The Golden State: Where & How to Live, Secure, Visit, Enjoy and Thrive in California

Interior Decorating

If it is necessary to make the walls of a room appear to be wider than they are, then the predominating trend of the pattern design should run horizontally across the walls as illustrated in Fig. 2. If it is not required to change the appearance or depth or width of walls the pattern of the wallpaper should have no definite direction.

The choice of colours for use in a decorative scheme is one than can only be made by the people who live in the house to which the colour schemes would be applied: the suggestions given here are intended to serve as a guide.

Tools And Equipment

THE essential tools and equipment required for decorating the interior of a house are very few and most of them are extremely easy to use Many such tools for interior decorating will be found in the average home, where the man of the house is used to doing odd jobs The tools and equipment described in this chapter form a complete outfit for the beginner to this kind of work but it is not absolutely necessary to purchase all the things at one time

The tools and equipment will last a very long time provided they are sensibly used and tarred for and they are thoroughly cleaned and properly stored after use It is bad polity to buy cheap tools and to save a few shillings on the tost of a tool is false economy Usually the difference in tost between good tools and those of inferior quality is very little and the small extra outlay when buying good tools, equipment and materials may be considered a wise investment that will re-pay the user in saving time and in improving the quality of the work The use of cheap and shoddy tools in most cases leads to bad workmanship, especially as the age of the tools increases and they become worn