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IDEAS FOR HOUSE AND HOME "Just how shall I set about furnishing my living room so that it gives the right impression of airy comfort P How shall I arrange the bedroom ? How can 1 bring my kitchen up-to-date?" In search of the answers to these and similar questions, hundreds of women visited the Ideal Home and Building Exhibition held recently in Melbourne. An important feature was the popularity of light-coloured woods and the lavish use of curved surfaces and looking glass. ''One particularly simple and restful sitting room shows modern furnishing at its best," writes a correspondent on the subject. "Built-in bookcases on either side of the fireplace accommodate most of the family library, while a small bookcase table of convenient height stands beside a very comfortable-looking arm-chair of moderate proportions and upholstered in a brown cotton tapestry, piped wit-li cream. Warm-shaded flowers on the
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22391, 11 April 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)
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149"RED AND WHITE" New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22391, 11 April 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)
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