Thursday, February 5, 2009

Pears Cyclopaedia Vocabulary B

Blackguard- (n)-vulgar fellow
Bumptious-(adj)-boastful, self assertive

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Home Decor


Lets start with 1966 Aust. Better Homes & Gardens. Take away the carnations and you could be looking at a Modern lounge! 




Here's a page from 1959 Aust Home Journal

Don't you just love the Horse on the
 TV.

And I would repaint my china cabinet Red, if I had one.
                                                                      







This is from a doorstop of a Book from the mid fifties called Newnes Better Home Making- oh what a treasure trove for so many things but the decor sections are STUNNING!






 On a different Colour ideal here is a room displayed in the Aust Women's Weekly 1969.
                                     Part of me is revolted by this room and the                                           other half of me loves it.




















This is a from a book from the 50's attached to a Sunday news paper. The Australian Home Decorator and Painter. It's chock full of goodness with perfect colour charts and furniture tips. I will use this as soon as I'm able to repaint




















Vocabulary early 20 century style

Well hello!

I have a Pears' Cyclopaedia with many fabulous sections such as the Ready Reckoner, wireless, office compendium and many others. However the dictionary is something else.
So lets start at the beginning shall we...

A
Acephalous-  (adj) headless
Agglomerate- (v) to mass together

Now try to use these in a sentence