GLASS CEILINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 21

GLASS CEILINGS.

IN STEAMING PLACES. The ceiling in a room that is frequently full of steam, not so much from cooking us from the constant running and using of hot water, begins to look ill-used soon after it is "decorated." A scullery may well need to bo done over again after six months, and if the wrong kind of wash or distemper has once been used on it it is almost impossible to find a satisfactorv over-coat.

A permanent ceiling in any room is seldom included as a domestic feature. Such ceilings are probably to be seen in some cafes, but having just seen a house that has glass ceilings in the kitchen (where there aro a sink and a washboiler) and the bathroom I feel that the builder who first thought of putting them into the home deserves a salute from housewives or from those who pay decorators' bills (says a writer in an exchange).

They are of white opaque glass, the kind often cut to cover bathroom windowsills. As they aro divided into twofoot squares by strips of wood, perhaps an inch and a half wide, I suppose they aro really tiled with squares of glass, the joins being covered and the edges supported by the wooden bands.

Tho wood, on both ceilings, was dark, stained but not painted; and above the half-tiled white walls and windows curtained downstairs with bluo and white checked material and upstairs with black oiled silk tho effect was pleasant. The wooden framework might, of course, be enamelled in a bright colour to match linoleum or woodwork. Or it could be white if one wished to lessen tho squared effect. Tho plain dark wood, however, makes, a good contrast to the shiny expanses of the ceiling and needs less touching up or cleaning than if it were painted or enamelled. Such a ceiling should not be costly. Tho white glass, which is thin, cost, when I last bought some, only a shilling or two a square foot. For a comparatively small outlay one could invest in a ceiling for tho average bathroom or scullery that need never be renewed.