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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Dressing Tables May Match Your Mood Versatile Lamp i 'A ; ?:! I' 1 tffer j cause of Its ease In cleaning. If you have glass, it's a good idea to cut wallpaper that's used in the room to go under it, as this makes for unity and harmony with the room. If walls are painted, select a plain colored paper to match the walls to go under the glass. How to Finish Your Dressing Tabic Skirts For plain gathered skirts which are very popular, hem or finish the bottom edge as desired. A simple inch or half inch hem Is used in many cases, while others have a ruffle attached to the skirt. The side edges should be finished finish-ed with a plain hem that matches the bottom. The top of the skirt is finished with a hem, but it should have twilled tape stitched to the wrong side so it can be attached to the table in the easiest possible way. The twilled tape is stitched to the wrong side of the shirring. Skirts may be attached to the table by tacking through the tape with simple thumb tacks or even carpet tacks. Another way Is to use wood snappers. By Ertta Haley FORTUNATE IS THE WOMAN who has a dressing table in her bedroom or bath for here she can primp to her heart's content In her own domain. As for decoration, deco-ration, she can make her table frivolous as her mood, as sophisticated sophis-ticated or demure as her personality, person-ality, or as cheerful and pretty as she pleases. In bedrooms, most of the decora tion is centered on the bed itself, it-self, but if a change of scene is desired, the focal point can easily be changed to the dressing table. If you feel that something new is required, there's nothing easier or simpler than a new dressing table motif. Lovely materials which are colorful color-ful and pleasing are to be found In great abundance. Sewing is easy, and the time it takes to convert a drab and cheerless bedroom to a gay and pleasing one is simplicity itself. The style of bedroom or bath usually dictates the decorative motif for the dressing table, but this is usually not too limiting since favorable effects are easily achieved without destroying balance bal-ance or unity in the room. If you're planning to re-do the dressing table, make construction changes if they're necessary. Instead In-stead of having just a table top for Jewelry boxes and cosmetics, investigate in-vestigate to see if you can't put a An Inexpensive, portable combination com-bination sun and Infra-red lamp Is now available to use whether you want to start get-tiny get-tiny your vitamin D or to relieve re-lieve aching muscles. The lamp, weighing only Z',i pounds travels easily and stores In a Bmall space. Made of pressed steel and aluminum, It has a high intensity ultra-violet tube with an infra-red unit which will give 1,000 hours of service. sentlal before buying the material. Measure around the table top so you will know the yardage. All skirts are not covered all the way around. Tho skirt goes just past the sides and ends where the table is flush against the wall. If the skirt is to be gathered or ruffled or pleated, you'll need to multiply the original measurement by two or two and one-half to get the proper prop-er fullness. The second essential measurement measure-ment is the length of the skirt from top to floor. To this, add the allowance allow-ance for the hem or casing at the top. ' Remember, too, that where separate sep-arate sections of the skirt meet, Mea$ur0 your drewng tabl .... ihow rack or some storage chests underneath the top. This may release re-lease some extra, needed space in I crowded closet. Racks to fit dressing table surfaces sur-faces may be purchased or easily constructed. Sturdy boxes may be found in your own storeroom, or they may be purchased for a nominal nom-inal sum. And, if you don't have a dressing table but want one, it's easy enough to construct one out of a board set on top of two separate sep-arate boxes, if you want something some-thing simple and really inexpensive! inexpen-sive! M iilin Vrm. I,.,,, latlnin For Table Skirts Since there is such variety In dressing tables, it's usually not possible to find a pattern to fit all types. However, there's no trick to making the skirt as it simply Involves draping the right length and width of material around the top. . Two basic measurements are es- for well-fitted skirts. as at the center front opening, the figure or pattern of the fabric, if any, should match. Glass or mirror topping should be used for the dressing table be- |