DECORATIVE DETAILS

Shannon News, 6 June 1928, Page 1

DECORATIVE DETAILS

PLOWEES IN HOME. Once the house has been furnished and equipped the note of variety must be introduced by attention to details. ■ Modern taste inclines towards a scheme that can bo varied easily. If the walls are plain, either painted,' distempered, or covered with a texture wallpaper, and if. the carpet is almost patternless, it is very easy to introduce the attractive note of change, liven flowers in season can be pressed into service. Many people, however, find, it an expense they cannot afford to buy fresh flowers frequently to replenish the flower vases. Then art steps in to-day to aid nature, and it is really astonishing what wonderful rivals to nature we find in so called artificial flowers. There is an unpleasant sound about the word ‘artificial.’ We associate it with pretence and a false character that is unpleasing. Yet so lovely in themselves are many of the forms that now find expression as flowers, etc., that even the most artistic eye finds pleasure in them. Glass flowers are extremely dainty and decorative, and are less fragile than their delicate appearance would lead us to expect. , Even rubber flowers, delicately scented and coloured to closely ; resemble nature, are very attractive.. Feathers too, and wax, are used with artistic effect, and muslin and silk are ; to-day employed to fashion plants in pots that require close scrutiny to rev6al their origin. Among the most popular of artificial flowers are those composed of shells. Very tjeautiful effects are achieved by the skilfull use of shell flowers, which are made in exquisite colours and various sizes.