Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, May 16, 1981, Image 99
Design This ends the three part series on interior design presented in con junction with workshops by Dons Thomas, Home Extension Economist at the Farm and Home Center LANCASTER This week’s tips on interior design deal mainly with coordination of all the parts discussed thus far. Once you have the colors and the accessories picked, you must coordinate them in the most pleasing manner possible. - When you coordinate things in a pleasing fashion, youhaye reached a harmony in yoar home. Harmony is nothing more than the result of the' basics of design presenting an impression of unity with enough of your own taste and variety tdadd interest. ' One way ;to -coordinate and arrange furniture is to move it around again’ and again until A something pleases-you. However, not only is this bed for yourback, it’s’liable to leave-macks bn your floor* Anothor' .way tp-lay out your room is to measace e*ch piece of furniture piece"of graph of furniture may eqnal r a on your chart. Cut outpieces of fur niture tbe correct size and shape and arrange'them on the paper until you’ have a pleasing layout. Remember to" indude doors and windows on your chart. After the furniture is arranged, you may want to dress the room with your personal accessories; vases, pictures, lamps, rugs, etc-. Each house is unique. The home is the one place where ideas and resources can be brought together by the whole family. Things happen in your home which are different than things happening FAVORITE EQUIPMENT and NEW HOLLAND. PA 17557 S mm P SIERNER PHONE: 717-354-4466 Home Phone: 717-866-6340 EMERGENCY SERVICE AFTER SPM A WEEKENDS - CALL 717-354-4460 a pleasing down the street. Emphasize your individual tastes and interests in the home. Don’t try to make it a museum showroom. Accessories can make your home unique. If you have a collection, display it. A favorite vase? Make it the center of in terest. And follow these principles of good composition: -Place objects in such a way that the eye is carried to the center of interest. -Create rhythm with different heights and sizes. -Arrange small objects in a group, so that they will be in better proportion to a larger object -Strive for unity, rather than a scattered effect Another .way to add accessories to yourroomSis by hanging them, whether they-be pictures or other items,' Follow - these decorating guidelines: , t - -When forming’ a compositiohof - a picture and a piece of furniture, hang:the picture close to the'fur-' niture, ■ -Pictures near decorative ob jectsand lamps’-should be part of the grouping.’ ■- -Keep outride edges of the grouping even when pictures vary in size and shape. 4 - ~ . -Keep bottom.edges of pictures straight over a long, straight ob ject such as a couch or buffet. -When furniture varies in height, hang pizctures so that tops of frames form a straight line. -Hang a large important picture by itself as a center of intend, rather than as part of a grouping. -Tall pictures or hangings usually look best on a narrow wall, broad pictures on the widest wall -Keep the weight of the com position evenly distributed. Fancy New Systems Behind The FAVORITE 4 STACK DECK LAY CASE SYSTEM home frames, dark mats and most oil paintings look heavier than watercolors, etchings, engravings and drawings. Integrate the arrangement to achieve balance. -If permanent accessories enter the picture, such as lamps or vases, include them in the picuture wall. -Variation is the spice of good wall arrangements. Combine large and small squares and rectangles and circles in the same grouping, but scaatter the various shapes and sizes - throughout the com position to produce design interest insteadof homogenized hanging. Remember, good composition is the- key to an attactive arrangement of art. objects and accessories; Yon supply, the principles of balance, rhythm and unity to your home by coordinating all the parts appropriately. These design principles' have become accepted practice; 'however, the. best decorating rule may ’well be that rules were meant' to' be broken.' You-deride, it’s your homer—DK ' Saturday, May 16 Lancaster Society 19 meets for a formal dinner and dessert. Lancaster Society 3 meets with Eria Gehman for a tour of Ephrata Cloisters. Lancaster Society 15 meets at 10 forabrunch. Lancaster Society 14 meets for a book review program with Mrs. Grace Koser. Are Taking Shape Favorite Shield. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 16,1961—C1l Ida’s Notebook Ida Kisser There are many activities to fill the days in May. Some people are busy with 4-H meetings and Little League baseball games for their children. Others, like fanners' and gar deners, are outside in nice weather planting com and beans. The days don’t seem-to be long enough to accomplish everything we plan to do. One pleasant interruption to my busbands’ aodmy endeavors have been the luncheons and banquets to which we’ve been invited as a result of our children winning various scholarships. We are thankful for them but several such affairs don’t get the rye in the silo or the fence put up at the blooming peas. And Cindy has her own special interests so that she isn’t available to provide much help. Monday, May 18 Lancaster Society 31 meets with Paul Neff for a cheese demonstration. Tuesday, May 19 Lancaster Society 18 meets for a walking tour of Lancaster with Martha Stoner, tour guide. SUPPLY Co. She spent a weekend at Penn State attending the Pennsylvania Junior Horticultural meeting of which she was president. Then on Monday morning, she went with a group of 4-H members to visit legislators and senators at Harrisburg for two days. If you think Saturdays are free to help at home, you are wrong. There might be a Jazz Band Concert, a Loyalty Day Parade or simply a bowling party. But there is always something. Although I must admit thai.last'Saturday, Cindy did decorate a cake for me to take to our square dance group’s covered dish supper and it was beautiful. She also attempts to mow the lawn regularly because, if it doesn’t get done on time, them it must be raked too. And, all we need around here is one more job. Berks Society 6 meets with Joan, Noll. Wednesday, May 20 Lancaster Society 33 meets for a program by Edith Herr. Thursday, May 21 Spring Rally, Dickinson College, Carlisle. Sales Representative DEANGLADFELTER Home Phone: 717-273-6527