FRIENDLY AIR PERMEATES LADY BALDWIN'S HOUSE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 35, 4 November 1937, Page 11

FRIENDLY AIR PERMEATES LADY BALDWIN'S HOUSE

t Under Lady Baldwin's direction, lier Inew home at No. 69 Eaton Square has Cbecome a house with-' a . friendly air. :This is an atmosphere that she has al.ways created successfully, whether at "^0.10," in the heaTt of Mayfair, or in Belgravia, states the Daily Teleigraph; The house is a sunshiny cream (throughout. This would probably bave ibeen .Lady Baldwin's choiee, but it was already modernised and redeeoratetl when her son-in-law, Mr. Arthur Howjard^ offiered it to her and Lord Baldwin. 1 Three st'udies are the most important Tooms in the house. Mr. Baldwin has the quietesfc and iightest, on the first flo'or at the back, over the dining-room, hardly .any traffic sounds penetrate i there. Lady Betty Baldwin, who lives with j her parents, has the long back room, j which is also very peaceful, at the end j of the hall. | Lady Baldwin puts up with trafdc I SQunds. Her pleasant private sittingroom is in f ront, on street level. Book-lined Wails. In. his large, peaceful study with • books covering almost every inch of wall, Earl Baldwin of Bewdley has been sp'ending xestful hours of every day after arduous years as head of the Government. People,, interested in a Prime Min,iater's view of the ideal study may H6 iritrigued by Lord Baldwin's choice. Ceiling, and walls where not hidden by bo'oks, cream. Floor covering, red Turkey. carpet. Desk, oak; Government style, with red leather top. Two easy chairs, both in plain blue fabric. Although every available inch of wall is cqncealed by built-in bookcases, and the shelves are filled, nOboqy knows where to put all the books that still want homes. Features of Lady Betty Baldwin's study are her attractive walnut desk, first edition Toby jug of Mr. Baldwin, and his pipe by the Ashtead Potters, and her fine xadio set. Days of the Kiplings. In 'Lady Baldwin's blue-carpeted slt-ting-xoom one gets gilmpses of those wonderful days of Stanley Baldwin's chjldhood, days of the Kiplings, BurneJones, and Poynters. Lady Baldwin treasures the memories ' of the foux cultured sisters, one of whom was her mother-in-law, while the others married Sir Edward Burne-Jone!, Sir Edward Poynter, another great artist, and Mr. Lockwood Kipling, father of the novelist. It is her sitting room, where she deals with her still large correspondence, at her desk by the window, that BurneJones' painting of days at Rottingdean is hung. On the opposite wall is his tapestry, "Love and the Pilgrim." • Here are other points about this new liome. In defiance of moder'nist hostesses tvho ordain the neutral-toned carpet, ier carpets are in deep rich tones.