Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1950 — Page 35
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Candy-Striped Sheets, 2-Faced Cloths Mark
New Home Accessories in Fall Preview
By. ELIZABETH TOOMEY, United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug. 12—Everything ‘from candy-striped bed|Something to give a stubborn sheets to combination Plastic ‘and fabric Junch cloths will start,
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These new home accessories were previewed here, before their | ; fall debut for housewives. Briefly, here are some of ‘the most {were créated by two well-known
interesting items.
The candy-striped ‘ bed linens
are made by Wamsutta Mills in/and a company side is another refreshing colors like pink and new idea, developed by Frank and white, green and white or yellow|Sadev Co. ;
and white.
One side of the cloth is coated
You get your choice of a with plastic, the other side is a striped sheet with a white pillow] rayon cotton weave. Both sides
case banded in stripes, ora are done in matching solid colors;
white sheet with a striped band ranging from dark green to white. and an all-striped pillow case. The price is around $4.
The stripes are woven into the|
Dishes to go on either the
sheets, so the price is higher/family or company table cloth
than plain sheets. Pastel Nylon
"On the luxury side, nylon sheets!
{haven't been neglected in new de‘|sign either. A whimsical group of pottery dinnerware with such imaginative names
as ‘Arabian
are being made now too, in pink, Nights,” “Moby Dick,” “Mermaid”
blue and white. One company sells an
“Zarousel,” will show up in
the nylon crepe sheets at $25 each. lexpensive dinnerwarn de part.
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Designing Woman—
Big Appliques—Big Results
By ELIZABETH HILLYER HANDSOME appliques on plain towels and bath mats make them look extra special, custom-made, extravagant. And although you may like them for their luxury look alone, they can also be very useful in your decorating plans
~wufor--the dull bathroom that --
needs more color—for the plain colored bathroom that would
and especially for the pint-sized
bathroom where decorating opportunities are few,
The appliques count most when they're fairly large, and in fresh, eye-catching’ colors. Use whole flower groups, from chintz..
zig-zagger attachment for yo sewing machine. Leave at least a 1-inch margin “around the flowers when you cut them out, and baste the motif in position.
~The margin needn’tinder—after- sutehing. cut. the margin off close to the stitching edge.
level, ’ dice, “is revealed by lifting off
The dishes may sound
child with the promise, the oe " Actually, the designs
modern artists, Charles Cobell and Anton Refregier.
Imagination Use
“Mermaid” has mythical deep sea characters, done in warm green, blue and grey, centered on a round white plate. “Arabian Nights” is a surrealistic conception of the magic lantern, again centered on a plain-colored round plate. They're designed to fit a modern table,. of a colorful breakfast room. All of the different patter, will sell for under $10 10), 20 pieces. The newest dinette taple is a Souibination of a plagfic-topped | dining table and a felt-covered, [game table called Play “The plastic top
nd. felt-covered playing for games with
top felt cover. It will be priced m $70 to $90, depending on the
Wax Windowsills
“Summer grit’ seems to delight| in settling on your windowsills. But you won't have to. scrub -tthem ~so-often if you wax them as part of your weekly cleaning,
like
“eat it}. soe the pretty ploture. on
then dust them off with a flick of the mop the rest of the week.
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ove, a natural air condition er in summer. Then two wings were added to the one-room nucleus. The left is the bedroom, the right the kitchen, The original cabin serves as the living room. Bill ‘panelled the entire house with “knotty pine, covering the un-— even ceiling smoothly but re‘taining the quant beamed effect. The made-to-order Dutch door they'd always wanted was a necessity now. The pioneer who hewed the cabinopening didn't dream there might ‘be a standard size era.
Qil Unit Added
A MODERN bath was ad-.
-ded;t00,~and--a—tralier stove - installed. Next winter the home will be heated with an ofl unit, but the house has never been cold. The three-foot thick walls of the original cabin hold the heat, and ‘the fireplace
ill Shank ive Comfortably
Photos by Henry
‘hepls immensely. Bill put a
heater fan inside to force the draft out into the room. On the upcoming list is the upstairs, yet unfinished. Covering the whole cabin, it will be turned into a Tursery for
« Cydney.
Even though the house has a past, it's stamped now with
Shank originality. The windows of the enclosed porch,
vide as much light as contémporary picture ones. For $20 at a farm: sale Bill found a three-piece. bedroom suite in solid walnut. The bed has such a tall headboard it seems to dwarf the huge piece. Oil lamps—they really work—flank the dressing table, and there's a marble top on the matching washstand.
