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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 23, 1988

Original Ideas In Decoration

rave over.

By ELIZABETH MacRAE BOYKIN

"I'm as vain. as a peacock," an- cause I have a blue footstool, blue nounced Gertrude. “About my red vases and good blue rugs to begin hair, I mean. It's my crowning with. But beyond that I'm stuck. glory so why shouldn't I make the I think I'll concentrate spending on most of it. Goodness knows, the sitting room, and really make there's nothing else about me to that complete and handsome. The other rooms I'll only furnish en- "So, naturally now that I'm go- 、ough now to get along. But what ing to get married and have a home about rug, wall colour, furniture of my own, I want decorations that and curtains for the living room? are becoming to my hair. I'd like The room is light and good sized blue for the main colour partly be- but the floors are bad. My family cause it's nice on me and also be- are giving me a new piano in blonde mahogany. I'd adore some- thing different and striking in broidered organdy curtains made colours. Would appreciate any very full and to sweep down to the help you can give."

floor. Repeat the yellow in the

I'm vain as a peacock about my red hair.

WITH YELLOW AND WHITE bases of your lamps and in porce- Could you take the idea of dark lain ornaments. * walls? Because rather а deep

should Other purchases you brilliant blue for the walls would count on needing would include be becoming to you and awfully small incidental tables, and per- smart. Then have your new settee haps a desk or a pair of cabinets, in a yellow linen cover and cover In making out your budget, don't two easy chairs in flowered linen forget to plan on such necessaries ~ on a white ground. Make a pair as window shades, picture frames, of flowered cushions to match to go curtain rods, lamps and ash trays. on the yellow settee and at the win- Things that can "add up" if you dows hang billowy white em- don't count them in your budget.

CROWNED WITH FLOWERS

The

and with a posy to match. flon. Mrs. D. Gascoigne, of Egerton- gardens. London, with her daughter, Veronica Mary Gascoigne, after the baby's christening at Brompton Parish Church

CHEERFUL

KITCHENS

By ELIZABETH MacRAE BOYKIN Winifred's kitchen is the cheeri- est place. It has all the conveni-| ences, that's true, but some way it

manages to seem so

much more

the

friendly and hospitable than usual starkly clingy kitchens.

LIKE A PEASANT PETTICOAT That green and white checked And the tiled floor is one reason. light crisp green walls do their share, too. But we think the yel- low curtains have the most to do with it. There are two wide tiers of windows, and Winifred has made yellow percale curtains tied back crisply. Then across the top she has valances of the brightest red printed cotton in a Tyrolean peasant pattern finished with rows of bias tape in yellow 'and green, like a peasant petticoat,

Yellow oil cloth covers table and and the cupboard work surfaces shelves are all painted yellow. The canisters and kitchen dishes are in light green and all the pots and pans are in aluminium and chrom- ium.

MY STARS!

We liked Ethel's kitchen, too. It's quite different from Winifred's -no bigger than a minute for one thing, with white walls and a plain red floor. Ethel cut out stencils and of stars in different sizes painted them bright blue hit or miss over the ceiling with odd ones on the side walls. White canisters got blue stars painted on them too. And even the white swiss curtains had bright stars appliqued over them.

:

some

blue

For Health, Strength & Vitality

Drink

OVALTINE'

'Ovaltine' is prepar-

Eventually

ed from nature's fin- est foods-malt, milk & eggs from the fam- ous 'Ovaltine' Farms. Although imitations are made to look like "Ovaltine', it does not

Household contain any Sugar, Starch, Chocolate nor a large percentage of Cocoa.

why not NOW?

Drink 'Ovaltine' Daily

-and note the

Difference!

BOYKIN 5-6

Winifred's kitchen is friendly'

and hospitable.

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