Bedroom Luxury

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 692, 18 June 1929, Page 5

Bedroom Luxury

VOGUE FOR PAINTED SUITES

Charm of Soft Colour Tones

BEDSTEADS have returned to the decorative scheme. Many designs go back to the sixteenth and seventeenth century when the most ornate bedroom furnishings were the

vogue. Painted bed-ends provide one of j the most usual forms of the -modern decorative bed. Often these are lovely' examples of copies of seven-teenth-century' garlands of flowers, classical figures and landscapes. These designs are often painted in rich deep colours on a golden brown background. In other examples the ends, the head-end and low foot-end, are fashioned of beautifully-grained wood in which the veining makes the decorative design, the effect of the light and dark tones being heightened by brilliant polishing. The new painted suites of bedroom furniture can be used to introduce an effective colour scheme. These pieces are simple, almost seevre, in design, but the tone of the colouring is often exquisite; and, of course, the bend-ends are painted to match. This ty r pe of furniture is painted in quiet colour tones that blend perfectly into the background of a room, although the colour feeling may be a soft primrose or daffodil yellow, hea-

j ther purple aud mauve, bluebell blue or rose. It is quiet and unostentatious, and the definite note of colour is brought into the scheme by carpets, curtains or covers. The eiderdown and bedspread as well as even the sheets play an important part in the scheme. Coloured blankets are often used today. A striking note is introduced by 7 adding coloured sheets to the colour scheme. Made in fine linen, the effect is at least unusual. Eiderdowns and bedspreads are often today fashioned in the same fabric—embroidered taffeta or artificial silk, or perhaps linen. Many people find pure linen sheets cold, and prefer sheets that do not strike a chilly' feeling as one touches them. Care must be observed when using coloured sheets to see that they are in harmony with the colour scheme in the room, and pillow-slips and bol-ster-cases to match must, of course, be used. When well-chosen coloured sheets add a further touch of daintiness to a bedroom.