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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 27, 1988.
These Languid
Days
By ELIZABETH MáċRAE BOYKIN
These languid dáýs mäke us ap-blind in the right room looks preciate the joys of home just be-cool. So do shades of those lovely cause it's too much trouble to move. new colours-larkspur blue spring But in order to enjoy home, there leaf green. Wooden slat shades and are a few practical points to check Venetian blinds are more ambitious up before we settle down for a long but they do pep up a weary room. summer's loll. ·
YOUR CHANCE
Fans belong to the summer-at- home picture, too. The new fans with tape or rubber blades are safe and don't need wire guards. The First, there is the question of overlapping chromium blade fan is awnings. They're essential at the supposed to be the last word in silent windows or on the verandahs that effective breeze. A new fan on a get the brunt of the sun during the floor pedestal is nice for the veran- hot part of the day. And there dah. Most fans nowadays are draft-proof, too, another big and welcome improvement.
BOYKIN 6-22
News about awnings.
you have a chance to do something Yellow very gay and charming. awnings on a white house always catch our eye; rust awnings, the colour of Italian fisherman's sails, are delightful on white, too. Then there are all manner of stripes that have a jaunty air, especially the jade and white ones. " The nicest part. about awnings is the way they flutter in the summer breeze, whatever their pattern.
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But there are new tricksTM awnings you'll want to know about too. Metal blinds on the order of Venetian blinds are very adjustable, efficient and decorative on the out- side of the house. A similar awn- ing is made of metal visors that open and shut very slickly.
SO COOL
Bamboo window blinds are a part
of the picture, too.
A fresh white
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