Bedroom decorating

Proust, like some post-exilic prophet, lived in a spirit world sandwiched between this world and the world beyond, where even a pattern on the wallpaper became fodder for hyper-speculation and dreams For it was old wallpaper on which every rose was so distinct that, had it been alive, you could have picked it, every bird you could have put in a cage and tamed, quite different from those grandiose bedroom decorations of today where, on a silver background, all the apple trees of Normandy display their outlines in the Japanese style to hallucinate the hours you spend in bed... ... 

We often hear this question, either at the clothes shop or at a paint merchant. Either someone wants to know if the pink colour of a sweatshirt matches the mauve of a skirt, or perhaps a decorator needs to know if two shades of green will match when painted on opposing bedroom walls. 

Today my taste for home decorations has morphed from bedroom anatomy posters to wooden African masks that currently surround a spiral staircase near the dining room. These masks are modern works, some from the early part of the 20th century, some contemporary. Portraiture is one of the great universal traditions in art the face as expressed in... 

They went over to Jimi s and traffic got a decorated flat-top, Jimi insisting he come to the party as well. You can t go to a gig without your stylist darling. Then into a cab to Woollahra, sneaking into the house and up to Roger and Katherine s bedroom to finish her make-up. 

In recent years, there have been many complaints relevant to indoor air pollution caused by formaldehyde and VOCs emissions from decorating and refurbishing materials in China. Beijing City s Changping District People s Court judged China s first damages lawsuit for indoor air pollution in June 2001. Formaldehyde, in a concentration surpassing the indicated standard by 19.5 times, with value of 1.56 mg/m in the owner s bedroom, resulted in the lawsuit [22]. 

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