BEAUTY OF BARE ROOMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 226, 18 June 1919, Page 4

BEAUTY OF BARE ROOMS

THE PASSING' OF THE SXIPBRTTLU- ■. OUS. '." High prices'-have \ their advantages in that they''lend to' discouragb that'.'acquisitiveness which is natural to the'inajoi'ity' of" us (states' tlie "Daily .News"). Every woman loves a bargain, and the low- prices wliich 'ruled : in pre-war -.days were responsible, for -tlie purchase of innumerable "objets <le vertu" for tlie home which the home could quite wtdl have done without. But tho war'lias"altered all that. One can. only -pfford tho essential—and. from tho" aesthetic point of view our houses are going to bonelit enormously. For tho majority of. war . the' purchase of absolute essentials taxes the resources'.» severely that only tho.rpiriiijium of fin" ■niture 'is. bought, while most of thewedding presents are of a strictly utilitarian order. The.consequenc.o.'is- that ..many ot us ..are beginning to realise for the. .first time how exceedingly pleasant to' live with the somewhat undcr-fiunished room can be. . . ■ , ■ To minds'accustomed, to "suites," with their monotonous array of chairs, unnecessary cabinets and. occasional , tables, the beauty, of the'-rooiiis of to-day, with their strict'complement of severelyrationed furniture, comes .as something of a revelation. For the.first time we are able to .appreciate the merits of each piece of furniture, undisturbed by the too close proximity.of another. l''or the first I. time wo aro. free from the' ilistraating infiuenco of "ornaments," crowded into every available corner; for'tho first timu we can concentrate .on. the merits el' the single artistic pieces we jnay possess. Olio of tlie. most satisfying rooms that I have'met with , lias been that recently furnished by a war bride. Its 'sole t'urnituro consisted of a spacious divaii, two armchairs, a table aild a grand piano. It;i only , wall decoration-was a strip of Persian embroidery. It needed no other.