Decorating the Doors

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 243, 4 January 1928, Page 6

Decorating the Doors

FASCINATING IDEAS A Few Designs DOORS can be decorated in so many fascinating ways that it seems a pity to overlook them. The panels can be stencilled, coloured borders may be painted on, embroidery pictures may be put to good use—the possibilities are endless.

UOR a bright modern room, with plain A furniture and a simple sc! me of decoration, a delightful effect is obtained by arranging a Japanese print across the upper panel of the door. A bough of apple blossom against a sky of duck’s egg blue, for instance, will look charming on a grey door The print should be mounted ot thin wood, then covered with glass, and narrowly framed in scarlet lacquer, to get the best effect. A print of birds, or figures if preferred, might be used; or a coloured wood-block picture would look unconventional and gay. Talking of the paint on doors, a famous furnishing expe »s expresso 1 .the opinion that, whenever possible the outpr framework of the doorway should he painted black, or a dark* - colour than the rest of the woodwork. It is this part which generally has tnmost wear, but if treated as suggested, finger-marks and the like will not shew nearly as quickly as would otherwise be the case.

They should be framed in black d gilt and fastened securely to the panels of a white-painted door. The lower panels might be given very narrow lines of black and gilt to corresp nd; and a wool-work bell-rope hung on the wall at one side, flanked by silhouette portraits of crinolined dames, will complete the picture. The nursery door can come in for its share of decoration, too. The design should be arranged on the flower panels, having regard to the youthful owners lack of inches. A delightful idea would be to paint a smart wooden soldier, complete with busby and red and white uniform, on each side. The soldiers will appear to be holding the nursery fort against intruding grown-ups.