Do It Yourself Kitchen Remodeling Ideas

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walls; and rugs with a preponderance of white and yellow transform a
dark hall into a light and cheerful one. It must be remembered that few
dark colours can assert themselves in the absolute shadow of a north
light. Green and blue become black. Gold, orange, and red alone have
sufficient power to hold their own, and make us conscious of them in
darkness.

In a hall which has plenty of light, but no sun, red is an effective and
natural colour, copper-coloured leather paper, cushions and rugs or
carpets of varying shades of red, and transparent curtains of the same
tint give an effect of warmth and vitality. Red is truly a delightful
colour to deal with in shadowed interiors, its sensitiveness to light,
changing from colour-tinted darkness to palpitating ruby, and even to
flame colour, on the slightest invitation of day-or lamp-light, makes it
like a living presence. It is especially valuable at the entrance of the
home, where it seems to meet one with almost a human welcome.

If we can succeed in making what would be a cold and unattractive
entrance hospitable and cordial by liberal use of warm and strong
colour, by reversing the effort we can just as easily modify the effect
of glaring, or overpowering, sunlight.

Suppose the entrance-hall of the house to be upon the sunny side of the
street, where in addition to the natural effect of full rays of the sun
there are also the reflections from innumerable other house-fronts and
house-windows.

In this case we must simulate shadow and mystery, and this can be done
by the colour-tones of blues and greens. I use these in the plural
because the shadows of both are innumerable, and because all, except
perhaps turquoise and apple-green, are natural shadow-tints. Green and
blue can be used together or separately, according to the skill and

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