Show WOMANS WOMAN'S WORLD Room Pe Personality ii d ty Os Is Acquired Acq u red by Decorative Deco rat ye Tricks Tr By Ertta Haley a clever dressing table WHAT W TV you have In the front hall to exclaimed one of ot the club members to her hostess Its Just small enough to fit and yet so clever Where ere can I buy one for my teenaged teenaged teenaged teen- teen aged daughters daughters' room The hostess explained that they had not bought it They'd had an anold anold anold old vanity table wished on them and had simply cut off oft the two drawers at either side and attached them to the wall in the hall hail A glass top was used to provide a connectIng connectIng connecting connect connect- ing table top for the two drawers Above this was a mirror Result an unusual dressing table This type of strategy is being used in countless homes today Very little outlay of money is required to add these sparkling personal and very decorative touches to rooms The little work and effort Involved Involved In In- in making them more than triples in the joy of achievement and the reward of compliments But how bow Why cant can't I think of something clever are the questions questions ques ques- usually asked about anything that is the result of ot imagination put putto putto putto to good use The fact tact of the matter Is that you dont don't really have to think too hard Just look around you everywhere you go there are lots of ot Ideas which can be made to work for your own home Think about some of your own decorative and furnishing problems problems problems lems and how best they can be solved You'll be well surprised at athow athow how bow often an easily made gadget or decoration can result which is individually yours Antiques shelves small chests and all kinds of old and impractical II Drawers can con make mak a dressing table furniture can be put to practical use A bit of ot carpentry some refinIshing refinIshing shing and imagination are your tools Small Chests Reveal Many Unusual Roles First place to look for materials is s in your own attic if 11 you have bave the kind of attic that holds many interesting interesting interesting inter inter- esting treasures from grandmothers grandmother's grandmothers grandmother's grandmothers grandmother's grand grand- mothers mother's day They used lots of chests in those days and many of them hem are interesting Perhaps you have one of those old-fashioned old highboys with the large arge drawers and then the table tabletop tabletop tabletop top on which is perched a small chest with several small shallow drawers The chest itself could be modernized by removing the small chest and with refinishing and removing removing removing re re- re- re moving the gingerbread trimmings trimmings trimmings trim trim- might well fit Into bedroom or den As for the small chest have you thought of placing it on a regular tray top table and using It in the dining room for silverware The drawers could easily be lined by gluing a tarnish proof cloth to make a lining for the drawers This gives you an excellent place for storing silverware Or perhaps you'd prefer prefer prefer pre pre- fer it in the bedroom as a Jewelry jc chest Old-fashioned Old spice racks might be rescued from oblivion to be pressed Into service as shelves for tor plants or miniature china They may be used in almost any room kitchen dining room livIng living liv liv- ing room or bedroom 1 II III H I 0 0 I II I 0 0 I and chests bests a hallway decoration Remember those old-fashioned old salt boxes Why not try a pair of at those on either side on a hanging rack for plates to add more balance to the wall The small boxes can hold bits of things and thus prevent clutter to your drawers stamps needles pins spools of thread in a convenient place for a quick bit of mending package labels or change which you want to have handy Renovate Furniture Make It Adaptable Almost every home either has or Ot acquires old furniture which cannot be used just as it is Dont Don't think of ot chopping it up for firewood before you investigate its true potential values Perhaps theres there's an old chest standIng standing stand stand- ing on spindle legs with lots of ot fancy carving on them Visualize the chest without the legs refinished refinished refinished or painted attractively Would it do in hi the hall living room or dining room Some old furniture is large and cumbersome Can they be separated easily and used that way Vanities for example those with drawers on both sides can frequently be cut into two pieces and used as small bedside bedside bedside bed bed- side chests The table top is excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent for magazines ash trays or a decorative plant Can some of those small chests be made into end chest-end tables for tor your favorite chair This gives drawer space as well as table top Old magazine racks They dont don't all have to be used for magazine racks Some of ot the old large ones are arc excellent to place at the foot of a bed to hold extra blankets or pillows If It they can be finished to match the bed or at least to harmonIze harmonize har bar monize with the decor you'll have havea a useful addition to the room as aswell aswell aswell well as a decorative one Foot lockers and old chests can easily be placed on legs sturdy and solid enough to be in keeping with the chest These too can be at the foot Coot of the bed for storage Then go a step further and pad the top of the chest and cover with some of the drapery or bedspread material mate rial and use as a seat scat It comes in handy for sitting down to dress If your children have outgrown all their small stools why not pad them appropriately and use as tool foot footrests rests with your lounging chairs Here Are Basic Rules For Slip Covers Women who have selected washable wash able materials for slip sUp covers will find it easy to keep overstuffed furniture in excellent condition for tor these covers can be washed along with the weekly laundry Good quality thread nicely fin fino bindings and good construction construction construe tion make the task of washing them thema a Joy for there is usually no need for repairs Vacuum cleaning before washing will help immensely in removing much of the loose soil which gath ers Use an attachment around the scams and bindings Close zippers before laundering and baste pleats In place to save time during the pressing Only one one large piece should be placed in the washer at one time then run for five minutes Arms and backs as well as those edges near the floor may need to tobe tobe tobe be rubbed with soap jelly before the laundering because of their heavy soil and stain Just rub In thoroughly before placing in the washer Thin starch enhances many cotton cotton cot cot- ton slipcovers which have become flimsy and lacking in body If It desired when still damp put the slipcover on the furniture and stretch to shape Some can be pressed right on the furniture |