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f Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, February 14, 1952 WOMAN'S WORLD Bring Your Rooms Up-to-Dcte By Discarding Some Furniture By Ertta Haley M ANY a room which was the height of good decoration a dec ade ago today has a cluttered look which is neither in good taste nor f ood design. The majority of people ave acquired possessions, as most people have an aquisitive instinct, and they simply cannot bear to part with them, be they bad or indiffer ent If you can bring yourself to part- with unnecessary pieces, or by substituting sleek, well-designed pieces for some you have, a new clean look is possible for your rooms. Consider the advantages of an un cluttered room: a sense of luxury and freedom which comes when some space is released. You’ll be able to breathe again! Another freedom which every homemaker can appreciate is the ease of cleaning that comes when a room is freed, of some of its trap pings. In the first place, there is actually less furniture to clean, and good pieces are morje readily done than those which are worn and bat tered by the years. Once a room has been stripped to its essentials, it’s easy to pick up and put in order. It looks clean, even without a thoroughgoihg clean ing every day, say hOsnemakers who have tried it. An important thing in clearing, a room of clutter is to have a place 4- ior everything, tfumiture do no |»ag [whi< Comb With PoUsk jumiturt thoroughly ... * Some old pieces of not have the capacity for storage that new ones have, and consequently things which should ibe out of sjght never have a place. fThis, naturally, clutters a room. 1 You may be very fond of a cer- itain old chest, let’s say, because It’s an heirloom, but does it “pay for the space it takes’’ in the amount ^ou can store in it in the way of agazines, sewing, snapshots, eto< hich need a place? mbine Traditional Modern Furniture Those who have traditional furni ture need no longer worry about 'combining it with modern. Decora tors realize that those with cher ished pieces will never want to. or should they, discard them all. Now the contemporary furniture is so / made that it can live happily with older pieces and their darker woods. In fact, today’s most liveable rooms are departing happily from the strictly period atmosphere which was the mark of the well decorated room for many decades. You’ll be seeing traditional sofas covered with fabrics^ bold modern „ v design, modern desk and chair in V ' the same room with" knotty pine *•’ ft, chests. f, % mjt mitts for dusting guickly. In dining rooms you’ll see a good dark mahogany table and it may be teamed with light, modern chairs which are more comfortable than the ones which went with the table. Secretaries of the dark wood with their many wonderful drawers for storage are part of many well furn ished living rooms though chairs and sofas may be strictly modem. If you’re doing some reorganizing about the furnishings in your home, plan to .discard those pieces which are no longer serviceable and re place them with pieces which are useful as well as attractive. Those things which need expensive reup holstering or refinishing may often be replaced with new at It may be that you need no other pieces, if you will simply discard those pieces which add nothing at tractive or useful to the room. It may be a wrench to part with sonje of the things but the comfort and beauty which comes from eliminat ing them will v be well.worth the eh fort. Inexpensive Scatter Regs May Replace Carpeting Well polished floors with attrac tive scatter rugs are in many homes replacing overall carpeting -which is expensive to replace. With waxing devices and waxes, it’s easy to keep "1 . Combined Periods Here is an excellent example of how traditional and modern furniture can be combined. First wall-to-wall carpet was ‘ removed in favor of good wood en floors weD polished and easi ly kept, and a single scatter rug. The traditional sofa was cov ered in modern fabric and the modern occasional chair and lamp are harmonious with an old pine table. floors bright and shining with a minimum of effort. A well-worn rug can be removed from the floor if you’re renovating a room. Before waxing, however, remove stains, blemishes and dirt which have accumulated on the floor with soap and water. Use only a little water at a time and wipe it as you progress over the floor, so it is not left to swell the wood. Stub born spots can be removed usually with steel wool. Make certain the floor is dry be fore waxing. Apply wax sparingly and evenly with a cloth or a long handled applier. working with the grain of the wood. Thin coats of wax will produce a perfect finish after a short time while thick applica tions of wax cannot be brought to a hard, dry polish and are apt to be smeary. When wax has been applied, allow %t least 30 minutes for the solvent to evaporate. The wax is ready to polish when it no longer feels damp. Run a polisher back and forth along the grain of the wood until the floor takes on - a soft, satiny shine and the finish is smooth and glossy. If no electric polisher is available a weighted brush may be your solu- j tion. Another is a brick wrapped in soft, clean rags. With heavy traffic, surface dirt should be removed with liquid wax every six weeks or two months and the floor re-polished. On other areas less frequently used, two or three waxings a year should be sufficient. Several waxings will give the floor a beautiful finish. If properly kept up, it will remain beautiful. Wooden floors, properly tended, grow more beautiful with age. Decide Color Scheme Before Buying Rug Choose a serviceable color when you’re buying a rug for the room. Another tip to remember before buying is to select a rug which can be readily cleaned. Certain types of looped rugs, though handsome. may give difficulty when you at tempt to run a sweeper or vacuum cleaner over them, while a shorter napped rug cleans much more feadily. The trend today is away from elaborate patterns in rugs, as^they crowd the room and give it a clut tered look which you are attempting to banish. It’s only reasonable that a pattern seems busier, and thus seems to take up more room than a plain color. Particularly, if your rooms are small, you want to keep down the pattern as much as possible. Re member, too, that it’s more diffi cult to work out a decorative scheme with a patterned rug than a plain one as a pattern in the rug makes it difficult to use patterns in drapery and upholstery materials. It’s best to choose the colors in your room, before rug choice is settled. Then you can choose exact ly the right background for your desired draperies and upholstery, in cotton, wool, rayon or combina tions of these. * Keep Furniture In Condition For Pleasing Appearance AU furniture does not have to be placed against the walls to give an uncluttered look, but it should be kept in an orderly arrangement that is determined in advance. Tenderly cared-for furniture is an asset in any room and aids in giving the impression of pleasant ness. Wooden pieces should be kept are smooth and satiny. If neglected they are harsh and dry, and hard to di{f£. • Small scratches, ttkrii and scuff marks can be hidden with colored wax, which should be applied as soon as damage appears. Daily dusting is a must, but often a chore. It can be done in double quick time if you have a pair of dusting jnitts so that both hands can dust at one time. 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