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Show GRANDEUR FROM GRANDMA ' .' ' . ' . ' . .... r. -.1- : - .. " -. : . . ; Revive Corner Nooks With Antiques could stand an extra lamp yo might Just astound your friend and "make your own." Nowaday Now-aday you can buy flxturaa that will fit down Into audi old piece of Orandma'a aa pitcbara or tum. Tou merely secure tha wtrlnf Mctloa to tha bottom and pick out your own ahad . . ! and you naednt b a Thomaa A. Ediooo to do it ' Put on your old thinking can. comb tha attle thoroughly and aw what yon can dig up to apruca up a corner or two hi your bom. You'll be aurprlmd what a Utti home face llfUnf can do to family morale. - 1 -r- . r- :"T v .. . .1 F- - if .: v By FRANCES DARGES 1iere'a no fool Ilk aa eld fool" ao th familiar aaylng roe . . but did It ever occur to you that In the aame vein, There'a no charm like the charm of an old relic left to. you by Grandma" Grand-ma" T The trend In today! homea aeema to be toward the colorful color-ful and piotureeque, and. there' a no reason why Orandma'a treasure treas-ure shouldn't be revived .a bit to aprue up a comer her and there. If your aurroundlnfa are aunilar to our, you're bound to have a few drab nook and crannies ... so why not take stock of any old pieces tucked away and put them to rood working order. Nothing la more cheerful by day or night than a bit of greenery green-ery about and there's no end of variety to the pieces in which you can try out your green thumb. Maybe Grandma left you an old coffee grinder . fill It with dirt, buy a philodendron plant and start growing. Thia makee a lovely decoration for a aidaboardV and labia or cotfec. table. . v . . Do you seem to have more knickknacka than you do spec to show them. Find aome Inexpensive Inex-pensive shelves, aklrt them with a quaint plaid ruffle edged in white and put them on that drab wall Just above the desk to hold your treasures. If It's in a den you might even put a matching ruffle on the curtains to "liven the old place up a bit" Grandpa's old umbrella atand might become the center of attention at-tention If you polish It up and use it as a baa for planting. Tou may not Ilk th pio-tur pio-tur of great Aunt Matilda so carefully hidden in the comer . . . but did you ever notice the hnHfiil frame around it? Tou v Tttta-TelSTaai reete oray USE WHAT GRANDMA OWNED Beautifully carved chairs used In grandma's house make a beautiful comer in the Hugh M. Bryan I home, 13S4 K. South Temple. Also put to us 1 , I yam winder, which double aa decoration piece. MAKE WINDOWS ATTRACTIVE INSIDE, TOO : ' I Windows can be made Just as decorative for those 1 Inside aa well as out. Add a few glass shelve 1 and display all of grandmother's quaint knlck-I knlck-I knacks to advantage. Make use of rare favorites. . V ' :" .: ! tJ : ' B. - 1 " might Just remove Aunt M. and replace her with a mirror to bang over the living room mantle. Th frame might also be used around the shelve to set off your knlck-knacka. Tou might brighten another wall by stringing two or three small pictures with velvet ribbon rib-bon and a perky bow at the top of the group. And how about those lovely odd plates gathering gather-ing dust on your topmost shelf? Get them out and hang them in a group around a picture . . . your expense is merely for the wire frame that hold the piste firmly to th wall. . Grandma's chair may not look so good now but have you thought of putting on a new needlepoint cover ... an added touch la to put your initials and the data on the piece. Tiny glass shelves can be put up on an insignificant window to hold those old treasures of. Grandma's Grand-ma's . . . the expense is little but the result is priceless. Is there room for a shelf Just above the kitchen window t Entice En-tice hubby into making you one, paint it to match the color scheme and use it to show off Orandma'a old kitchen war . . brightly polished of course. If the living room or den Trtbsr)-TcwCTm Pfcwto It THEN AND NOW Wash stands are still In vogue, as seen by this decorative piece In the Robert G roes beck apartment Pictures on ribbons add much. |