Im the interest of

smart interiors

To obtain the maximum appearance of size in a room

dort...

use large, bulky pieces of furniture.
choose heavy, oppressive colours or strong colour contrasts.

. select strongly patterned fabrics or wallpaper.

. use many accessories or doodads.

do...

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use furniture that is small in scale.

. use plain rugs and lay them from wall to wall.

. repeat the wall tone in the woodwork, and in the background

of the drapes.

. plana simple colour scheme in light values of receding hues.
. remember that mirrors give an illusion of space.
. use a few—and only a few—carefully chosen accents.

convention-
alize
nature forms

strengthen
the lines of
your room. .

Before using them as motifs in embroidery, in the decoration
of china, in wallpaper patterns, or in any other type of applied

design.

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. by keeping the rugs parallel to the walls.
. . by hanging pictures on the same level (not stair-stepped up

the wall).

. by placing large pieces of furniture, such as beds, chester-

fields and pianos parallel to the walls and not across corners.

In the interest of

smart interiors

To obtain the maximum appearance of size in a room

don’t...

use large, bulky pieces of furniture

. choose heavy, oppressive colours or strong colour contrasts.

. select strongly patterned fabrics or wallpaper.
| use many accessories or doodads.

do...

use furniture that is small in scale.

* use plain rugs and lay them from wall to wall.

| repeat the wall tone in the woodwork, and in the background

of the drapes.

. plan a simple colour scheme in light values of receding hues.
. remember that mirrors give an illusion of space.
| use a few—and only a few—carefully chosen accents.

convention-
alize
nature forms

Strengthen
the lines of
your room...

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Before using them as motifs in embroidery, in the decoration
of china, in wallpaper patterns, or in any other type of applied
design.

by keeping the rugs parallel to the walls.

. by hanging pictures on the same level (not stair-stepped up

the wall).

. by placing large pieces of furniture, such as beds, chester-

fields and pianos parallel to the walls and not across corners.