HINTS ON FURNISHING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 675, 27 November 1909, Page 11

HINTS ON FURNISHING.

-Furnishing .fallacies die hard, especially the one thati'anikl^i(9 ;dingy or; dull, as.'" serviceable "■ .ani." suitablo " ior houses,; whereTocijnoigj As I(> a matter,, of ,-iaot,'\says.',ani !; Au^traliaii F . paper r iin 'BUch_ ; .hduses : . brightness .'and'-frediness, are the' qualities to. work;for,;because much ;.of..that which' is' only make-shift 'or-.entirely-' lacking .can be condoned and 'eyenr-pardoned'-when: the general : appearance •' is -attractive. But ; there are •' certaintemptations \ that. v assail:. the; economical . fuimahor,./ and • .these . ought,: to ; be ■ sternly,' resisted. .'/.To i: begin; with;; .self-coloured carpete; show spots; and fading far- more than patterned ones, : and the. beauty, of light-coloured cretonne ; coyers and-brise-brise or short curtains, with, pleated .flouncirigs,;is :apt;to .de--part with:.their,firfet visit to the laundry. On ■ the other.,,hand,.; tho, so-called,.;" seryiceable " things: are,''just 'as'.'much oujr of place, in , the .-unpractical -.wjirte-grounded-cretonne--is -.chiios'ei a ;bbld red, or ' blue;or vbrpWri;':one", ■; with ;an ; .imitation r- tapestryl.pattern, nor, need. one,', .after turning. reluctantly; away, from';': the'iiielf-coloured; Ai.minster ..'carpet.'-go ' ( tp , the:;.btttfer extreme; and many hues, Thenj .jnatter, of -paint' •for,';;w,oodWork,. - many,' people ..have,Vthe'; dullest .ideas. ; . ' ..They chooselifeless ■ 'greens: vprs.heayy ■ terracottas, ,and,.so;'on;;,;.,without; realiang: that'..ugliness is ;dear atiaiiy.-.price//After all, .white;paint, does not .mako,. much • ex'tra. work.; • Jifatiirally■ it'; has' 'to;.be.*dustedi;;but, 'sohas;! aU : ,'coloured 'wdo'dwork,arid .cr.eam,,- or iwhite- < enamelled paint goes a long: way to, brightening' A 'duU' room. Certainly- "it does not .'.fado'- pr; change colour. - Cretonne ''covers • need 'riot', be .rojocted,! as .long as'ithe ba'ckcround .'is 'considered carefully," 4nd some''With ; dull 'green, ' s;moky blue; pr soft biscuit shades show;.'np\the gay-j printing' just .as well as white,.dr crtam;; Besides;', there, is .'th6 recommendatiori that such colou'rs 'wear excelI leritly;;; .- ;i- • '' ; v ' : ;

£.'To : tis'j mt'ch ''.floorspace;' ? a3 :''pos-; sible'; is.V - the;'; latest 'jidca l ' -'infurnishing; and,- with a 1 now in that direction,; -the newest 'fitments for-bed '.or •'reception :'are' -so designed that there ajjould bb an- open :spaco /in.the cehtr'e'ofthe' apartment;' \ln;,a description rc'een tlygiven'o! , a bedroom;'arranged;' on the".newest; lines' as": much ' the' walls' as; possible ,-;Vr'ere -used 'jfor' cupboard- : accommodation; and' mantelpieces were ;so • fitted' with tiny folding 1 'tables:-that 'they fell."but 'at- a' touch■ when needed' for jmoi-iiingyteaVor; for; the'other.' thou-sand-and-ono-:uses'6mall'-'..stinds canHe put;to. Kooms aTe no longer crowdcd with , bric-a-brac, and' wall brackets (except for express use) are '"out,''.-and./not- '94 single "occasional" table is to bo- seen, What-are known >as "nests"/ of fijtedvinto; the /other—are brought- out : at tea-time, but;wheh''hot-in service are put out-of sight.' Everything tends towards the 5 simplicity -which' nowadays-r-para-doxical: as .it- sounds—is the 1 cult' of . the luxurious.' •• '' ,