Bathroom Pride

Radio Record, 29 July 1938, Page 43

Bathroom Pride

Cool Colours and Simplicity F you are lucky enough to have tiled walls, give your bathroom floor the very best covering you can afford. Add the money you might have had to lay out on wall decoration to the amount you have allowed for the floor and curtains. , One of the pleasant mottled or plain linoleums is a better choice than more tiles. Paint and varnish on a wooden (Continued on page 54.)

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floor is not practical, since it soon becomes shabby and patchy. Cork matting, although comforting to bare feet, is difficult to keep clean in a bathroom. For the general scheme, green is, perhaps, one of the best bathroom colours. Searlet discreetly used with white or cream is a good second, Fresh-looking cretonnes are good for ‘curtains. Keep the . colours gay. Flower patterns should be small: and _ very simple. Bathrooms in old houses are more difficult to rejuvenate. How to make them attractive is often. perplexing. The answer is good paint. Several coats of good white paint and a final coat of enamel will transform a small dingy bathroom. Avoid. bizarre "effeets." You will zrow very tired of fishes eternally wimming round the frieze. The keynote should be efficiency and simplicity. ‘combined. with a good colour scheme. Finally, keep your bathroom spotless. Splashed windows, drab towels and a smeazy bath will.spoil the:most exotic bathroom in the world.