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Show Sprague Branch Libr So nth East City 0 o ! 'A OLDEN STYLES AND THE NEW Like milady's clothes, furniture fur-niture styles also change through the years. Mrs. Delia Hancock, left, wearing sxme cf the gay apparel women loved in yesteryear, stands by a piece of ancient vintage pioneer iurniture. At the right, Mrs. Ruby Ottinger, LaKeis', models a modern style ensemble en-semble along with a piece of modernistic furniture shown at South East during the furniture style show. I FURNITURE TO OFFER RICH LIST OF PRIZES With more than $5000 in prizes to be given away, the Utah Furniture Fur-niture Association's annual Style Show and open house will be held today (Thursday) from 7 to 11 p.m. throughout the state. And Sugar House, the furniture furni-ture capital of the intermoun-tain intermoun-tain west, will be represented handsomely by its participating members, Rockwood's, Granite, South East, Standard, Ray Nil-son's Nil-son's and Forsey's. The Style Show is part of a month-long promotion which was launched Sept. 10 and which culminates cul-minates with the closing of the-$5000 the-$5000 "before and after" room contest on Oct. 10. Grand prize in the contest is complete furnishings for a five room home which over 23,000 people peo-ple viewed at the association's house at the Parade of Homes this year. Second prize is a deluxe suite complete with box springs and mattress and the third grand prize another bedroom suTte. J. Gordon Sorensen of South East Furniture is general chairman chair-man in charge of the Utah Furniture Fur-niture Association's state-wide event. Most all Sugar House furniture stores are playing an important role in the observance with both Henry and Stephen Richards of Granite Furniture serving on the state-wide committee in addition to Harry Forsey of Forsey Furni- Contlnued on Pagre 8 BIS FURRITURE OPEN HOUSE DATED TOHIGHT The annual open house of the fall furniture style show is set for Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m. in Sugar House, the furniture center of the intermountain area. All participating stores will be open from 7 to 10 p.m. to display the latest in furniture fashion from the very ultra modern to the traditional and period. Early American is featured at the Forsey Furniture on Highland Drive and those favoring this style are offered a complete line for any room in the home. Those desiring de-siring to see this particular style featured may also visit the model home at 7000 Highland Drive which is furnished throughout in early American from the Forsey store. Along with the gorgeous Drexel and other provincials are the fine arts featured at the Ray Nilson Fine Furniture. According to Nil-son Nil-son the trend in period furniture is definitely toward the simpler, rich provincial styles. The home planning center at South East Furniture offers a wonderful won-derful service, and is available to all who wish advice of experts with their decorating problems, and the well kown furniture market mar-ket has a wide selection in fall fashions and period furniture. Persons visiting the open house at the Rockwood Furniture will find anything the heart desires in the very latest styles, and much comment has been made on the unique and beautiful lamps offered by the firm. Contemporary p.eriod and modern mod-ern designed furniture is offered at the Granite, the pioneer firm which has branched to Murray and Provo. For those who want to "let themselves go" in the ultra-modern fashion, Sugar House furniture marts can help you in style, fabrics fab-rics and color schemes. I BIG FURNITURE v.untinuccl from rage I ture Company. All Sugar House furniture dealers deal-ers have entered into the spirit of the "before and after" idea and have crealed unusual window displays dis-plays in tlieir stores showing an old, out-moded living room or dining din-ing room in one window and then have shown the same room "after" it has been completely refurnished and brought up to date. Participating stores in Sugar House on the state promotion are South East, Granite, Rockwood, Standard and Hay Nilson. The "before and after" room contest con-test is open to the general public with no age limit, no restrictions, nolhing to buy. Contestants simply pick up their official entry blanks and room planning kits from any of the Sugar House furniture stores and submit a plan of the furniture in any room of their house as it appears now and a plan of the same room as they plan to refurnish and redecorate it. The giand prize winner will receive kitchen, living room, family room and bedroom furniture sufficient to furnish five rooms of their home including carpeting floor tile, an electric range and refrigerator and I television set. All stores in Sugar House listed will have their open house tonight from 7 until 11 at which time they will feature the very latest in 1956 home furnishings. Each store will also parade a "dream room model mod-el 1955," a surprise event for this year's open house. J. W. Eldredge, another Sugar House area resident, is president of the Utah Furniture Association. Assisting Sorensen on the month-long month-long promotion in addition to Henry Hen-ry and Steve Richards at Granite, are Lynn Taylor of Provo, Kenneth Boyle of Ogden; E. B. Snow, St. George; Dell R. Holbrook, Bountiful; Bounti-ful; Robert Axelrad, Salt Lake, and Myron Finkelstein also of Salt Lake. |