RUBBER FURNISHINGS

Evening Star, Issue 20134, 26 March 1929, Page 2

RUBBER FURNISHINGS

ELIMINATING NOISE There are few uses in the modern house to which rubber is not put, says an English writer. W T c have rubber floors and walls; furniture is rubber upholstered, mattresses rubber stuffed. There are two kinds of rubber upholstery—the sponge and the pneumatic. " It is with the former that our mattresses and. chairs, our chesterfields and cushions'are filled. Mattresses so made are the last word in luxurious ease. They cannot sag or become lumpy, consequently they never need re-making. They "are sellventilating ; completely hygienic. They are so extraordinarily resilient that one’s body is adequately and naturally supported in whatever position it may choose to assume on them. Floors for the garden ; floors for the house. Architects and the building public are undoubtedly paying more and still more attention to this idea. Its advantages are obvious, especially in this noise-cursed, ncrve-racked age of ours. llubber flooring can be laid on almost any existing floor —wood, concrete, or stone. A wood base appears to give the best results. It must, however, be thoroughly seasoned—a counsel of perfection, possibly, in these days! There are many people, who, like a timid bather, prefer to sample the water with a testing toe before taking the plunge; people who, in other words, are not quite sure about that rubber floor. Let them, then, first experiment with one of the .sponge rubber carpets that can now be bought. These have a soft deep velvety pile, and arc decorative to a degree. If that does not convince the timorous, nothing will. , In the bathroom, especially, rubber is indicated. Floor of it; walls of it—-•splash-proof, wear-proof; rubberised curtains at the window and round the shower. . . . In the kitchen, also, rubber is indicated. It is greaseproof and waterproof, and very easily cleaned- Soothing, too, to the nerves of the staff, if they are inclined to be “ temperamental ” ! Also, with a rubber floor and a rubber-lined sink, breakages are reduced to a minimum. Those who go into this question of furnishing with rubber will find not only that it is adaptable to almost every household need, but that it will weax- for a lifetime. In fact, to sum up, and a little to misquote: “Ago cannot wither it, nor custom stale its infiuite variety.”