| Show RECLAIM WASHSTAND FOR KITCHEN USE Dl Di carded piece of furniture made useful prepared by the united states department of agriculture every so often one discovers that some article of furniture chich w alch served a valuable purpose in a preceding decade has outlived its usefulness or given way to some modern household equipment evolved with modern ways way s of doing household tasks one of the tha furnishings which long since disappeared from the city house and which Is rapidly being banished to the attic in the rural home Is the stand that used to be seen in every bedroom several of these bygone pieces of 0 furniture have been reclaimed for useful purposes by farm housewives in virginia where a series ot of kitchen contests lias has stimulated much ingenuity p L NO 4 A washstand made into a buffet in A virginia farm home in ranking making improvements at small cost in preparation for these contests the state and county home demonstration agents usually visited each rural home homa to tall talk over the possibilities for making the kitchen a more convenient room in which to work it was frequently found necessary to look about and see what was on hand that could be made to serve a useful purpose without buying anything new discarded stands under their suggestion gest lon were brought downstairs and transformed into convenient buffets desks nud and wheel trays dy by the elimination of sides drawers and closet leaving only the framework the wash stands were easily disguised in most cases the lie varnish or paint wis was talen tal en ot off the surfaces rubbed over with sandpaper and several coats of white paint applied the final finish being enamel this work was generally done by the farm woman herself with the addition of casters the evolution of the washstand stand was complete and proved very satisfactory the picture shown wa was staken taken by the united states department of agriculture with which the state exten extension blon forces c co operate in the work among burai housekeepers housekeep ery |
