FRESHNESS, COLOUR

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 99, 20 January 1933, Page 5

FRESHNESS, COLOUR

Some Painting Suggestions BRILLIANT HUES POPULAR There are endless things the amateur can do with paint to infuse some freshness into shabby colour schemes. Dark corners can be brightened, cupboards brought into line with the general idea, and shapely pieces of furniture that have lost their charm restored. One resourceful person I know has given variety and interest to her sit-ting-room, which has primrose walls and ceiling, by painting the inside of two cupboards flanking the fireplace a brilliant orange. Elsewhere in the room the woodwork' is coloured to match the walls, and the insides of the cupboard door and the shelves make an arresting background for rows of delicate primrose china. Once embarked upon the adventure of freshening the home with paint there are numberless things which appear to need attention. Have you thought of restoring ugly black grates with heat-resisting aluminium paint? Tanks, cisterns, and water-pipes respond admirably to this treatment, and provide a note of colour in kitchen, scullery and bathroom for a mere song. Then there are uncrackaljle floor paints which offer such an attractive means of enlivening the effect of a carpet by moans of a contrasting sur.round. Stairs, too, are no longer the drab brown-and-white affairs of yesterday. Cream, stippled walls and lacquer-red stair-treads are an inviting combination which can be achieved by the amateur with distemper, a stippling brush, and some hard gloss paint. The front door can share in the general rejuvenation while painting is afoot.