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In the dining room the beamed ceiling has been found so appropriate
that it continues popular. It is simple, easily maintained, and has
the broad, deep lines that put one at ease. Here it is advisable to
carry a wooden wainscoting up to about 3 1/2 feet, the panels
continuing to the ceiling. Tapestry, burlap, or plaster may show
above. Plate shelves are somewhat in disfavor, partly because of abuse
and partly because the tendency is to eliminate all dust-catchers that
are not necessities. Where doors and windows are built on a line (as
they should be), shelves are sometimes placed over them. But there
should not be too many broken lines if we would preserve the
comfortable suggestion of the beamed ceiling.

PAINT, PAPER, AND CALCIMINE

For the kitchen, painted walls, which can be easily wiped off, and
resist steam, are preferable to calcimine. Tiling halfway up will be
found still better, but tiling paper, which costs more than painting,
is scarcely to be chosen. For the bedrooms the professional decorators
are disposed to over elaboration. A simple paper, costing 15 to 35
cents per roll, is best, or even plain calcimine, which many persons
consider more healthful. The latter costs only $3 or $4 a room and may
be renewed every year or two. Very nice effects are had in a
Georgia-pine panel trimming running to a wood cornice, and in natural
wood or painted white. With this the ceiling should be plain white,
and if bright-flowered paper is used, pictures should be discarded.
Lively colors, if not too glaring, give a cheerful aspect to the room,
but the safer plan is to stick to simplicity.

In the children's room a three-foot wood wainscoting is desirable.
Part of this may be a blackboard without costing more, and at the top a
shelf can be placed for toys. Figured nursery papers cost, per roll,
from 35 to 75 cents, and will be a never-ceasing source of delight. If
the walls are not papered they should be painted, for reasons that need
not be suggested. Isn't it wonderful how far a three-foot boy or girl
can reach?

SHADES AND CURTAINS

We have not advanced much in the production of window shades that will
let in light and air, shut out the gaze of strangers, hold no shadows,
match interior and exterior, fit properly, work with ease, cost little,
and last forever. The ordinary opaque roller shade still has no
serious rival, and usually the best we can do is to see to it that we
get a good