TO ECONOMISE SPACE AND TROUBIE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 32, 1 November 1907, Page 3

TO ECONOMISE SPACE AND TROUBIE.

BUmJSMMTAIMT WARDROJBE A(XX)M- ---....,' •'■■;•■■■•' ■ MODATION. : ■ !

-Such'k'nowleago as' is. gained'by. bitter-ok-penence.'where;the ..average ."small house is concerned .usually ■reveals tho fact that" wardrobe accommodation .is not a strong point oi n M.e;Ordinary establishment/ To lay in n sufficient'stock of chests of 'drawers 'all' at out.of.the .question when furnishing .has to' bo accomplished little by little .from purely, economical reasons,, and it becomes, : nevertheless, an important matter to; improvise supplementary cupboard room' by; : ovory;nossible means if the' supplies of dresses and wraps for day arid-evening .wear ■nro7 Iμ ° th , or 'Passions are/to bo at all presentablo when, in use. ' ■ " ; ■ Few articlfcs are'more useful than are "the ordinary cardboard dress-boxes in which woaiing apparel is. returned from the modiste or draper s shop, and,which ..may be converted nto.mos.; prpsentablo "furniture", ■depended S,d° y f °"} an serrice until more permanent, receptacles, can bo obtained. To render;.thorn, less unsightly than they are m their original .-condition, , .each box mayOf,a t - fe ' v Pe'ice-bo.made to look perfectly .decorative /when 'covered with wallTOh h°' r 't a moi ' oJastm e 'Wticlo is wished,

w.lf,yan-paper. is used, it' is a good plan over tL P « S ?trips nf book mus, '"' ovcr.the edges and. joins, so as to prevent Mtt K £ Om brcak , ,ng 7 hon thcre ™ strain, many people,-also taking the-hre-caut.on to. sht down;, tho front of each box ?h ♦"?? 6f %-loW*. sides and bend it °o that the cardboard will fall down like a flap! U^^^iw."* "Pmned on to tic bottom of tho box aerr.'.s the flap ,'so as tr form a hmgeand the idbs of. tlA'd treated Both dress and hat boxes can bo treated m this manner and • stored in . the corneiof .a- dressing-room or even on the top of n wardrobe or cupboard, tee ,boxes, V cove od wit the .identical paper which has been used,.in.-papering tho room, being almtet Sf»W»: »f * distance from walsthemsekds In. cases .where they a-« destined to;-hold ~wh.ito toilettes or milli nery, it ,is a, good, plan to line the boxes jvith pa e.bluo art.muslm, so as to preserve tho.froslinoss of the contents. . : . l)ie ; wjckor, lining ..of a children's travelling, bath, may .with littlo-trouble .be utilised as_ a receptacle for bloiftfe. or light dresses, tho precaution having- first been taken to the wickefwork with a .'remnant of ■M™T^rV* f lnte 'i^°' V flat ortvor <* *•«■ fiftff ; dh-1 to Protect tho .contents

T-HiHrtilf 1 , provi T n ' % cvcninf- : dresses pojijt o : view,' may. I w found in >S cahco, dust being ' more effectively ken. from spoilingihp. contents than if t |,'o won threadbare cotton,or linen were all the pro' tcction provided. .;-..■ ■■ . ■ '

A-ri' excellent; shield for dresses which will protect a fair number at a time mav ho made of from cl ght to nino yards oSlico which; should ,1,0 o«f into threo lengths, and the selvedges join*] together, so ns to mrikr one /awe sheet those, lminr; finally'sown ~p in bag form .The topshotdd thon bo turned in,, hemmed down, and furnished with' a double! row of nnes, which' may bo slinned .over thu cupboard ' pegs ' and hooks. When complotel, the, first sot of rings should bn nttod on to the row of hooks, the dresses suspended from tbo same hooks and slipped inside the bag. The final row of rings fitted into their respective places will close th" ansrture and keep tho contents dust-proof ■When a 'skirt is required, all that is .necessary is to unhook a couple of rings ami slip it out., • ■• ■ •■■ •