STYLES IN PAINT

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21403, 21 July 1939, Page 12

STYLES IN PAINT

! Householders arc coming to think of I paint- especially indoor work not as I merely a protective covering; but as a | means of giving their rooms a .'.mart, I up-to-date appearance, comments the i “Cape 'rimes.” I Good style in painted rooms docs i not depend upon super-knowledge or ! mysterious processes— it merely means 'that the painter adopts new ideas as . they come along, such as he is apprised ; of in liis trade magazines, journals on decoration, and so on. ! Because irovy or bull’ walls, with 'the trim a slightly darker shade, are j art istically correct, it does not follow I that these particular colour schemes 1 should always bo used. The light-toned furniture woods, upholstery and curj tain fabric; in vogue' are best set off by walls of about the same value' -ofT- ; whites which go towards yellow, or I ro.'.e, or parchment colours. Or, they I make take on now effectiveness against | wadis ot stronger, darker colours, such as medium blue, jade green, chocolate brown. Styling in indoor painting has nnI doubtedly come to stay, and it makes I the work of the painter much more I important than when he is called in ; merely to cover the walls with some i stock colour.