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Show Put new dressing on old items By Bemie Moss wrwmr Home Furnishings Editor .. . II I 'I When you find it, whatever it is, dont throw it away. Something can be done with it to dress it up for decorative and practical use. Thats the motto of Mrs. R. Drew Moren. And signs of that motto are evident throughout her Salt Lake City home Several antiques and old items picked up here and there are mixed with French Provincial and Spanish furnishings for a eclectic look. An old pump organ that Mrs. Moren used to play for the LDS Primary m her hometown of Monroe is now sitting in her living room. With the help of her husband and his parents, she took every piece of the organ apart and antiqued it white. Was in Church It had been in the church in Monroe and my mother knew I had always wanted So Mrs. Moren said. it, since the church had two organs anyway and was going to get rid of this one, mother asked the bishop if I could buy it. Its over a hundred years old and from what we can find out, it probably came across the plains with the pioneers who settled Monroe. The old stool with claw and ball feet that now goes with the organ and an old rockir chair were found in junk stores. She also antiqued them white. She added a gold velvet cushion to the rocking chair. The old bridge lamp next to it was picked up in California by Mr. Morens parents. On the other side of the room is a wrought iron easel made for her father-in-laher. A coal bucket was found in a hardware store in Monroe. A lamp next to it was purchased in the junk store for $1 50 and the lamp shade for 50 cents. Other living room furnishings are French Provincial. Serving Table ym jMd : aOKfcOOCKGOOrOs- - ; ;''l; 'Jif;1 !WJi :1c r; I Hih f:nil by f I 1 I .. i I L- . - 7 4 1 H- t It - i HW ww t - mIsis V K v- fi iLin home of Mr. isand Mrs. R. Drew Moren Am Antique pump organ was once played by Mrs. Moren in the Monroe LDS Church. In the dining room, mixing with the Spanish style furniture is a serving table that was once a bookstand. It was bought for $1.50. Painted black, the table now holds a silver tea set which came from Kentucky and has been in M Morens family for several generations. A wrought iron Bible stand between the two rooms was given to toe Morens by his father. They are also sending us a family Bible that has been in the family for generations, Mrs. Moren said. In the kitchen is an interesting window treatment with a shade made for Mrs. Moren by a friend. The shade has a burlap look in a tan fabric and is trimmed with orange and green fringe. An antique shade pull was added. Cabinets in the kitchen are xv, v' ' mts ;?' - v Will w$mfi 'bmlj i ti 1 VifP' antiqued olive green and accented with antique door pulls. Appliances are also green. A pecan colored rattan round table and chairs sit in the corner with a petal chandelier hanging above. White louvered swinging doors separate kitchen and living rooms. In 3 year-olDrews bedroom is an old brass bed that was found in a junk store in Richfield. Restored and polished, it is covered with an al-- 1 i g at o r patterned vinyl bedspread. The white window shade and plaid valance are trimmed with ball fringe. A crib made by Mr. Morens father is antiqued Garrad white in Lees room. An old rocking chair, chest, small wicker basket and old school desk were also antiqued white. The cnb is trimmed with white eyelet and turquoise ribbon to match the trim on the white valance at the window. The window shade is trimmed with ball fringe. Saved Pictures d When Mrs. Moren was a school teacher in Las Vegas she saved some of the pic- tures that came with the mzJs Weekly Reader. The pictures were used in the class to study the artist who painted them. They are now hanging in frames, painted antique white, above the bed in the master bedroom. A wicker chair is painted burgundy to blend with the burgundy and green flowered cut velvet draFurperies and bedspread. nishings are French Provincial. Mrs. Morens sister found a large antique roll top desk in Cedar City for her. It had been in a granary for years and had water marks all over it, Mrs. Moren said. We paid $75 for it and the desk chair and it took 40 hours for Drew and myself to refinish it. The desk is in the family room with an old secretary desk. Mrs. Moren took the shelves out from behind the glass door in the secretary, lined the inside with red felt and turned it into a gun cabinet for her husband. Hanging Wall Clock An old trunk was found by her mother in Monroe. A wall clock hanging by the gun cab- inet was given to the Morens by the bishop in Monroe. We had to have it worked on and Im sure its over a hundred years old. It also was brought across the plains by the pioneers. At one end of the family room is an old rocker painted black with red corduroy cushions added. The lamp shade on the lamp is a wicker basket turned upside down. Mrs. Moren doesnt believe that just because something is old it should be discarded. If theres a way to use it, she finds it. The old look of a coal bucket from hardware store in Monroe mixes with French Provincial for an eclectic design. m a if J 4w r i 'V sWl? x"' " Shelves were removed from secretary desk and the area was lined with red felt. It is now Mr. Morens gun cabinet. f t Balt lak b ffibtnt For Women Salt Lake City, Utah Section W A" February 27, 1972 Sunday Morning Tage One VHft I ' 5 I ) Hi i f . a I 1 tW ir r. i -- ft- tv V 4. yfc Restored and polished, an old brass bed is used in Drews x V4: room. An alligator patterned vinyl fabric bedspread covers the old bed. S 1 i 1 V M !jl It a r : I i i S " iTis I xn' T, - ? i $'TT Y,vr ysrs-- r S. ; V'aJS, .. , d " ijsu t tea T 4W f - 9 mm mm SsO'V . . " 3$ - xl T la S& i. tf ; -- I' . . V' ? - t v' i id in a granary in Cedar City, large roll top desk had water k (41k 4k , 11 A marks on it. Mr. and 3Irs. Moren spent several hours refinishing it A a Jd A 41 k aA JK A. I A A JU. A for use in the family room downstairs. Trunk came from Monroe. Red corduroy cushions were added to old rocking chair in the family Trihunp Staff Photos by Earl Conrad .11 ' X . 1 room. Mrs. Moren and son Garrad spend comlortable afternoon there. I fA' |