He draws greatly on an ingenious set that links a cheerful domestic interior to a shadowy veranda, allowing the characters to cross back and forth between a bright zone of moral surety and safety and a dark area of sensuality and danger.
The villa was painted a cheerful yellow, with interior walls of crushed grape, wide open shuttered windows and scarlet coloured lanterns glowing with a warm light.
The over-all appearance of the house was ramshackle and sad, but the woman who greeted me was cheerful enough, and the interior was comfortable, though dim.
They were more at home and more cheerful, it seemed, during the interior telecast from Apollo 8.
The interior, with its cheerful red shelves, is as plainspoken and welcoming as the Gilchrists, who seem to know most of their customers by name.
The sample interiors were a cheerful mix of rattan, blue tile and wrought iron, and as a Web-site brochure (www.rosewood-hotels.com) promised: "All rooms will have air-conditioning, cable TV, three phones, fax line, data port connection, separate soaking tub and shower.
"But right through here... " This floor was big as a factory, but with a cheerful buzz of conversation -- and no interior walls.
In contrast, he said, the interior is "open, light and cheerful".
The exterior of the Hippopotabus was painted aluminum with a tangerine trim, and unlike the sometimes drab interiors of modern RV's, the inside was highlighted with cheerful shades of yellow, peach, tangerine, and turquoise.
Their interiors are often of light and cheerful Baroque style; so are the sung Masses.
