ROOMS THAT ARE PLAIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1001, 18 June 1930, Page 6

ROOMS THAT ARE PLAIN

The old-time wealth of detail in looms is being more and more eliminated. Plain materials, whether in linen or in artificial silk, are taking the place of figured and patterned fabrics, and their adornments are restricted to little fringes to weight the curtains and punctuate the seams in chaircovers. In the latter case the fringe is of the loop order and matches the colour of the fabric as closely as possible. Nothing can look fresher or crisper at the windows than selfcolour taffeta bordered with braid or metal fringe, while for chairs and

settee, the shade may be matched up . in the harder wearing rep or furnishing satin. The newest designs in furniture for ' the living room or the bedroom are plainness personified. A complete absence of moulding and panelling is , restful, the decorative note being : sufficiently supplied by the grain of - the wood. The soft grey-brown of : weathered oak is being widely ex- , ploited and many decorators believe • that the best effects are to be secured ■ by using an almost identical tint for ■ the carpet and the curtains. Even the • walls may be in a somewhat lighter I shade of the same colour.