These dwellings of the moment are not planned for the future; what happens at the end of a three-lease is a matter of chance. Incomes may have risen or fallen, empires collapsed, or the advance of modernism invaded yet another retreat. Decoration, therefore, to last a lifo-time is unnecessary, plywood can unashamedly come into its own.
Many a bathroom, once boxroom or even cupboard under the stairs, now has synthetic sunlight and glass tha: will not break, while the flagged floors of innumerable kitchens lie sleeping beneath—sound-deadening rubber or the pile of rich-looking carpets which would greatly surprise the original occupants of those same quired. Wrought-iron gates or grilles will add to the cost, but are delightful in an appropriate setting.
Curtains are not used nearly as much as they might be to lend grace and charm to little rooms, and they can do so much to give broad sweeping lines which help to create an effect of space. Very few people, even if they do think of curtains as not just window coverings, trouble to think of the difference a little clever lighting will make. Architectural tubular lamps below a narrow pelmet will light quite long curtains most. effectively.
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