MAKING A HOME.
COLOUR AND QUIET.
Curtains are the most prominent item in a room, and should, therefore, be selected first. Curtain materials arc limited to some degree as to colour, while paints ean he mixed to match any material. Henco it is easier to select the curtains first and arrange the paints to tone with them, and so secure a._good scheme of colouring.
Although a dining room and a bedroom may both have the same aspect, they require different colouring. A dining room is used for entertaining, and therefore should be, bright and cheerful, whereas a bedroom should bo restful.
• 'ln a dining room that requires to be brightened use printed linen. Or a quieter tone is obtained by tapestry. In a dining room that has plenty of light use a plain material such as velvet. In a bright drawing room choose artificial silk shot in two colours, or a damask or a soft-toned cretonne.
In a duller room use a gayer pattern of cretonne or a damask in two colours. Cretonnes are the most suitable materials. Little inner curtains of net of similar colour to the walls soften the light of the room.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20922, 11 July 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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