CUTTING DOWN THE FURNITURE

Shannon News, 4 November 1927, Page 4

CUTTING DOWN THE FURNITURE

How often do you hear a woman say: “I must have larger rooms because all my furniture is of the large type, and it simply will not fit into small rooms."

Tiiis state of affairs, at a time when flats and houses of any kind are difficult to discover at a reasonable rent, greatly complicates the outlook. Is there no way of.meeting it? There is—by means of cutting down the turn lure! It sounds drastic, but it is not so drastic as it sounds. The Victorian wardrobe, for instance, with two hanging cupboards flanking a central space containing shelves and a shoe well can be converted by an able carpenter into three separate pieces 1o fit into small recesses. According- to the construction it may or niay not be necessary' to supply new sides to the inner section, and the .cornice fitment may have to be adapt-/ ed. In some cases, however, the pieces will look better and lighter without any cornice at all.

A tallboy is a little overpowering for a small room, but it is an easy matter to divide it up into two. The top and lower section will probably not be of such good wood as the rest of the piece, but this is easily remedied: have a piece of plate glass./fitted to it. and paint the glass underneath in the salient tone of the decorative scheme.

A cumbersome chest of drawers can be cut in two and used as scats either in the window or in a recess. Cover the tops plentifully with cushions, or have an upholstered squab to fit each. Sideboards of Victorian persuasion, like* the wardrobes, are frequently made in three sections, of which the central one may be discarded in the small room. *£his- central piece will form a separate cupboard somewhere else.