THE HOME
lln furnishing a whole house it is I necessary, before deciding on the colour schemes for individual rooms, to work out a general plan for tho whole. What system is to be adopted —that of carrying one prevailing colour combination throughout, or that of decorating and furnishing each room as a separate nnit in relation to its aspect and its purpose only? Speaking generally, a sense of spaciousness and dignity is created when a general scheme is planned, and this is especially valuable when 'the rooms are rather small and the halls ajul staircaso narrow. But it calls for more careful designing in each of the rooms, so that the cooler tones may bo emphasised in the brighter rooms, and the more cheerful tones in the cool rooms. The prevailing fashion, however, which favours neutral backgrounds of greys and fawns in carpets and upholsterings makes a general scheme easier to effect.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21656, 23 November 1933, Page 4
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