THE SPACE ABOVE THE CUPBOARD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20168, 9 June 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE SPACE ABOVE THE CUPBOARD

If you like ‘amusing’ decorations, you will approve of the sea-green tinted glass tanks which some modernist designers h .ve produced for filling in the spaces above cupboards, wardrobes and doors. The tanks arc lighted by electric lamps hiducn among the sea-urchins, molluscs, Jellyfish and coral reefs which, developed in coloured glass, lend a. certain liveJircss to the whole. AVhen the tank is filled with water and the hidden lamp is lighted up, there is no denying the interest it lends to the room. Another modernist idea for filling a

space is the fitment made on the lines of a window-box; it is a long narrow receptacle, either painted or fitted with lustrous tiles to tone with the colour scheme of the room. Sometimes the box is filled With glass or feather flowers; sometimes with growing ferns, the only objection to this latter scheme being the necessity for a stepladder when the ferns have to oe watered. For collectors of china there are tiers of ledges, combined in apex form so that the pieces can be displayed well out of harm’s way, yet making a very' acceptable, contribution to the decorative theme. This fitment. is made exactly to fit the space concerned, and it tapers off till the last shelf is brought up to the wall at fne back.

One ingenious designer has invented a series of painted hat-boxes with fronts that make a continuous theme, and which fit neatly into the space above a paintcyl wardrobe. There i*s no untidiness in keeping bandboxes displayed to view in this way.