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Show Our Old-Time Couch Is Made Streamline By RUTH WYETH SPEARs VVTAS there a oouch like the plu- ture at tlie top of this sketch. In the family "sitting room" when you were a child? Let's get it down from the attic, for just ec what can be done with it! Properly Proper-ly streamlined it will look like the middle picture. First paint the front of frame;' then cover well up onto the head portion with cotton batting; next use bright cotton upholstery ma- V- MAKE BOX TABLES TO COVER RfWc ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '-J ' pwoiw i "i -I teC I ' -J ' ' si rr. tuaL J terial. Remove stuffing at high end. Now, make box-like end tables ta-bles like those illustrated. The dotted lines indicate how the couch fits under these box tables and how a partition and shelves are put in the one at the lower end. Paint tables to harmonize with fabric. The final touch is the back and end cushions covered cov-ered with the upholstery material. NOTE: Full directions for changing an old iron bed into the latest style, are given in Mrs. Spears' Book No, 3; also step-by-step directions for making "The Rug That Grew Up With the Family." Fam-ily." Thirty-two pages of fascinating fascinat-ing ideas for Homemakers. Ask for Book 3, enclosing 10 cents in coin to cover cost. Addresr.; Mrs. Spears, Drawer 10, Bedford Hills, New York. |