, generously lighted. Similarly, dark woods with a high polish are more generally effective in subdued lighting.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 259, 29 July 1937, Page 6
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163Furniture Wisely Placed Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 259, 29 July 1937, Page 6
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