Square Furniture Popular

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31120, 25 July 1966, Page 2

Square Furniture Popular

(By

STELLA BRUCE)

It is no longer square to be square—certainly where home fashions are concerned. Square, chunky furniture, bristling with sharp corners, is expected to be all the rage within six months.

This applies to everything from armchairs, to beds, to wall units. From the examples I have seen, wallunits lend themselves most happily to the square approach. Based almost on the principle of children’s building bricks, the furniture can be added to, subtracted from, and even turned on its side, with great effect. Certainly, it seems a highly attractive and satisfactory way of furnishing when space and money are limited. One designer is offering a series of boxes, beautifully made in walnut, oak or mahogany, which can be built into tailor-made units to suit individual needs.

Shelves, doors and padded seats are available if required. Possibilities, it seems, are limited only by the imagination—l have seen “little boxes” grouped together as sideboards, kitchen cabinets, a series of chests for the bedroom, bookshelves, and occasional tables.

The beauty of this type of system is that when you are tired of one construction, you undo a few screws and

build the parts into something new.

A handyman can build the boxes—a standard 21-inch construction seems the most practicable—or you can get them ready-made. Certainly, it is a good idea.—Provincial Press Features.