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Show IVccdlccraft Ncwsc - IF you have the urge to go through your home from attic to basement with soap and water, polish and brush then the homemake's equivalent equiva-lent of spring fever has captured you. You're in its clutches and won't be free until you've finished your housecleaning, rearranged your furniture furni-ture and added new life to your rooms in the form of curtains, drapes and slipcovers. Lighting is a significant signifi-cant part of your room decoration. Through correct cor-rect lighting your color scheme will come alive at ht instead of sinking sink-ing into a drab grayness. The addition of an attractive at-tractive lamp that fits in with your room's decorating deco-rating scheme can give an entirely new appeal to your room. Pictures enable your room to express personality. person-ality. That's one reason why you should choose scenes that you will enjoy en-joy looking at. Pictures are a matter of personal taste. In choosing a frame remember that the picture must be dominant, domi-nant, not the frame. The width of the frame depends de-pends upon the location of the picture on the wall. The size of the picture pic-ture does not necessarily determine the width of the frame or mat. The way you hang a picture is very important because if a picture is worthy of gracing your wall it deserves de-serves proper attention to good hanging. Hang your picture against the wall.. Tilting is definitely out. Conceal the hanging. There are hooks to support any weight adequately. ade-quately. Slipcovers will add smartness and color to your rooms and they are within the scope of every budget. budg-et. You can make your own for any chair or sofa in your home and all you need for the job besides the material requirements is the desire to do the job and the patience to follow instructions. New color-bright color-bright slipcovers will add to the beauty of your rooms and give your upholstered furniture an entirely en-tirely new lease on life. You might even want to match your drapes to your slipcovers; or you can make solid colored drapes using the dominant color of your slipcover slip-cover fabric. Lacy crocheted accessories lend elegance to your table tops and you can add this fresh beauty to your home at a minimum of ex-pense.-Doilies and scarves like slipcovers slip-covers serve dual purposes decorative deco-rative as well as utilitarian. Here's a field of daisies runner that will brighten up any table. It's crocheted cro-cheted of cotton and measures 15 x 41 inches. The runner is made of motifs, and you'll be surprised at the speed with which it can be finished. fin-ished. If you would like a direction leaflet for making this FIELD OF DAISIES runner, just send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Needlework Dept. of this paper pa-per and ask for Leaflet No. N-107. |