FURNISHINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17976, 22 March 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)

FURNISHINGS.

SOIV!E NEW IDEAS. The English correspondent of an Australian paper tells us of the latest ideas in furnishing in the smart worlds of Paris and London. Some of the ideas arc adaptable to Colonial homes, hut some would appear fantastic to most of us, especially in these maidless days of quick dusting. The latest idea is to cover your walls and ceiling with material, instead of paper. A special artificial silk is often used for this purpose, and for Ihe most luxurious rooms velvet is chosen. The boudoir of a certain fashionable Parisiennc has just 'been done up in a grey and silver scheme, and has its walls and ceiling covered with grey velvet. And another very lovely room in a modern Paris flat had its walls covered with primrose silk, while the ceiling was covered in old gold satin, disposed to give the effect of the rays of the sun. Satin is also used for wall coverings, and you can have your material either stretched tightly across the walls or else rucked. Delicate pastel shades are the most popular, hut some people go in for more exotic schemes, and have their walls covered with vivid silk, which shades up into paler tones as it reaches the coiling.

You can cover your doors, too, with material and sometimes, in these silk bung rooms, the wall is broken above; the fireplace by a panel of black vel - vet, below which is a narrow shelf holding a single modern piece of statuary. Framed Panels. Framed panels are a new idea in bouse decoration, and in modern rooms they often take the place of pictures. You choose a handsome pieie of material —brocade or hand-woven cretonne, showing an unusual design, futurist silk or satin are all used —-have it. mounted on canvas and framed and hang it on the wall in a conspicuous position. Sometimes these framed pieces of material are chosen to make wall panels, and they certainly are effective. Framed black velvet panels are popular in Paris and look very well against plain cream distempered walls. Plenty of Light. You can’t have too much light in the modern home; both artificial and real light arc introduced into flats and houses in every possible way. Some wails are almost entirely taken up by windows, and long glass doors open out on to the liny paved gardens and courtyards which served us for gardens in Paris and London, or on to little ironwork balconies. Modern Beds. In modern rooms electric light is installed in every corner, and shines through softly-tinted sheets of glass. And one modern bed, seen in an equally modern bedroom, had no ordinary headpiece. Instead, there was a curved sheet, of thick green glass, and this was lit from behind, so that the whole bed was suffused in a soft glow. In the best regulated bedrooms, too, wardrobes are fitted inside with strong electric ights, which automatically turn on as" the door is opened. This is a very sensible idea, for you can see where everything is at a glance, and are spared the blind fumbling which is your lot with ordinary wardrobes.