Floors Are a Big Factor In Making Your Home Look Attractive.

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 9, 8 September 1933, Page 48

Floors Are a Big Factor In Making Your Home Look Attractive.

AN interesting book might be written of the history of homes, and their evolution from caves and huts; from Plizabethan cottages to tenements and flats, To-day there is great variety in. the houses of ordinary folk, and it is in the making of her own home that a woman can give full play to her artistic ingenuity. The day ‘is long past when we bought a turkey red carpet for the dining-room and 4 flowery one for the drawing-room and linoleum for the rest of the house. Floors are much more exciting to dress nowadays. In very small living rooms it is safest to-have a plain carpet fitted all over the floor. This gives a definite feeling of space. Larger rooms can tarry off. a stained border of about two feet in depth and a carpet square in one of the fascinating modern designs. If you are moving, first make a of each room in the new house, taking the measurements of windows, recesses, etc. This will enable you to plan the positions of the large pieces of furniture so that they can be properly arranged at once. If possible stain the floors, and’ put down thé garpets and linoleum beforehand, Clean all carpets and rugs; these should be rolled ‘up if possible, but if too large fold them the way of the pile. All curtains should be washec before packing, and it is well to alter them where necessary to adjust them to the new fittings. By doing this they can be put up at once, and with the heavy furniture in place, and the floor covered, a room will soon. have a home-like appearance. After a move it is sometimes essential to change the colour of the linoleum in order to use it again, and this can be done by painting it with a liquid lino preparation ‘or a ‘special paint. Be sure to apply this on a warm dry day and begin at the farthest corner from the door. In this way you will not- have to walk over the finished work. Be quite sure that the linoleum is clean before painting, and that it is absolutely hard and (ry after treatment before the room is used at all. If you have polished fioors keep them bright and shiny, but don’t turn them into dangerous skating rinks, and never polish underneath rugs,