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Show I : j When the Bride Plans Her Home From Old-Time Wooden Bed Walnut Dresser and Chiffonier ' May Be Evolved Newest and Daintiest of Bedroom Furniture j! BY VIOLA FIjEISCUMAN, Interior Decorator. CLEVELAND, June (5. In furnishing furnish-ing a bedroom there Is tt limitless variety vari-ety of articles from which to choose suitable pieces. The typical bed to be found in a s.ccond-hand shop is the wooden style, with tall head and root-boards. root-boards. This may be cut down ana when enameled white or ivory, is very pleasing. A little hand decoration may be added. A roomy commode or cheval robo may be made from -an old chest a! drawers, bureau or chiffonier, as; shown. The wood drawers are removed re-moved and in their stead aro inserted j drawers made of heavy cardboard t boxes, with cretonne or chlntze cov-i j ering glued on. Swinging doors aro i hung on hinges and tho pioce of furniture fur-niture so reconstructed is decidedly attractive when reflnished with flat white paint and enamel. An oval mirror hung above it from two che-nilo che-nilo tasselled cords completes Ita effectiveness. ef-fectiveness. I Transformed Dresfer. i Would you believe that the dressing, i table shown can be made from tho : old-time walnut dresser with marble! I top'.' Kor this renovating the upper parf holding the mirror should be re-i moved and the wod frame trimmed, 'down to a .simple wood molding. On 'each of the long aides, attach with I hinges Shorter, narrower mirrors similarly sim-ilarly framed. The marble top shoulu ' be discarded and the upper drawer 'Cut away In the middle, leaving a nar-! nar-! rower drawer on each side of the top. I'ihe triple mirror is then set in place i lower than at first used. This picco I of furniture could be reflnished if it j consisted of walnut, maple or birch by , following the mahogany treatment after removing all of tho old finishing I material. Or It could be enameled lo correspond with tho finishing of the ' bed: Chairs and rockers simple In 1 line could be selected for enameling I and hand-decorated or 3tencileu. A wooden apple butter box or pail, may be transformed into a hat box or shoe case with enamel or cretonne lining. Tnesei palls can be secured at market stalls, as can large choese-boxes, choese-boxes, which may be used for similar purposes. Apple Green Note. A wall paper with white, light gray or ivory ground and simple pattern in stripe effect, carrying applo green, brown, blue and laender would be suitable on the walls, giving a whole-j some fresh appearance to the room. The hangings could be of cretonne' : with black ground and floral design in apple green, brown, blue and lavender. Hand-woven rag rugs on the floori should repeat the colors In the wall- paper and hangings. ! A colorful note may bo given the room by means of thf bedspread. i Patchwork coverings of this kind, utilizing scraps of ginghams, .cambric, silks and satins may be made up in decidedly decorative spreads. For the room In question, the rsnterfield should consist of ivor color sateen with the basket and flower pattern formed of patches in shades of blue, green luvendcr and yellow, tho apron, or drop, to bo of a soft, dark bluej sateen and the narrow bands of medium me-dium or light blue gingham. A craftsman crafts-man or buttonhole stitch may be used to Join the large sections. i |