OTHER-PEOPLE’S HOMES.

Matamata Record, Volume XIII, Issue 1140, 21 July 1930, Page 2

OTHER-PEOPLE’S HOMES.

NEW IDEAS FROM LONDON. At first sight one would imagine that the big house in Connaught Place taken b.y Captain Oliver and Lady Moira decorators But a few rooms, including the nurseries, have been completed by Lyttelton was still in the hands t of the Sir Edwin Lutyens, who i s in charge, and in these Lady Moira is living at the . present, writes an Englishwoman. There are some very lovely bedrooms, each with its own bathroom. Lady Moira’s bedroom has a Chinese bird wnJipaper in tones of green. The bed is an old four-poster, in beige, with green hangings, and a delightful contrast is provided by a dressing table set of brght blue enamel. «. The bathroom ha s black walls and green fittings. Captain Oliver’s room is painted jade green, has no pictures, and his bathroom is black and white marble with black fittings. There is much green in the nurseries, too, which occupy a whole floor of the house, overlooking Arch. Anthony’s bedroom is painted eau do nil green, and the chair-covers and bed-spread are of very shiny, glazed chintz. Sprigged cotton of old-fash-ioned design has been chosen for curtains.