OCR Text |
Show WOMAN'S WORLD Plan Wisest Use of Home Closet Space Smart Suit Dress By Ertta Haley MODERN HOME designers realize real-ize the necessity for plenty of good closet space; indeed, if they don't, women will soon tell them there must be plenty of it. Not only do closets take care of a lot of items for protective purposes, but also to get items out of 'ooms and thus prevent clutter. Closets, like rooms, should be planned with as much care as a bedroom, kitchen or living room, if they are to give their best service. serv-ice. Before you decide to tear down a wall to get more closet space, check to see if you're using what closet space you already have as efficiently as possible. Many aids have been introduced to closets to make them more practical, prac-tical, and these may well solve the always be piijtected by boxes or bags since closets do collect dust as any other place in the house. On shelves, they are ready to get into easily. Label boxes for utmost efficiency. effi-ciency. Shelves such as those just described de-scribed are also ideal for hat boxes, box-es, and these offer the best solution solu-tion for keeping headgear in as good condition as possible. However, if you do not feel there is sufficient space for blankets as well as hat boxes on the shelves in the closet, it's now possible to attach hat racks or shelves to the backs of the doors of the closet. Protect hats stored on racks with zippered or plastic covers made for the purpose. If hats are in constant con-stant use, then only those used seldom need protective coverings. Shoe bags may be placed on the lower halves of the doors, while hat racks and shelves can go well above them. If you have a small closet which will take care of only essential clothing for a season, then you'll have to store clothing from another season elsewhere. Don't try to keep all clothing in a small closet since everything will suffer. : '" i j t: : ' 3 ;: " ' ; f ,i'.'$M ' ; ;. " ' : , -1 liiiiiliis? : -..:::v:'''::.V:.;i:' I ';-V- L L For busy days, nothing could be smarter than this brown and white nylon suit dress with Its batwing sleeved jacket that has a shoulder spread collar overlaid over-laid with white pique, repeated on the cuffs. The clender skirt shows the current trend. Brown patent is used for the belt. attached to the back of the door or the wall of the closet. If blankets and flat apparel are to be stored in the closet, these are best placed in plastic, zippered bags Keep closets neat .... problem of proper storage, without with-out necessitating more space for the purpose. Closets are no longer catch-alls. With current trends, this little room is being made into a thing of beauty. Decorations for the closet are matched as carefully as for ay room exposed to public view. Color schemes can be planned to match the room to which the closet is nearest. If you don't want them to match the room, at least select some mode of decoration which will harmonize with the room to which the closet opens. Accessories may be made at home if you have the time and inclination. in-clination. Otherwise, they may be purchased with much the same thought as you would buy other accessories for the home, with a plan and purpose. Budget the items you want stored in a certain closet, then lay out a plan as to where each should be. Then you'll be well on the way toward to-ward getting the most space and use from the storage space. Type of Storage Depends on Space Armed with a plan of what the closet is to hold, you'll have no problem deciding whether you should have shoe bags or a shoe chest. Most shoe chests will hold as many pairs as will the bags, but they do take up floor space which you may not have. Solve the problem prob-lem simply by having shoe bags with proper storage plan. or boxes which open easily much like drawers of a chest. If you have shelves above the clothes rack, or space available for shelves, this is by far the best solution. Any apparel of this type should |