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Show i! : 1 I" Budget of $100 Rejuvenates Home u- I :. ; ZriM-J.mzmmmttfVm i!i--!:'!:-i;t S i. :i:i:it. ' -.M. 'mmmv'' -":-- -i I;;tvil:l3iii:i'ii;, P:;iS:-jiI:: ' :; imsmmimmmmmmm iShiiiilN? iiit:lrlW , Jin 0ieSi:;iii;e: AWj s -.."Wat: :-t -vsjv.f S 2 - i i, , , i. s ? x I's m. i- N- v' , 'if iliotoRraph above shows the "x x -.- .1 i ' io.n before retiecoratinsr, wth the xas Y;- ss -i V " ' badly proport-onej, uuittrattive -- x - s - -a . x -s Mantel, liie smill inset is of the clever - s , s, , i--' honeirnker. Pi's Kov fehuart The rhoto-SV s V 11 ' 1 " " ! ; graph at i.int shows the rejuvenated ni?ntcl( .m-'-V 11 itlonhed .th a pinel of miiroreJ plate glass xvAOvv'aJ U ' : photograph above shows the .". room before redecorating, with the badly proportioned, unattractive ' - - t taantel. Ihe small inset is of the clever? homemaker, Rlrs. Kov Shugart. The photo- graph at iisnt shows the rejuvenated mantel! filorified with a panel of mirrored plate glass.f READING. Pa. (Special) The decorative results that can be accomplished ac-complished by imagination coupled cou-pled with ingenuity and a wise investment in plate glass mirrors were interestingly illustrated here by a homemaker with but $100 to spend on three rooms. Mrs. Roy Shugart, of Wyomis-sing, Wyomis-sing, a suburb of Reading, was the homemaker who glorified three rooms on a decorating budget bud-get of $100, accumulated by careful care-ful housekeeping economy and giving up a few recreational pleasures. plea-sures. But the results in a rejuvenated re-juvenated home more than justified justi-fied the sacrifices to save the necessary nec-essary funds. Fireplace Redeemed Faced with the problem of a badly proportioned fireplace, and eager to achieve something out oi the ordinary in the way of ccoration, Mrs. Shugart decided on mirrors as offering the most in charm at the least expense. She first attacked the fireplace The mantel was high and narrow. nar-row. Therefore, if it was to be-come be-come an asset instead of a liability lia-bility tne proportions must be changed. An eight inch board across the top was removed and a panel of mirrored plate gla staalPHnV the CCilinR w:ls installed in-stalled at a cost cf $-12.07. Mrs. Shugart felt justified in spending this amount on the mantel since the mirror gave gaiety and charm to the entire room and made the formerly ugly fireplace a focal point of interest by reflecting other furniture groupings and two excellently proportioned windows win-dows at the opposite end of the room. Next a little-used and antiquated anti-quated piano was removed and in its place were put a gateleg table previously in another part of the room, a lounge chair and a maple arm chair brought down from a bedroom. In order to catch the vistas from two more windows opposite this grouping, Mrs. Shugart spent $9.85 on another an-other mirror. Slip Covers for $12 The divan and two upholstered chairs were treated to new slip covers at a cost of $12.00 for materials, ma-terials, the work being done at home. Other expenditures in the living room were for pictures, ornaments, lampshades, a lamp, rug, a radiator cover and an end table, amounting t $14.48. Furnished in ; pie maple, which had Loen a edding gift, Ihe dining room's particular problem prob-lem was a pair of necessary but unattractive chests. Again a mirror mir-ror seemed indicated and for $5.85 the amateur decorator sw- good mirror in a simpe '"; Her husband removed t ! , , paint from the old rhesl : 3 bed it down with oil. chest directly opposite. gart hung a wail shelf bo $1.25 and stained at homj bright bits of pottery . of field flowers to Wi ,f Thus two drab corners e J lightfully redeemed at $7.55. Is Mirror in NuBT ,J The nursery lifting," with a total mv , of $lf:68. Paint and a expensive chintz revi d , nondescript Jun"tu l man of the house co - . home-made but attract , case for $1-90. , from a chest and I fran v served to emph'M view of a park and w ,,er ,. untidy ""le doush ter pcarance. Ch nU 8 , nd,c materials costs ' ired , "nd a child's cha.r other $5.06. budgct ""'j, s M The decoration e who accomplishWj ,he k |