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Show STORAGE PLACES BE MADE CONVENIENT Care in Placing Shelves and Closets Saves Steps. Keep Each Article Near the Pla'c Where It IS Most Frequently Used Corner Spaces May Be Utilized Util-ized for Brooms. In planning the storage places In the kitchen and pantries the main factors to be considered are to keep each article arti-cle near the place where it is most frequently used and to place the closets, clos-ets, shelves and drawers where they are easjly accessible and easily kept clean, where they will not be in the way and where, when possible, they will utilize space otherwise wasted. To insure cleanliness, storage places should be made of good wood, free from holes, knots or other roughness likely to catch dirt and harbor insects. A further help in making shelves easy to clean Is to leave a small space, say half an Inch wide, between the back edge of the shelf and wall. Corner closets provide an excellent method of utilizing space which may otherwise be of little value. The triangular tri-angular space Is not very convenient for dishes, but serves well for a broom and cleaning closet. Narrow shelves sometimes economize space better than wide ones, for all the articles on thein can be easily reached, whereas on tho wide shelves either part of the shelf room is wasted or the things In front must be moved to get at those behind. United States Department of Agricul. ture specialists suggest. A shelf not more than four Inches wide will conveniently con-veniently hold spices, flavoring extracts, ex-tracts, baking powder and materials of this kind. Fitting deep shelves with shallow boxes or "trays" (light wooden boxes with sides about four inches high and with a knob or handle on the front end so they can be conveniently moved) Is often worth while. These shullow boxes can be filled with bottles, bot-tles, cans and other small articles neatly arranged. To take out the tray, select the article desired and replace the tray Is much more convenient than moving a large number of things about on the shelf until one finds something which may be near the back. It also leaves the articles In much better order. Such a device as this has been tested and Its usefulness proved. It can easily be made at home. |