Show HOW TO DECORATE A Ai i MODEL SEWING ROOM II L 1 II With Homemade Fittings Adapted to Utility and I Ornament The Importance of Light Ventilation Ventilation Ventilation and Subdued Coloring I HE model modal In the city t r 1 THE II or country house bouso should bo be well welli I i lighted and ventilated nod and an deco deeo decorated S rated In lit such a manner that I i while tho the room is well lighted the t j I walls are aro not glaring but restful to tho the eyes Subdued colors therefore should ba be employed and cream white while or Ot colored woodwork is pre j i to dark dork or wood woodI I The Tho best model medel I have havo ever over soon has hM woodwork plain and aull free Creo from fancy tancy molding and orna ornamental ornamental mental work Tho The aide walls are arc in ono one fiat flat color without design or orna ornament ment went to lo annoy tho the eyes oyes ce In coloring It Is la of or a soft olive olivo green sr n In ono one of at tile the now light shades I Tho The frieze O above aboe the tho picture molding has a wreath and nod garland ornament although any other good pattern in a light pink wallpaper can bo bG used Thero are ue three useful u features in this room Ono One la is tho the chiffonier with wide willo and deep deop drawers for patterns I dress dreas goods and fabrics that It is Js best i not to fold told Commodious Idra ers Jn in ina a are Ire always heart to o Icer p in thoy they need bo deep but I cT Q thoro there should bo be enough of or them no 30 that each lot of materials mate a can havo hao ono drawer dm wort Another feature Is Js the tho long wall cab inet met which extends from Crom the chiffonier to 10 the Iho door casing This is made from three pieces of shelving six Inches wide braced In one or two Iwo places paces 1 aces and hold up to lo tho wall with wIlh Iron brackets Curtains of or thin Ibin material slide alido on rods so tho ho contents of oC tho ho I cabinet can cm bo lie partially hidden hl don from view I I The Cutting Board i Tho The last la l and ono of tho lie most useful features is tho the largo large cutting cullIng board six feet eel long and Ix inches wide hinged to lo tho ho wall and supported by b hinged brackets at tho the wall and side aide of or the chiffonier When not In use the tho I I II brackets can cnn bo ho folded In and the tho board boud dropped ao so It will bo be snug to tho the wall A largo larg cutting board Is al nl always always ways an essential feature In a sowing room but bul often of ton the tho room Is la too loo small II III all IQ to accommodate a 1 table sufficiently largo This drop hoard board however will fill ml a J longfelt want and any aD carpen I F r 1 t S ter can make ono one for Cor small cost costA A sewing table can bo be made mado In a similar manor manner though not so large and when not in uso use it Il can CUD bo be let down against tho ho wall Pretty curtains and a box filled with growing STowIng plants add a pleasing appear appearance appearance ance anco to lo the Iho windows and aud on ou the tho varnished var varnished 01 floor a 1 rug of or subdued colors can bo be placed although the tho ho majority of women prefer a bare floor when tho is in use A very ver convenient little sewing sow lug bench can call be lie made ma e from two boxes one ono of or which can be fitted with draw drawers drawers ers ore and In which spool threads and silks may be bo kept as well as tho the mis miscellaneous miscellaneous miscellaneous lot lol of ot sowing sewing things a woman accumulates Tho The lower box can he be inches long four fourteen fourteen fourteen teen Inches high and aud twelve or four fourteen fourteen fourteen teen Inches deep This will bo be found a convenient size I A shelf la In arranged at tho the middle I and under tho the four Caul corners wooden balls to act as foot feet can be screwed fast Cast These balls can enn bo be purchased at any stationery or toy store and an are aro tho the kind hind that have a n long elastic clastic at al attached attached and oud may ma bo ho bought ht for a cent Each ball should be ho held in a n vise visa Iso and nud nuda anda a n hole holo hosed bored in it with a C bit through which tho the screw will pass ass easily cas II with without without without out splitting it fl Everything Homemade Above bovo this thin box and an to ono one side n a smaller ono one can bo be attached with screws and a division made In lu It for Cor two drawers Tho The drawers aro are small boxes boxen cut down to the proper size alzo Chocolate or candy cand boxes can call bo be had hod about aboul tho the right size and fitted to tho the largo lox box or tho the caso may moy ho bo hocut hocut cut to fit tho the drawers Around the Iho 0 i f i y Ta sides and bath back of oC the box a low lor rail will prevent spools and small things that are arc being used from dropping off of tho the top of the box Handles to the drawers and a n cur curtain curtain tain thin for tho ho lower box arranged on rings and a wire will complete this convenient little sowing sewing bench To finish it nicely a coat coal of at slain and und one ono or two of at varnish or two thin coats of or paint of or some somo desirable shade will add to Ha Its attractiveness and give tho the woodwork a bettor better appearance This bench Is JJ quite commodious enough to hold tho the necessary sowing things and ond the lower shelves shelveD will ac nC accommodate commo nicely folded goods that you ou may cony be working upon as well as somo pasteboard boxes containing a miscellaneous assortment of or things HELEN MAR MAK ADAMS ADAlIS |