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Show SATURDAY, JANUARY 19; 1952 THE JOURNAL PS U WOMAN'S WORLD The Way it Happened... Plan Storage Space for Orderly House IN ST. ALBANS, VT, . . The Rotarians, seeking to raise $3 fiOO to buy an operating table for a new hospital , held an auction in which the successful bidder received the privilege of sleeping one night in the county ' fail, f By. Ertta Haley up your house cleaning consume more time than the actual effort to scrub and polish! If you must say yes' then you're to this question, not making proper use probably of space for storage. Adding storage space to your home does not involve putting In an extra room, or making a basement or attic, or any such major work. Its making good use of space you already have, and much of this can be done with simple carpentry. A place for everything" is becoming one of the most important phases of building and homemaking. When you have a place for everything, this means that with everything in place, you have not only neatness and orderliness, but with little effort. When you have to shift things from crowded drawers and shelves constantly or try to put stacks of things somewhere, out of the DOES picking way, it may mean that you are accumulating too many things. However, it may also mean that you simply do not have adequate storage facilities for your possessions. Check yourself on some of the common household pro blems: where does luggage go? What happens to extra bedding? Where do you put your keys? Are extra dishes in the way? Can you find pots and pans and other cooking utensils easily? If your home does not now provide easy answers to the above as Durable Curtain answered with very simple filing and little work; other problems can be resolved with only slightly more work. Use Bnllt-In- g For Storage Look around your home and see how much empty, unused wall space you have. Then look around at all the things you would like to put away. Put the two together and you come up with built-inCupboards as well as all sorts of devices can be installed into mo$t of your rooms at little expense and at great saving to not only your possessions but to your disposition as well. Add to this the great saving in actual housekeeping and you have some idea what a small investment can do But just how does one go about deciding where and what the built-in- s should be? This must be planned for the uses and needs each home has, but some illustrations may offer help. For example, if linen storage is your main problem, check the walls of your bedroom and see If theyre being fully used. Or, what about a hall that joins two bedrooms or is at the entrance of a bedroom? Many of these walls can take several rows of shallow chests without crowding the room. If the room is larger, deeper chests can be used. These may be waist high or even higher depending upon how much space you need, as well . IN REGINA, CANADA , , . The Saskatchewan Swine Breeders Association and the Sheep Breeders Association held banquets. The main dish at each event was roast beef, space providing to construct a narrow counter between the two units. The counter itself may be used to hold serving items as well as food. Underneath the counter top, shelves or niches can be constructed to hold table accessories, appliances, telephone, etc. Wall space opposite the counter between breakfast nook and kitchen might also be used for cabinet or shelf space. IN ELKHART, MICH, A hitchhiker got a lift and was robbed at gunpoint by the motorist. "Props now on I'll never accept another ride," the hitchhiker declared bitterly, IN FORT WORTH , . . Leo Solomon, manager of a fish market for thirty years, has never been fishing . IN NORTH BROOKFIELD, MASS. ...The citizens bought a television set for John F. Lyons to show him their affection. Mr. Lyons is the tax collector. Create Orderllnesa In the Kitchen Cupboards are natural furnishings to the kitchen, but there are still a great many kitchens with bare wall space that could be put to excellent use. Cupboards can and should surround all the main working centers luxurThese dainty-lookinious curtains with a lovely lace pattern are made of viny-lit- e plastic film and require no laundering, Ironing or stretching. They are cleaned simply by wiping with a damp cloth, and will not fade, streak, crack or react to the weather. g, as what will look right In the room in relation to its proportions and furnishings. If you have to save space, there are many ways in which to do it. For example, do not have knobs on the chests for the drawers. These take several Inches. Cutouts at the drawer fronts eliminate knobs and make them smaller and neater. Thus, they can really be blended into the wall as though they were actually built In when the house was constructed. How to Use Unseen well as any others of which you can think, start solving the problem with proper storage. Many of the above difficulties can be breakfast nook built together? It's not only smart looking but also Space for Storage Frequently youll find that windows' which do not come all the way to the floor, pnd most of them dont, leave wall space that can be pressed into storage cases. If you have such a space in the bedroom, and the bed or beds are set against this particular wall, place the cases right in back of the bed. Storage cases can be low, out as long as they come to the floor and run all the way across the wall, there will be much space provided. Use these for blankets, pillows, linens or seasonal items. In childrens rooms, these types of cases are excellent for putting away toys. Tops of the cases can be used for radios, books and clocks. If desired, potted plants or interesting collections of various hobbies can be displayed on them. CIRCLE PATTERNS SEWING So Smart and New for Juniors to house all needed tools. Not only is cupboard space essential, but when organized like a file, it will Increase in usefulness. Cupboards surrounding the range or cooking area can be shaped to hold pots and pans of all sizes, so that you can pick the one you want without extracting it from a nest of pans. Shaped partitions, often made of plywood, can be used for storing lids as well as shallow pans, trays and large platters. To be most efficient, make the partitions removable so they can be taken out for easy cleaning, as well as for changing the sizes of the particular "files" to take care of other pieces. Drawers near the kitchen sink can also be made sectional so that utensils like forks and knives, mixing spoons, spatulas and pancake turners are not jumbled together in the drawer. Slotted holders placed in the drawers are excellent for knives, particularly, because they protect the cutting edge of the knife. Sliding trays placed In many deep kitchen drawers automatically eliminates confusion and at the same time makes ork quicker because you can pick out whichever the type of frock juniors IJERES piece you want quickly. A like to sew new and smart The trays in deep drawers can detail. Tiny butand such also be partitioned to hold small tons accentpretty the front closing, manequipment in its own place and thus darin collar and shallow pockets cut down on jumbled drawers. finish. a . give Select Furniture For Storage Value While you try to stretch wall space to cover storage needs, dont forget that furniture can help you of the new in the same way. Mu-furniture being made available is not only decorative, but it also has a great many storage features. In selecting an occasional table, do not just expect the top to be of use. 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