Show our old time couch Is made streamline by RUTH SPEARS WAS there a couch like the pic ture at the top of this sketch in the family sitting room when you were a child lets get it down from the attic for just see what can be done with properly streamlined it will look like the middle picture first paint the front of frame then cover well up onto the he head a d portion with cotton batting next use bright cotton upholstery material AKE BOX TABLES TO COVER LES C el ENDS f ral COTTON 4 L OYER L remove stuffing at high I 1 end now make boxlike box like end tables like those illustrated the dotted lines indicate how the couch fits under these box tables and how a partition and shelves are put in the one at the lower end point paint tables to harmonize with fabric the final touch is the back and end cushions covered with the upholstery material NOTE full directions for changing an old iron bed into the latest style are given in mrs spears book no 3 also step by step directions for making the rug that grew up with the family thirty two pages of fascinating ideas for homemakers ask for book 3 enclosing 10 cents in coin to cover cost address mrs spears drawer 10 bedford hills new york |