DECORATIVE SCHEMES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 783, 2 October 1929, Page 14

DECORATIVE SCHEMES

IDEAS FOR NEW HOMES Before you buy any kind, of. new furnishings for your home, analyse the room in which they are to be used, just as a professional decorator does, and decide what types, colours and designs will best harmonise with its furnishings. But first of all consider the room’s exposure and purpose, aud be sure that you have the right decorative scheme. In general, this means the dominance of yellow, reds and warm browns tor the cold rooms that are lacking in natural cheerfulness, and blues, greens and greys for the warm, sunny rooms. If you find your room is not right, the easiest way to make it so is to install one of those new decorative floors of inlaid linoleum in suitable colours. Then you can gradually make such changes as may be necessary to bring the rest of the furnishings into harmony with the corrected decorative scheme. You will be amazed to find what a change can be made In a room by merely thus bringing the floor into the decorative scheme. And yet, if you stop to consider, the floor is actually the largest area which the eye usually encounters. Quite naturally, its colours will dominate and affect the entire character of its surroundings. In addition to their remarkable beauty and decorative value, floors of genuine inlaid linoleum are decidedly practical. They are so easily cared for, so comfortable underfoot, and so economical to maintain, that the satisfaction they bring with them will last you all your days.