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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Color Tricks, Storage Space Improves Small Bathrooms By Ertta Haley JWrANY WOMEN who are very happy with the way in which their homes are constructed and decorated frequently despair of their bathrooms. "Too small," they say. "Not enough room for anything," any-thing," others add. Even smaller bathrooms have possibilities for definite decoration, and some of the smallest can be transformed so they offer almost amazing storage' possibilities. Frequently Fre-quently you'll find that once storage room has been added to the bathroom, bath-room, it can be more attractive than before. Good use of space is not only a practical idea, but it can be beautiful beauti-ful because of its use. Imagine being be-ing able to display your cosmetics in the bathroom, in their attractive containers. You'll appreciate their beauty, as well as your convenience to them. Consider how useful and lovely it would be if you could display your lovely thick towels in all their luscious colors, on open shelves in the bathroom. Wouldn't you like a built-in vanity In your bathroom, if even a small one? With a lovely waterproof skirt, it can add decor to the room as well as interest. Have you seen the lovely glass, as well as the jewel-toned plastic gadgets which can be placed in bathrooms for convenience in hanging hang-ing daily washed items such as hose and gloves? You can appre- from one side of the room to the other, or take up a whole wall, in other words, there might be a small space at the end of the tub where it could be constructed. Clay tiling will provide an excellent top while a skirt will complete the vanity. Place a mirror on the wall above the top. This may have light fixtures fix-tures on either side if light is essential. es-sential. Vanities can be built around the basin simply by extending the top with tiling, enough to make a table. If you have the room, bring out tiling and set on a table top which has a sunken box with a lid for tissues and cosmetics. In this case when the top lid is opened, the mirror is on the inside of the box and will stand straight up. Provide Bathroom With Drying Facilities Grandmother always had a convenient con-venient basement for her laundry, but in modern homes we like more convenience. Let's face the fact that today's bathroom has to be a miniature laundry for daily sudsings suds-ings required for hose, gloves and underwear. Most of these are quick-drying and hardly worth the trouble to bring to the basement if you have one, especially when they can be washed so readily in the bathroom. Keep them neatly off the towel racks, however, if you want to avoid family feuds. One excellent solution to the drying dry-ing problem is a rack constructed at the end of the bath tub, especially espe-cially In the case of the tub that does not extend all the way to the wall. One side of the rack can rest on the floor, the other against the ceiling. Six or more horizontal bars give wonderful drying space for daily laundry as well as towel drying. Then, too, there are other drying aids which may be attached to the back of the door or on wall space in the bath. They vary all the way from folding racks or shells or hooks for such small items as socks, hose and hankies. Color Modernizes Old Bathrooms There's nothing quite like the current cur-rent luscious colors for adding newness new-ness and pep to the out-dated bathroom. bath-room. Specially finished wallpapers can be used in many of them, while clay tiling and plastic finishes may be more practical for you. If part of the bathroom is painted, as frequently happens with the upper up-per half of a tiled bathroom, choose a new color for a good change. Fixtures may often be modernized modern-ized at little expense. If the sore spot in your bathroom is the old-fashioned old-fashioned light hanging from the ceiling, you may find it will cost little to install fluorescent type lighting, or at least wall fixtures with a more modern look. Don't neglect such small fixtures as new rods, soap containers, corner cor-ner shelves or plastic shelves which offer storage as well as beauty. When the bathroom is used by several people, make ample provision pro-vision for the towels they use, both for hands and bath. Tbwel racks for the youngsters should be placed low enough for them to reach readily, thus discouraging the draping drap-ing of wet and dirty towels on the side of the tub. Double Cape Style r , " fv ' : V In keeping with the interest in doubles for fashion this season, here's a bolero-cape of sheer wool navy layered with white pique over a matching wool dress. The short-sleeved collar-less collar-less dress fastens with bone buttons but-tons and is belted in navy leather. The cape is slit in the back. plies of cosmetics and tooth paste or shaving supplies. Space above the wash basin or bowl is ideal for a medicine cabinet with a mirror door. It's convenient, right at this place, and this is a good place for the mirror. Wall space elsewhere in the bathroom, bath-room, especially any that's on the upper half of the wall can be used for cabinets, medicine or storage. Shadow boxes which are recessed into the walls are also decorative as well as good for storing towels, wash cloths, mats and shower curtains. cur-tains. Vanity In Bathroom Offers Convenience Having a vanity or a dressing table in the bathroom offers great convenience in many respects. If your wash basin or bowl does not have enough of a ledge on which to set bottles of cosmetics, combs, brushes and pins, you can imagine the great joy of the vanity. In addition to this, having the vanity, even a small one in the bathroom, frees the bedroom from Hp! fflr; gggpc as well as increased storage space, much clutter and transfers it to a room where any spilled powder or lotion is much easier to clean. Vanities in the bathroom easily take the place of the dressing room. This might offer further incentive to investigate the possibilities of the project, especially if it can be managed, and you do not have room for a "powder" or dressing room. There are several ways in which the bath can be modernized to take care of the project. If your bath tub does not extend all the way Bathrooms need drying facilities . . ciate their beauty as well as enjoy their practicality. Does your bathroom have a medicine chest? If not, you are missing one of the greatest conveniences. conven-iences. With small children, you can store away all poisons and dangerous drugs in this, and lock them. A glass on the door will give you the essential feature of every bathroom, a mirror. Use Empty Walls For Storage No matter how small the bathroom, bath-room, there's usually wall space left after the major features are installed. In modern building this space is not simply left there; it's used to the fullest limit. At the entrance to the bathroom, which is frequently a small hallway type of construction, or on one of the walls adjoining the bath tub or bowl, you may have several feet of space1 extending from floor to ceiling. For a space of this type have three or four recessed shelves of the open type constructed. These can be used for towels, bath mats and other such accessories. You'll still have two or three feet of space from the floor to the place where the shelves begin. Use these for two or three drawers. These may contain additional soap supplies, sup-plies, bathing aids such as brushes, bathroom cleaners, or extra sup- |