WHEN DAYS ARE DULL
When days are dull and every gleam of sunshine has to be made the most of, the ceilings in our rooms become doubly .impo.rtant, writes a correspondent in the "Cape Times." Indeed, the colour of the ceiling, the drabness- or brightness of it, Has a definite effect upon our state of mind, whether we realise the fact or not.
Even a white ceiling may have. a rather chilling effect, for whiteness is after all only comparative, and too often a white ceiling appears a cold, bluish grey, especially if it is above walls which are of a "warm" colour.
In theory the ideal colour for a ceiling is that of the.walls, ' but several shades lighter. Walls of warm ivory, dull pink, or soft green look charming surmounted by a ceiling washed in a colour of a few shafSes paler.
Patterned wallpapers are again seen, and these, too, look well when the ceiling has been coloured in one of the lighter shades.
Contrasting effects are also quite successful, and much used nowadays for ceilings and walls. In a rather-cold-looking room a plain gold ceiling is most attractive.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 10, 11 July 1936, Page 19
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190WHEN DAYS ARE DULL Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 10, 11 July 1936, Page 19
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