Permanent Decorative Scheme: There are two types of slipcovers to be taken into consideration: the temporary ones used during the summer months, and the ones that form part of the permanent decorative scheme of a room. The latter may properly be used throughout the year provided they are well-tailored and fit snugly over the furniture, and provided the material harmonizes with the decorations already existing in a room.
Inexpensive draperies may be made of theatrical gauze, sateen, mull, ticking, or almost any other cheap material. When the Textile itself has little interest, it is essential that the colors and color scheme be well worked out and of unusual harmony. Paper draperies are sold by the department stores and large mail order houses, but this material cannot be considered for serious or permanent decorative work.See Also Make A Decorative Feature:Whether you plan to lay a new Floor covering or to make a decorative feature of an exposed floor, careful repair and preparation are vital. The Floor should be as level as possible, clean, dry, and smooth. Smoothness is important, since any projections will quickly ruin a covering.
Medium-sized, main-feature plants can be grown with stronger-growing trailing plants to keep the display well in scale.
Trailing plants will help to soften harsh outlines, but remember to leave sufficiently exposed any container with a pleasing shape, especially if it has prominent decoration.
To COUNTERACT the long narrow shape of a window-box, you should make every attempt to avoid planting in straight rows. More informality can be given to the display by varying the heights of the main plants and by softening the effect with filler plants. One way to make an attractive planting is to group main-feature plants first and then put fillers in between.
On The Other Hand See Outdoors On Decorative Iron¬work:Once metal has started to corrode, the process will continue and accelerate, unless it is properly treated. Where you find rust, indoors in bathrooms or on leaky radiators, or outdoors on decorative iron¬work or gutters, use a wire brush to remove all traces of it. Finish off with steel wool to clear away any fine dust from the surface.
Steel is a variety of iron with a hardness that is halfway between cast and wrought iron, and it has some of the physical characteristics of both. Steel is lighter in weight and has a finer grain than iron; it is subject to a high polish; it may be tempered and is, therefore, elastic, and when slightly bent, springs back to its original shape. Steel is decidedly malleable at a high temperature and hardens greatly by sudden cooling. Steel is used principally as a structural material, but owing to the fact that it may now easily be worked by electrical processes, it is used for many of the same decorative purposes as wrought iron. The alloying of chromium with iron or steel will prevent rust, and the polished alloy will retain its luster. Much iron hardware and furniture, many metal Bathroom accessories, Table objects, and other useful and decorative pieces, are now made of an alloy of iron or steel and chromium, or are covered with a coating of the latter because of its nontarnishing quality. Steel that is alloyed with 10 per cent to 20 per cent chromium is called stainless steel, and is used for cutlery.
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