Book bars highlight of Attic

Press, 24 March 1988, Page 22

Book bars highlight of Attic

Today Hurst and Drake open the Attic. There are no cobwebs in sight, but it does hold a secret The secret of howto bring an j almost unlimited | choice l of wallpapers from New; Zealand and Europe to the Christchurch public. The papers which are all the rage overseas can now be found at 1 Hurst and Drake’s city branch. Presenting such a huge range of colours, designs and textures can pose something of a problem, but Hurst and Drake have made use of an overseas trend to simplify choosing. | They have set up “book bars” which store dozens of pattern books from just about every manufacturer you can think of, and many which are not yet known in the city. The book bars, with their space-age contours, are designed to make wallpaper selection easy. The Attic staff at Hurst and Drake have been

r ■ i : i trained | to identify which !>ks will suit a particucustpmer’s needs, taste I price-range, and havsorted this but I the tomer pan use [the k-iike top of the bar to wse through the books, 'he bars; also ihave a special rail over which fabric samples can be bung to gain an over-all I pression of what their >m could look like. The [staff; have been osen for,' amongst other ngs, [their; feel|: for in[ior design and their ility jto help the [cusner with ideas, i [ A large range of fabrics ; avaiable; in the Attic, i, designed to [complement or [contrast with their stock! of wallpapers. 11 Mr Hurst, the chairman of Hurst and Drake,; beieves that the Attic is the way of retailing in! the future, and! that it adds a lew; dimension to Hurst and Drake’s long tradition of service [to the [public, ik'jsivrS'h H > tihri- :it ‘1 -ir\ |A ’ I i t ■.i . 1.