TINY HOMES.
MODERN. ANDThere are many delightful modern homes in London for Vjffe young married folk, who all wish for the newest and; homes, and even those who have-P^fc, from old, old homes, beautified ennobled, with the passing -of 1 ■ years, still prefer to buttdi.i»J*jjjs|j; ultra-modern house. A young bride of an old .»BUlreS&: England, who all her life has Uved-J%|_ a mansion. of a place in place of 250 rooms and acres of and gardens, has chosen to very small • home in an avenue Kings road, though it is known she and her husband could hare *" ,* cupied a magnificent hunting lodg®*jffe. the north (states a London writer wa, * the ' ' '"SB;. This is a very perfect little The drawing-room is a deep brae,.- j<*rp there are no corners or walls are rounded so that when lights are turned on and reflect highly polished walls, the room js «*Si - the inside of a witch ball. iPgThe fireplace is silver grey, with .. ber lalique bowls on the silver , built at the side, and the low chairs are in amber and deep, a l®?r s ink, blue; the carpet is the sam? OT®®*? The bedroom is in primrose, .WW V amber and orange; the bed, of i golden wood, has a wide flat neaov which curves round on either side ■ * , _ form tables; at each side are golden lamps; the curtains are of fIW-n- i brown and real geranium red ■ Iu the bathroom, which adjoins A" 3 . | room, the walls are buttercup 5. the floor is yellow, and the yellow po«*, J lain bath is somehow lit with a hid en _ 4 light, which suffuses the water * ' • a, soft glow. Perhaps, after all, a li" t-% modern home is to be preferred to ; mansion. i.'"*-"
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20342, 15 September 1931, Page 2
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