Furnishings.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5385, 8 February 1929, Page 4

Furnishings.

With the; :fast-apnroac,hing cooler days it. is necessary to plan a few simple and inexpensive furnishings that will add: warmth and cosiness to the drawing- rocjm. Perhaps the most important o 1! these alterations will he; new curtains and light shades. You may depend on your to supply the most, important keynotes to your colour; schemes. This, is logical enough, since walls are often neutral and the floors are quiet, allowing the finest c.hiancc for curtains showing rich blues, tawny mustard, and old gold tones, th e friendly note's of rose, anti even bla ck. Jn summer the tendency is to ma ke windows and doors look even larger th.an they are ; but with a fire glowitig fin the grate the- windows need to api>ear smaller and the door cosier. When you have chosen your hanging, arrange it so that f -^ e edgje is flush with the wiiidqw or' door, and see that it reaches to. w itliin an inch or so of the floor. Drajpei? lined are an improvement, as they hang better and look richer when th e light is shining through them. fllhe lining should be attached at th<j top and caught here and there dot vn the sides, but. hemmed .up about an ; m th shorter

and quite free at the bottom. Black taffeta (furniture) or silk pop-, linlqok effective hand-worked in bold, designs with silk braids, chenille, or ordinary embroidery silks, the work in multi-colours, with gold predominating—to suggest a liglit shade with gold as its keynote. 'A gcjd shade is especially favoured for the winter evening readings, it being soft to the eyes, and suggesting warmth and comfort to the mind when the wind is howling without. With blue notes, rosq lights augment the scheme charmingly, with the result that the room is very much mere attractive than if it were entirely rose toned. For a polished table in a dark corner a brass or a pewter-col'ourejd metal candlestick, with an ivory candle case that leads to a small satin-finished bulb of electricity at the tip, will give a charming finish to any roCjin. Nowadays we invariably have lights silkcoated or vellum-cased, when we do not have the friendly tajl. unshaded candles, and with this new era of proper lighting a soft but adequate glow, rose-coloured or golden, one is sejen, and sees others, under the most flattering conditions.