COLOUR AND QUIET.
Curtains and the most prominent item in a room, and should, therefore, be mixed to match the material. Hence it is easier to select the curtains first and arrange the paints to tone with them, and so secure a good scheme of colouring. i Althopgh a dining room and a bedroom may both have the same aspect, they require different colouring. A diqing ro.opa is used for entertaining, and therefore sho.uld be b.right and cheerful, whereas a bedroom should be restful. In a dining room that requires fo be brightened use printed linen. Or a qnieter tone is obtained by tapestry. In a dining room that has plenty of light nse a pla\n material such as velvet. Ip a bright drawing-room schopse articficial silk shot in two. colonrs, or a damask or a soft-toned cretomqe. In a duller rooin nse a gayer pattern of cretonne *or a damask in tvyo colours. Cretonnes are the most suitable materials. Little inner curtains of net of similar coloqr to the walls soften the light of the room.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 45, 15 October 1931, Page 5
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