Show Buil Built in t- t tIn In Fixtures Are Cheaper Than Furniture In the early period of ot American home life a large portion of the furniture furniture furniture furni furni- ture used used was of or the built in ety fashioned by the house carpenters carpenters carpen carpen- who made a part of every very medieval medieval me me- dle al household At that time furniture which was a luxury and comparatively rare consisted consisted con con- of a n great in built-in bed bed ua a room within a room as It was often called long iong tables which if not actually built in were far too cumbersome to tobe tobe tobe be moved about enormous heavy chests which were used as seats tables or even beds when closed and heavy y ponderous benches which were sometimes reinforced by stools For different reasons we now seem to be drifting back toward this early condition with respect to built in fixtures fixtures fix fix- tures for the modern home Our furniture nowa nowadays ays Is not too heavy to move about but ex exactly opposite opposite op op- op conditions have brought about i much the same results Our houses today are so small and the dimensions of our rooms so contracted con conS ted that we find that the built in furniture affords us a very satisfactory means of using our rooms to the best advantage Also as In the time long ago the question of expense enters into the calculations of of the prospective home homebuilder homebuilder homebuilder builder with the result that the modern mod ern small house embodies many fixtures fixtures fix fix- tures of the tire in built type which largely large large- ly constitute the principal furnishings after completion The rhe modern built in fixtures include bookcases china cabinets window seats scats cabinet mantels breakfast breakfasts no kitchen cabinets Ironing board safes and linen cabinets There here m alemany are ale e many others also of special cha character acter which the fastidious home builder has designed to meet his own particular requirements Built in furniture is now being made In so many different styles and finished fin fin- finished In IIi so many ways that the prospective pro prospective builder Is enabled to choose from a aery very ery large e variety It Is much easier ensler and far cheaper to to have haye man many of the modern built in features Installed In the new home than to duplicate te them through the cite furniture stores |