Big Steinway
INTHE ving. room is an- . other big unit—an 88-year-. ~ old handsome Steinway. Bill
and Virginia paid $10 for this, had it equipped with new
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Cat Look On and Off the Campus in Sweaters and Skirts
Clear, singing colors in wonderful separates . , . the sweater and skirt, ever lovely, ever: right and ever-so-
lly American.
A. Exclusive Dayne Taylor skirts and sweaters: Woel _ gabardine skirt, 8,98. Slipover, 3.98. Cardigan, 5.98. all in rust, wine, dark green, navy, or brown
usive . Barbara Lee tweed
Zophye Mist wool sweater by Garland in chestngt,
skirts sweaters: Skirts, 12,95. in navy or green stripe woven with all sweater colors. Slipover, 10.95, and cardigan,
14.95. in dark green, navy, aqua, cherry, | brick, natural and grey heather,
Ayres’ Sportswear Accessories, Third Floor
and cashmere
~ claret, Scotch green, royal, navy, flame, golden glow, - Gr light oxford, beige heather, 3.98. Madcaps hats to match skirts, 598.
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: “Bill Shank’ pauses a moment with his yard work to survey the 100-year-old log cabin he convarted | into ‘a comfortable, modern home. "Bulge" has his ears cocked for th
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play and thelr parties usually have a musical flavor, the piano was a “must.” Entertaining and their everyday life are casual because Bill works so near home base. He ducks home whenever he can to play host to visiting friends, often has to leave for the busy hangars before they've left, The desk shown has been in Virginia's family for years, and the pine ple cupboard pictured now holds the Shank tableware and books. The stone fireplace is their pride and joy, made doubly attractive by the antique steins on
“Army bulletin board, pros
“the-mantel;-a-gift-trom-Bill's mother, and the flanking carriage lamps, ; Virginia made -the drapes all over the house; they're monk's cloth in a variety of color combinations. Ingenious are the tables Bill constructed. Two are shown: The wild cherry end table, made from two rounds of wood and stripling feet, and the knotty pine cocee table. A third matches. the cherry. .. The golden yellow Kitchen table 1s typical of the fun they have refurnishing the house. They swiped the left. over paint the day the field's tractors were sprayed.
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Informal Chandeliers Replace Traditional Crystal Ones
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (UP)-—~The twinkling prisms of a crystal
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|tionally-modern’ ‘living room... "80 Paavo Tynell, a designer | fr
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{a modern version of a fancy chandelier: It isn't crystal but brass,
The only resemblance to Gr {quantity of decoration hanging {around the light bulbs. | The central part of the new fix[ture is an Inverted, shallow brass bowl. The inside is painted white and tiny holes are punched! through the brass to form an intricate design, as well as to make an interesting ght pattern below.
Like Snowflakes
The bowl hangs ahout a foot| and a half from the ceiling, and| around it, suspended from the| ceiling, are intricate pieces of | brass screening cut in shapes that resemble big snowflakes, outlined with ar edge of brass. They're suspended on almost invisible wires, hung at various
“than the -bowl=fixture The effect is an airy (and very expensive) chandelier that does for stark modern surroundings what the crystal chandelier did for the company parlor. Tynell has an international reputation for being a style |setter where lighting fixtures are concerned. He thinks modern rooms need lamps and overhead | fixtures with some decorative interest. But he doesn’t mean frills and gingerbread.
-1Like- Sea- Shell...
One of the table amps, for ne} stance, has a shallow brass shade
molded to look like a sea shell.
Another has two spring-like curli-|
andma’ 8 crystal chandelier is the
He user other materials besides brass, including straw, natural linen and opalescent glass. | If we're going to accustom our {selves to foam rubber upholstery; {laminated table tops, und other imodern home furnishings, we can teount on getting used to new acs |cessories for the home, too,
New Candlesticks
Candlesticks, for instance. Tye nell has a modern solution for the traditional silver candelabra. Can» dles, he says, should be more important than the sticks. One of his designs is a low brass tray with short holders for nine candles, The nine are lined up in a per.
Wider fect AGUAS,
nell uses brass wire wound to {make a circular candle base that {looks like a curved bed spring. ‘These designs are sold here through the Finland House, They're made in Helsinki and imported. .
Papering Tip. | Left-over wallpaper can be cut {into patterns and then applied to {ordinary paneling, making for a interest
-junified and ing decorative {1ay-out n-your home: ge
For Cereal Sweetening
Three tablespoons of honey
cues of brass wire wound on top stirred into one cup of milk
lof the perforated brass shade.
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