INEXPENSIVE SCREENS.

Matamata Record, Volume XIII, Issue 1104, 10 March 1930, Page 2

INEXPENSIVE SCREENS.

Screens which are efficient, yet decorative, are needed in every well-run home. Screens to cut out draughts; screens to divide a room into two; screens to provide privac; when a door must be open t 0 admit fresh air; screens for the inv-alid’s bed-side, truly screens have many uses! But to buy a specimen which fulfils all practical demands while fleasing the eye may be too costly a business to. contemplate at the moment. Here, then, are some alternative suggestions: One of the most beautiful and effective screens I have see*, for many a day was contrived out of two old doors which belonged originally to a Breton armoire, and .fere sold for less than a pound. They were hinged together in a couple of places, the decorated sides were " turned outwards, and the plain inner sides were covered with stretched artificial silk brocade in mauve and blue. AH round the edges of the material purple upholstery gimp was .tacked with small ■ brass-headed nails. Nothing could haveproved either more efficient for its purpose or more finely impressive. Another notion is to purchase one ot the biggest towel-horses available, stain it to accord with the furnishing scheme, and give it a coat of truns parent varnish. Now fix little brass rods and rod holders so that they come flush with the frame, and hang from the rods loose panels of appliqued h - 'i. or silk. Alternatively, you might use double rods and gather a streiched length of material between the two begging to each panel. Three-py wood is useful to the ama-screen-maker as a basis on which to glue old colour-prints as decorations.