| Show 1 ou o d r J I JBV By BETTY WELLS I H HOW ow much do you use your JOur sun porch f In nine homes out of ofen often often ten en the sun porch is all aU very very- nice but ut everybody sits in the living room oom Our idea would be if we had one of f these very useful extra rooms in our ur home to make It just that that that-an an I extra room where the members of ot I Ithe the family could either be alone and get away from it all or an extra exra extra ex- ex tra ra room where the family would love ove to do things together If U your living room is 11 Colonial try placing a linoleum simulating wide-board wide flooring in the sun room add add ga gay rag rail rugs two comfortable comfort able arm chairs and a rocker a study tudy desk with a small radio for those hose members of the family who have peculiar tastes in radio fare and book shelves under the windows On the tops top of the shelves you could place lace plants or jaunty pieces of pot pot- tery ery For the windows bright chintz hangings or simple white glass curtains curtains cur cur- thins with large snowball fringe Or for more formal homes hobby rooms are Interesting perhaps Interesting perhaps such a room could include a place for or young Toms Tom's stamp collecting a table with plenty of drawers and anda a good light Or turn your JOur sun un porch Into a rather formal little morning room with small mau comfortable comfortable com- com chairs in floral chintz coverings cov coverings small mall wood light-wood tables and anda a a very feminine desk where you youcan youcan youcan can do your accounts or plan your TOur menus Or perhaps a game room would be most practical here especially Ifa If Ifa Ifa a play center is not provided for forIn forIn forn In n the cellar or attic You might use dark blue linoleum on the floor a bridge table arid add chairs chain in blonde wood with a pale green leather top and chair seats Have the pale green for sheer curtains with dark Blue fringe And add several comfortable com com- comfortable chairs slip covered in pale terra-cotta terra and a deeper green In short get away from the porch idea in your sun room Regard It U as 81 another room with glass walls Instead of brick and watch your family respond I e For Mrs Sew And A lady who sews owes herself a afew afew afew few conveniences And the few conveniences conveniences con con- can run Into so 10 many items as the years pass pall that she will end up by owing herself a sew ing tog room too Alas however few homes are large enough to give up upa a whole room to a ladys lady's hobby even though that tha t hobby may be a necessary one And anybody who has struggled to hide her seamstress equipment with the machine pushed here scraps shoved there and other oddments oddment hidden in a hall haU closet will tell you that its it's a lot of bother Guest room Into sewing room Isa is isa isa a bright Idea Idea or or many times a good sized closet will wUl substitute for fora a sewing room Any home sewer will wUI tell you that the machine is the least of her troubles now that tha smart cabinet models and handy portables are on the market Its It's the pattern and the pins the thread threat and the thimbles the bobbins and the bindings that get in her hair If U a guest room must double for fora a sewing place try using a long table under two windows window that can hold books a pair of lamps and perhaps a bowl of flowers or a pretty pretty pret prete ty growing plant when not in use Sweep these oft off when you OU start tomake to tomake tomake make that new dress and you y-ou have havea a fine work space for cutting patterns pattern pat- pat terns tern erns pinning In pleats and the like Keep an ironing board in the guestroom guest guestroom guestroom room closet and be sure there is a handy outlet for the iron iron- Buy BUT a closet shoe box with many drawers to 0 hold the tha darning notion notions darning things thing in one drawer various colored silk Uk spools in In another watches swatches and patching pieces in another ids ids- sort tors needles and pins pin and thimbles In another And these shoe hoe box drawers are usually just the right size for filing away favorite patterns patterns patterns pat pat- terns too Always keep a large sheet handy and when you start to work place placeit it on the floor under the machine machine- then be a as prodigal as 81 you OU like with fall falling ng snips snip of material threads and pins After youve you've finished swoop up the sheet heet shake it out and a disagreeable up clean-up Job is ie avoided O e By DJ Betty Ditty Well Service |
