Modern designs for an old-fashioned farm kitchen

Press, 24 March 1988, Page 12

Modern designs for an old-fashioned farm kitchen

‘Living Space”

by

PRUDENCE ROTHENBERG

■ I i I . : ! ■ ! There , ;are so \ many i questions’to catchlup on', I will get straight clown |to to them. ‘ | i j : J I Q. I always read your column with interest and I T wonder if you could j help me with a colour scheme for my farm kitchen. It is ja large, oldfashioned room' 16ft! x 17ft with [a |loft stud. I The walls are; tongue and groove and the. origi- ) nal coal range redess' is now tiled with [a black multi-fuel burner inset. I have repeated the same tiles on the; island bench next to the grange, which is also in the I creamy shade of the tiles. -I (I The new | vinyl is tan/ cream/brown. ■ I would appreciate your suggestions for ceiling, wall, cupboard i colours and also blinds or

drapes for the windows) — H.A. Mt Somers. ) ; A. I have taken the scheme for your kitchen from a fabric of Sekers'. The design! is called Tropic and | the ' colour.) Autumn. This is quite a) modern design and yet j) am sure it will be quite) suitable for)) your farm) kitchen, the dolours in the) cloth are old.gold, tan, a) pale blue and dsrk blue) and green. I)' j I suggest painting ceil|-| ing and walls Duluxi silvertone; top cupboards! white, bottom cupboards! either Dulux brick red or) Resene Kashmir blud;) windows, cupboard trim's) and all woodwork white.!; Q. I would appreciate your advice on rede; corating a children’s bedroom. It is an upstairis room with the main wiri-

. h : I : I : dow to the north west and another alcove window facing west. It has a slightly sloping attic ceiling- ' ' ' J . II . e , The carpet is in fawn/ cream: and the woodwork white. We are thinking of painting the [j walls but are not sure (whether to paint over the existing wallpaper; (srimple enclosed) or strip it off '• completely first. The walls underneath are lath and plaster. Could you suggest a colour for the, wall, curtains and bedspreads? — M.T. Chch. I : A. You have sent me )a very well drawn plan arid ■an excellent drawing but have neglected to inform me of the age or sex pf • the children. I am giving ; you quite) a sophisticated

scheme I ideal : or either a teen-agd boy prlgirl.! I think your wallpaper will be isuitab! ? for painting over. (Ideally,; it viould be! better to -emove 1 the paper but yot, may have to hang a li iing paper. Your paint strip will be able to’give you technical advice, [,:)]'.. | I suggest painting i ceiling and' walls [Dulux Horizon (soft blue green). For the bedspread, I suggest I Sekers Multiplied- , tions, colour -esida. | This 1 is a multi-di imond [ pat- , tern in the colours of I aqua, brown, apricot and green. I For tie valance, j use Sekers cpintz cin- ) namonj and for the cur- i tains, Sekers Bandit col- 1 our. Reseda. This is a stripe in the colours bf the bedspread, j IQ, I !would| be pleased

with help in choosing wal paper and carpet for a bgdrqqmito go with the enclosed sample of drapes) and bedspread. Alsb I enclosed are samples of wool. The ones with the rubberband are| the colours of present floor rug. It also has some dark brown in it with off-white as a base colour.; The other wools! are for a floor rug I am, at present working on. The tie is the base shade. As the drapes and bed-) spread have been in use; for) sohie time, the col-) ouring: has toned down. The 'requirement is for; a Jaid back” paper. Il have enclosed a cut-) ting of wool tweed carpet; What do you think of these?) — Homemaker,! Leeston. A. Thank you for youri

letter, samples and plan: of your sunny bedroom. The colours of your floor rugs are (lovely) )—- you must be a busy person. As the background of your curtains is) 'a very definite; white, li would suggest a colour j in the wallpaper in a soft pink brown, such) as Vision volume 2 3894. • | J D do like Iwool tweed carpets and , consider them functional. With your handmade) rugs I think a plain hard-twist carpet would be preferable. It would feature the rugs, so much better. A pale green or rose pink would be ideal, j Do remember to look at your carpet and wallpaper together. | J Good luck with your decorating. ! ) i' Q Would | you please

give me a colour scheme for our teenagers! bedrooms, which) are: adjacent to each other. The rooms are both 3 metres square, with I the I nrirth facing wall all) windows and glass doors opening on to the deck.; Although these rooms [face: north they are shaded at times by |the trees land greenery. The furniture I is a medium stain. The boy’s low chest of drawers | has a white' top as well as a white trim oh the bookcase. The carpet is beige. The girl is I to haye a duvet and flounce.)) She likes bright colours t—pinks, blues, purple), and yellow.' As her room is small, would; she be better to have ljust one or I two pale colours?)) She does not want an all-pink room, but i would not

mind apricot if the bright colours were not suitable. She) likes diagonal, broken-type stripes. The boy has no preferences. I would be happy with anything .you suggest that would co-ordi-nate with the other room. I have always enjoyed reading your interesting section of the paper.—P. C., Christchurch. A As I; read through your, letter I keep wondering the names of your boy, and girl. They must enjoy bedrooms with doors on to a deck. I have chosen a rather exciting mix-and-match fabric for your daughter. The bedspread is in broken stripes of bright blue, tan, soft pink, and pale (blue with the valance in a plain tan .fabric. Tpere is another

mix-and-match ideal 'for the curtains, although being a) small room 11 • would be inclined; to have the plain cloth. (Bedspread: : Unitex Kehmill Collection, I) Katherine, navy; valance: Unitex Vintage Collection, vintage, coco; curtains: Unitex, Fordham blue, or i as valance.! For the boy — the bedspread to the floor in similar colours in a diagonal stripe? Sekers Gigi, colour Canton;) the curtains in a;plain chintz, Sekers ' Chintz, Federal blue; for the walls, a! warm cream in Visions, New background, volume 2, number ) 3893. I do hope boy and girl enjoy their, rooms. If you ) hrive any i' queries; on home decorating for (Prudency Rothen- ,

b[erg, address them to “giving Space,” itome and People Page, “The Press,” ' Private | (Bag, Christchurch. Queries cam only be answered in tills (column. ; || ii