DOI article:
On the interior arrangement and decoration of the house
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19423#0058
Interior Arrangement ana Decoration
such as wardrobes, chests
' of drawers and even the
washstand, into fixtures
or " fitments " ; a method
which economises space,
but, once effected, does
not easily admit of re-
arrangement and revision.
It is, however, peculiarly
convenient for bedroom
purposes, at the same time
that it affords considerable
scope for those quaint and
picturesque effects, in con-
triving which many decora-
tors at the present day dis-
play wonderful ingenuity.
bedroom designed and executed The practice - may, indeed,
hy liberty & co., ltd. be carried to extremes :
but, on the other hand, a
bedroom such as that (p.35)
an open framework for carrying valance and bed- designed by Mr. Shirley Wainwright has a simple
curtains. The latter can be looped back, both by and dignified appearance that is the very anti-
night and day—at all times, in fact, save when it thesis of strained and eccentric effects. The
may be desired to use the room as a sort of latter are to be deprecated, because, whatever
boudoir, in which event the curtains may be drawn fascination their wayward cleverness may afford at
so as to screen the bed entirely from view. first sight, it is not lasting, but is sure to dwindle
A variation or development of the plan of lining and become a weariness when once the novelty
the walls of a room with wood panelling consists of has given place to the habit of familiar contact
converting, as far as may be, the ordinary movables, day after day. That which is most agreeable to
bedroom
42
designed and executed by john orr & sons
such as wardrobes, chests
' of drawers and even the
washstand, into fixtures
or " fitments " ; a method
which economises space,
but, once effected, does
not easily admit of re-
arrangement and revision.
It is, however, peculiarly
convenient for bedroom
purposes, at the same time
that it affords considerable
scope for those quaint and
picturesque effects, in con-
triving which many decora-
tors at the present day dis-
play wonderful ingenuity.
bedroom designed and executed The practice - may, indeed,
hy liberty & co., ltd. be carried to extremes :
but, on the other hand, a
bedroom such as that (p.35)
an open framework for carrying valance and bed- designed by Mr. Shirley Wainwright has a simple
curtains. The latter can be looped back, both by and dignified appearance that is the very anti-
night and day—at all times, in fact, save when it thesis of strained and eccentric effects. The
may be desired to use the room as a sort of latter are to be deprecated, because, whatever
boudoir, in which event the curtains may be drawn fascination their wayward cleverness may afford at
so as to screen the bed entirely from view. first sight, it is not lasting, but is sure to dwindle
A variation or development of the plan of lining and become a weariness when once the novelty
the walls of a room with wood panelling consists of has given place to the habit of familiar contact
converting, as far as may be, the ordinary movables, day after day. That which is most agreeable to
bedroom
42
designed and executed by john orr & sons