A Luxurious Mansion

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 25, 2 January 1931, Page 32

A Luxurious Mansion

Simplicity the Keynote THE furnishings for an American millionaire’s country home. in South Africa have just been shipped from London. HBverything has been sent-furnifture, crystal, china, bathroom fittings, tiles, mirrors and lampshades, The .packinge and shipping of the above cost nearly £2000. The decorator who held the commission went to Holland for old wood carvings for the fireplaces, and also for lovely antique rugs. But all the easy chairs and couches he procured in Hngland, t 7

EE OE ae a = bade as he thinks that in no other country is comfort so well understood, The colours of the furnishings are soft, for Mr. Schrijver considers that a house should not call attention to itself, but should act as a background for -the man or woman living in it. Therefore none of the curtains are of shiny materials such as taffeta or satin. These may be very charming for a. woman, but not for 2 man, so damask or brocatelle was chosen.. There are seven. bedrooms, each with its bathroom attached, and each suite has-its linen and blankets in the colour of. the decorations. The cupboards have mirrors on the inside of their doors, and, as these doors are opened a light © is automatically switched on. The whole}, house is lit from the domed ceilings. \" An interesting omission, and ‘one’ which might with advantage be copied in-many humbler homes, is no cabinet ‘for "showing" china. Everything beautiful is to be used just as our grandmothers used their delicate china. In fact, the keynote of the whole place is simplicity-but a most expensive simplicity ! x

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