ATTRACTIVE PAINTED DOORS.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 301, 15 August 1929, Page 1

ATTRACTIVE PAINTED DOORS.

Visitors to Holland end Hungary must have noticed how bright and cheerful the little village houses look, with their door* painted in gay vivid colours and simple bold patterns. It would probably prove a little too unconventional to (‘oine home ami paint our own front doors in a similar manner, but there is no reason why the inside doors should not be decorated. The bold geometric simplicity of the most successful Dutch door-paintings will blend delightfully with the plain | a.;*.icrity of modern furniture; und the work is easily carried out by the onterpris*. *g amateur. The Hoot should first oe enamelled with collu'ose paint in tho chosen 1 background colour. When the surj face is tone dry, the design can be blocked m with charcoal. If you like, you car take the measurements of the panels .a nr draft out the pattern on paper before transferring it to tho door. It will bo easy to evolve some simple design of squares, t*. .angles, i and so on. bv means of ruler and compasses; or perhaps a large needlework transfer ought be adapted fir your purpose. The chief point to bear in mind is to keen the whore pattern as plain and unobtrusive possible; the moment anything “fussy” or ov-'i-eicbera* «* creeps into tlm work, the entire effect wi’l be spodt. When the design is' drafted nut satisfactorily, the different parts of the pa.-ren: can }v» painted in. quick-Irving enamels, and lie re not to lot >inv of t?u» colours run into each other. The t : nts used most i* v depend on the furnishing scheme of the room but an attractive inland a design in white. s ,-irV‘. f*n-:l jade green. On an nnpV green door, a pattern in bright Delft hlu«*. eherrv-red and white, wid look delightful. Pictures should be few, and the furniture vorv plain, to harmonise with the gay simplicity of the dn~**pa : n tings. r.m.