1940: Storage as Decorating Challenge
The August issue of Architectural Review Supplement runs the third article in a series on the possible decorative use of storage and faces the ugly reality of interior architecture:
"It will be realized upon reflection that it is not far from the truth to say that nearly the whole of interior architecture is concerned with the problem of storage. The designless home is that in which all the owner's possessions are heaped in a litter on the floor; the well-designed home is that in which each object has its appointed place; and the well-decorated home is that in which the necessity of storing innumerable pieces of property is made the opportunity for an interesting sequence of shapes and patterns.
"It will be realized upon reflection that it is not far from the truth to say that nearly the whole of interior architecture is concerned with the problem of storage. The designless home is that in which all the owner's possessions are heaped in a litter on the floor; the well-designed home is that in which each object has its appointed place; and the well-decorated home is that in which the necessity of storing innumerable pieces of property is made the opportunity for an interesting sequence of shapes and patterns.
"The bedroom is as much dominated by the wardrobe and the chest-of-drawers as by the bed; the dining-room as much by the china-cabinet as by the table; even the old-fashioned kitchen was dominated by that obsolete piece of furniture, the dresser, while the modern kitchen often appears to consist of nothing but an array of cupboards from floor to ceiling and wall to wall."
