SPADE ABOVE THE CUPBOARD.
If you like ‘ amusing ’ decorations, you will approve of the sea-green tinted glass tanks which some modernist designers lr ve produced for filling in the spaces above cupboards, wardrobes and doors. The tanks are lighted by electric lamps hi,dacn among the sea-urchins, molluscs, jellyfish and coral reefs which, develop-d in coloured glass, lend a certain liveliness to the whole. "When the tank is filled with water and the hidden lamp is lighted up, there is no denying the interest it lends to the room, of a window-box; it is a long narrow .Teceptaele, 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 step-
ladder 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 harni's way, yet making a very acceptable contribution to the decorative theme. This fitment Is . made exactly to fit the space cun- ! corned, and it tapers off till the last | shelf is brought up to the wall at tne back.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 243, 28 June 1928, Page 2
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211SPADE ABOVE THE CUPBOARD. Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 243, 28 June 1928, Page 2
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