what is desirable if
we want a harmonious, coherent ensemble. Where there are large surfaces we use the subdued colors, and the smaller the surfaces, the brighter the colors that are used. This method must be applied in matching colors: for example, the brilliance of the color of the room's walls and floor should be less vivid than the curtains, and these less than the small articles found in the room, which may appear in all the full strength of color.
Color is one of the ways of making your house attractive and alive. Fortunately there are no fixed rules for it, nor need you have any special gift for it. All you need is the desire to make your house bright, expressing your personality like the dresses you wear. The world around us is full of samples of colors that help us to choose the best of them for our homes.
• Queen Victoria discovered, in the early days of her marriage, the difference between ruling the kingdom and ruling a husband. One day, when her angry temper flared, Prince Albert went into his room and locked the door behind him. The Queen followed in a fury and cried: "Open the door!" He made no answer. She knocked at the door again, incensed, and Albert said: "Who is it?" She answered: "The Queen of England." The door remained locked. Then she knocked once more, saying: "In the name of the Queen of England, I demand that you open." She was silent a moment, then whispered gently: "It is your wife, Albert."
This time Albert opened — a smile filling his mouth!..
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• Said the new bride, gazing into a jeweler's shop window:
"Farid, I love that bracelet."
"I cannot buy it for you, my dear."
"But you would buy it if you could, wouldn't you?"
He answered loftily: "No." She was astonished, then asked him crossly:
"Why?"
"Because it is not worthy of your beautiful wrist, my dear!"
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