COLOUR SCHEMES

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6801, 3 January 1929, Page 11

COLOUR SCHEMES

IVORY AND BLUE. A scheme for a room where space is limited. The old ivory-coloured wardrobe and shelves sink into the walls of the same colour so that they arc hardly noticeable. This gives value to the books, making them part-of the room’s decoration. It is a happy arrangement —the volumes are so near at hand. The bookcases- are., united by a cornice from which a valance is hung that cleverly conceals the electric light. They also form a recess for the head of the bed —airy and at the same time draughtproof. The bedspread is blue, and the carpet a deeper tone of the same colour. The cretonne curtains are a delicate allover pattern, with blue predominate ing- ' . Grey und Orange. Grey is such a friendly background for other colours. It emphasises their beauty. And we may use it with any of the favourite hues —blue, green, mauve or orange. The curtains and chair covers of grey linen lined with orange—-a combination which is most effective. When making the curtains allow about an inch and a half to two inches extra on the lining to form a border on the right side. The frills of the chair covers and the latticed windows are lined in the same way—the covers themselves being piped with orange. The room can be enlivened by a variety of colour iu the cushions —orange shduld be foremost, .with blue and jade-green.