Show IN HOME DECORATION it itA A Little Cash Goes Long Way By Rhoda Ramsey To decorate your home attractively attractively at at- is one thing but to decorate it inexpensively as aswell aswell aswell well is a real work of genius For example who'd ever think that a mere strip of wallpaper wallpaper wall wall- paper could form the covering for a handy step table or lamp lampshade lampshade lampshade shade Well VeIl well we'll tell you who who its its it's Mrs Kenneth Gnadt at 1785 East whose home is just full of such mone moneysaving money sav ing tricks Pat Mrs Irs Gnadt and hubby Ken decided to decorate their home lOme in functional modern An old fashioned sofa was covered covered cov cov- covered ered in a bright modern print drapes were made from monks cloth and then the unique work began Aladdin's Helper Pat rescued an antiquated footstool and Ken began to show how his knack for Cor carpentry He built a square base on top of the stool with and then he and Pt Pit selected a strip of imported wallpaper black with a ga gay pattern pattern pattern-a a copy of a Japanese tea chest This was cut to size to fit the stool tool glued and covered with witha a firm coating of oC shellac The table makes a wonderful little serving piece for drinks and snacks or a perfect spot for family m mag magazines a g a z i n e s. s And of course the table top can be wiped off with a damp cloth making it doubly practical The same idea for a lamp shade was ns used by the Gnadl only a wallpaper was selected which resembles Italian marble marble mar mar- ble A dime store shade was bought and covered with the exquisite paper Gold gilt was used for the edges to make the lamp look even more elaborate ate Nor was Ken satisfied to tomake tomake tomake make just the shade for he took strips of checkwood a material similar to plywood which can be b bent e n t to any square shape and f form o r m e c d dt them upon a lamp base The The t wiring was put in and the painted a handsome handsome hand hand- handsome some jet black Pictures for a Penny No modern scene is complete complete complete com com- without a l set of modern paintings Pat and Ken realized real that buying these was out of the question with their limited limited limited lim lim- budget and so copies of the pictures were cut out of an art magazine and mounted on pieces of monks cloth to match the draperies A trip to the dime store found some wonderful inexpensive frames and a coat of oC paint transformed transformed transformed trans trans- formed them into black borders bor bor- ders With the cloth edging the pictures form a handsome I accompaniment above the sofa Decorators tell us that periods pe pe- pe periods nods can be mixed together beautifully With this in mind Pat stepped into her hel kitchen and transplanted a bit of oC Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania Dutch to the scene She made curtains with triple pleats from a merry sampler print And to make her kitchen windows even more unique she scalloped four yards of or yellow ellow batiste sewed on brass rings to the edge of oC each scallop scallop scallop lop and strung them across a abrass abrass abrass brass curtain rod This type window treatment is called French cabaret So take a peck peek around your own home Perhaps a strip of or wallpaper som some m magazine pictures pic pictures pic tures and a few hours of or conscientiousness conscientiousness con con- can transform the ordinary into something extra ultra special I-i I YA j 9 l f ti I 1 I f I ii TALENT PLUS Mrs Kenneth Gnadt completes finishing touch to a combination serving table and magazine stand It was an old footstool which was blocked covered with wallpaper Vat 1 r qi r I Isba r 4 R f 9 7 f r. r I s r rs ayr y j jr n r f r 1 s x I WORK OF ART Who says you cant can't make a lamp Pat and Ken Gnadt made this one from che painted it black The shade is a piece of wallpaper Famous modern artists display their reproductions I cut from magazines in inexpensive frames painted t erl 4 l Mi 7 ft 4 7 ri 1 4 JP 1 J to r lt tI j f j p i J Y R r I yi rf SJ rP It 1 t 1 tar rr I J lL I l J f. f T Jh 1 I l' l q f. f 14 4 t t J iii J l r i f v f v v a tI j t f I f tv IE f r- r rr r t l J l to u u t y- y L t r. r Hy t. A f t I lr t tN 1 1 l r N t i o 1 H s st I I 1 J J f A J 1 y J a 4 f. f r Y 1 t t t t. t M J. J 1 t 1 d i i i rr v W r. r al r 1 r i 4 S i i l lt f I. I r f tJ 1 y j J at 07 I J 1 t g i 0 t t 7 1 W I r i. i J I i 19 I j I j J 7 E l r 1 t f 1 4 lJ t t L t I i ir L. L J. J i. i tM i J w r i f I N. N I t A t N u. u 4 J I r Y r 7 m T. T 1 v 7 i 1 L rT hi 1 7 i- i 1 t. t f 1 J 04 1 19 u l r tv j 0 d r 1 r i Ii 1 t Mt jj It u J J t 10 UI r T J J J J r t 1 e. e i I I f tf r 4 It Ji CURTAINS MAKE THE KITCHEN a t Proof that curtains can transform an ordinary kitchen into i a homey family room are ar t t these sampler print draw curtains French cafe curtains are made mode of yellow bat batiste ste ste. j ft u 1 nu fj q I I r r i po w. w C a f L J f r t f f L' L Li 1 t f i r 44 J JI I IN A MODERN MOOD black to match the floral print sofa The pictures have been mounted upon practical monks cloth r |