The Young Boy's Room
The young boy's
room we show is equally suitable for some other members of the
family. We have seen a boy immensely happy in it and likewise girls
in their early teens. In one home it was used for a "paying-guest"
and it looked very well indeed in a small suburban house where
nothing was more elaborate.
It is in
appearance "young" and has no special gender. This is why a boy
likes it. Another point in its favor with the boy is that it is not
"fussy." like, or in keeping with, the chief pieces of furniture.
One small table will be for the telephone; another at the bedside; a
third for his smokes, tobacco, cigars and pipes, matches and
ashtray. If your man likes his tobacco "just so" get him a humidor.
This will keep the tobacco moist.
As to styles of
furniture most comfortable for men, we would advise one of those
with straight lines and strongly built. It is an easy matter to
choose furniture for a man's room if you will ask yourself the
question "does this look like a man?"
As for color
scheme it depends upon what each man likes. If he has no preferences
yet seems to Totowa what he does not like, grasp at any clew he may
drop when commenting on other homes. As a rule men like a simple
room which not only has the comforts but looks comfortable. To the
eye of the man not trained in the art of furnishing so as to get
subtle beauty, you will find clear, rather strong colors are most
satisfactory.
Try shades of
red, attractive deep blues, browns and greens. Avoid what we call
half-tones mauves, lavender, old rose, petunia, etc. There are men
who like these shades, but we are talking about the average man.
Your figured
materials for curtains and furniture coverings will depend, as to
pattern and coloring, upon the style of the furniture; not
absolutely, but there are distinctly suitable and un-suitable colors
and designs when considered in relation to certain shapes. (See
chapter on Periods in Color Schemes.)
Make the sash
curtains of some thin white or cream washable material and arrange
them on the rods so that if the man wants to push them back and let
in all the light of heaven he can do so and not upset the
housekeeper!
The floor
covering should be one of the darkest tones of your color scheme;
the curtains if of a figured material should be more serious in
character than curtains you would choose for a woman's room. If you
make sofa pillows let them be large and "masculine" looking, not of
many colors and frilly. Follow the rules for making lampshades in
the chapter devoted to that subject. They are to be attractive notes
of color in your room to cheer it up as flowers can. But remember
that the average man cares more for comfort and convenience than he
does for effect, so give him these things in lamp shades as well as
in bed and bureau.
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