THE NURSERY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17408, 10 December 1924, Page 12

THE NURSERY.

7n every house where there are children one room should be set. aside for their sole use. even if the drawingroom has to be sacrificed. It need not* necessarily an upstairs room. In some houses it is more convenient to let ths children use a room which has access to the garden. It certainly should not be a bedroom if more than one child is to use it. Jt- is not healthy for tho same room to be lived in during the day and slept- in at only one child and the nurserv is a large room, it. can be used both as a day and a night nursery. The ideal nursery faces south or south-east, so as to receive the morning sun. Tt should Tie large and lotty and well ventilated. but. at. the same time, free from draughts. Tt should be cheerful, and therefore should have light distempered walls and white enamelled, woodArork. No carpets should be on th*s floor, but linoleum or cork carpet, with one or two rugs, light enough to be taken up and shaken eA-ery day. Curtains should be of pretty washable material. In fact, nothing which will not wash should find a place m the nursery. A frieze round the wall of gaily-eolonr. pictures beloved by nursery inmate?, such as figures out- of nursery rhvmes* does away with the need of pictures. If a picture or two is added, they must he good or\*>& and of a subject, which; will not. frighten the children or giv* them a. false idea of art. Tt is n too early to cultivate a love of thft beautiful. Nursery furniture j? nice if made of painted wood, plain in outline, so that no dust is entrapped, and oo»d. veniently low for the children. Tt should also include two or three good* sized - cupboards, where toy? and bookg may be put tidily away when playtime