GOOD DOORS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 167, 5 October 1927, Page 7

GOOD DOORS

THINGS THAT COUNT. A HOME NECESSITY. Beautiful doors, doors that are structurally good, add a great deal to the value of a residence. They may be in large measure a deciding factor determining whether a home offers charm or intangible disappointment. Doors are the gateways to your home and its rooms; they should be of good materials and well made. A stock door produced by a manufacturer who has been making doors for three generations has as one of its distinctive features a recessed panel together with a stock moulding in a stock thickness of doors. It was the first stock door to have this feature. It combines the simplicity of the single panel with the richness of the moulded door. It has a character that lends itself to the many architectural styles due to its artistic lines and proportions. This door is strongly made and structurally' correct. It Is made in both hard and soft woods. Patented standards of precision in good manufac* ture, combined with quantity production, have made this door possible at a reasonable price. We are likely to think of a door as merely a door, simply a necessity, and as such dismiss it from our thoughts, but this is a mistake. Doors are one of the few moving parts of the house and one of the most conspicuous pieces of the interior equipment. They must function properly and fit snugly”; nothing is more irritating than a door that refuses to open and close easily, or one which has poor lock action. The close grained woods of which the doors referred to are made suits them for paint, enamel or lacquer. They accept any colour treatment that is desired and retain their beauty. The wood will not open up under the influence of beat and cause the finish to crack.

Prominent business men have unanimously' condemned the hire purchase of luxuries, but agree to the hire purchase of health-economy grade. Housewives who still use the old-fashioned unhealthy brooms and dusters are seriously thinking of the advantages of vacuum cleaning at four or five shillings a week for a comparatively short period, against germ-laden filth, fatigue, waste time, headaches, backaches. and ill-health.

Among the new bathmats are those of crepe rubber. In many colours, they are a pleasing novelty' in the bathroom. But with the popularity of home-made things to crochet a bathmat is the latest fad. Ordinary flat double crochet can be used throughout, and the mat is an easily-made addition to a pretty, bathroom.