Decoration
fi vogue for the all-white drawingroom is not, after all, the dismal failure some of us predicted, though not many have had the courage to try the experiment. Especially if your room is small is it successful. That is, if you like a feeling of space, for it seems to double the size. White furniture, leather or fabric, with or without chromium, is definitely a luxury in the average wear-and-tear home, but it’s worth it for sheer elegance and the extraordinary sense of serenity it conveys. Don’t overdo either it or your relieving colours. These can most tastefully be greys or blacks, greens or blues. Reds can be used only very discreetly. Yellows, cyclamen pinks, and mauves more freely. Walls, ceilings, and woodwork should be the same, but floors should be covered with a wall-to-wall carpet in your chosen dominating colour. Modern carpets can be found in creamy white with perhaps an odd drawn centre motif, but they are really for the room that is a "Show-piece." It’s an experiment for this Spring that is well worth trying.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 12, 15 September 1939, Page 11
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181Decoration New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 12, 15 September 1939, Page 11
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