SIDEBOARD SUBSTITUTES

Shannon News, 6 June 1928, Page 4

SIDEBOARD SUBSTITUTES

The sideboard, unless it be a real antique, is out -of fashion. In our wee flats and living room bungalows there is no room' for any superflous . furniture of that description (says an English exchange). Dutch dressers (similar to the kitchen dresser seen in a number of our homes) arc found in dining rooms of any size, those of modern design being made absolutely plain'and devoid even of beading to catch the dust, and with deep shelves as \wide as the cupboard beneath. On these we arrange the blue china, brass, and pewter, which are the decorative notes of the present time.

‘ No one displays the family plate and elaborate fruit dishes on the polished surface of ponderous mahogany. Bht ! some pieces of furniture are necessar) r ■in'the dining room as a repository fori trays.

[ Some people utilise a handsome oaken chest, such as our ancestresses kept >as heirloom dower chests. Into it go |plate basket and table linen,, and the Stop is kept free, adorned, perhaps with ja gay linen runner. ' If it is imperative to conserve every inch of space, a hinged flap serves its ‘purpose; but this should be very strongly made and evenly balanced. It is raised at meal times as a rest for a big tray and let down against the wall when not in use.

4 A .plain, narrow 7 table, with a draw r for linen, is also simple enough. ‘ ' Perhaps the easiest arrangement of all is a dumb-wuiter. This is loaded in the pantry, and run into the dining i-oom, w-here it stands in the most convenient position. While the top serves for trays, on the lower shelves are glasses, decanters, the plate basket, dtc. After the meal it Has only to be pushed out again, bearing the clearance* from the dinner table, thus saving two or three extra journeys with a tray. ; • • If a table or other surface against the wall is used in which selves, or the old-fashioned sideboard mirror, are a ; bscnt, it is wise to fix a strip of plateglass, or merely a square of linen, at the back. Otherwise, inadvertent splashes and marks are apt to soil the w 4 all behind.