105. It is a nice psychological problem to decorate the house in a way to give true balance to the æsthetic sense. No matter how great one’s admiration for a thing, there is always a final point of satiety at which the desire needs rest or balance. A woman may love flowers, for example, but in the season of flowers, when all nature supplies an over-abundance, the visual sense becomes satiated, and the house interior that is furnished in cool tints and two-tones gives positive relief.
106. On the other hand, floral decorations in the home are the balance needed to the mind that craves them during the Winter period when there is a lack of color without.
Compare perpendicular and horizontal lines: The angles
and curves which enclose them change their relative equality.
ILLUSION EFFECT AND EXPRESSION IN THE USE OF LINES
107. We very often notice a room which has been carefully carried out but is utterly lacking in charm. The color seems right, and, considered in detail, the furniture and the furnishings are appropriate, but the room lacks effectiveness.
It is uninteresting.