ONE-ROOM COMFORT

Shannon News, 3 May 1927, Page 4

ONE-ROOM COMFORT

The woman who wante to make a little home out of one furnished room must combine utility with ease and beauty.< And there are so many small devices for making the ohe-roorncd home a success that it should not be. difficult for the busiest of women to' make use of some of them. Storing space for books, clothes, and cooking utensils is "the greatest problem, for even this can be solved by' l the erection of'concealed, shelves, while the ottoman-bed is,, of course useful for storing purposes, as well as for providing sleeping • accommodation.

An ingenious idea is to hang the bevelled glass, which Usually makes, 'an'overmantel, in some other spot than the conventional one, so that a small table can be ■ placed beneath It, and used as a dressing-table. This does away with the need for the orrlinaVy bedroom fitment. ' Tf the table is bf a substantial make, wooden shelves can be built in underneath it. on which it is possible to store shoos. hat-boxes, and other oddments, and the' whole device can be hidden by pretty hangings arranged so that they will draw to and fro on brass rods. Small wooden lockers, of the type used in ' hospitals, are commodious, and give a good deal of extra storing space. , They are usually of uhpainted 'wood, or-in white enamel, when purchased from the shops, but they can* be painted to match the other furniture in the room, and a curtain (of ! the same material as that used for the dressing-table) can be hung in front of the shelves. The top of the locker makes a resting place for decorative oddments, and, if placed near the ottoman-bed, will serve as a nfght table for lamp or candle.