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Show TJJSSSS IF For Interior Decoration Beautiful New Colors Now Available By CLAUDIA Q. MURPHY THERE are several now colors In vogue this year that are especially espe-cially good for interior decorations, decora-tions, one particularly, a now sago gray called lichen, which .i very sides and back of the box a low rail I will prevent spools and small things that are being used from dropping off the top of the box. Handles to the drawers and a curtain cur-tain for tho lower box, Arranged on rings and a wire, will complete this convenient little sewing bench. To finish it nicely a coat of stain and ono or two of varnish, or two thin coats of paint of some desirable shade, will add to its atlractlenei3 and give tho woodwork a better appearance. This bench Js quite commodious enough to hold the necessrj tewing things, and the lower shelves will accommodate ac-commodate nicely folded goods that you may bo working upon, as well as some pasteboard boxes containing a miscellaneous assortment of things. HELEN MA It ADAMS. ter can make one for amall cosl. A drop-ledge sewing tablo can bo made in a similar manner, though not so large, and when not In ute it can be let down against the wall. Pretty curtains and a box tilled with growing plants add a pleasing appearance appear-ance to the windows, and on the varnished var-nished floor a rug of subdued colors can be placed, although the majority of women prefer a bare floor when tho sewing-room is in use. j A very convenient Utile sewing bench can be made from two boxes, one of which can bo fitted with drawers, draw-ers, and in which spool threads and silks may be kept, as well as the miscellaneous mis-cellaneous lot of sewing things a woman accumulates. The lower box can be twenty-four inches long, fourteen four-teen Inches high and twelve or fourteen four-teen inches deep. This will bo found a convenient size. A shelf is arranged at the middle, and under the four rorners wooden balls to act as feet can bo screwed fast. Thc-so balls can be purchased at any stationery or toy store, and are the kind I hat have a long elastic attached, at-tached, and may be bought for a cent. Each ball should be held in a vise and a hole bored lu it with a bit, through which the screw will pa3s easily without with-out splitting it. Everything Homemade. Above this box, and to one side, a smaller one can be attached with screws and a division made In It for two drawers, 'I ho drawers are small wooden boxes cut down to tho proper Blze. Chocolate or candy boxc-.i can bo had about the right size and fitted to tho large box, or tho case may bo cut to fit tho drawers. Around the |