Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 11, Number 10, DeMotte, Jasper County, 23 January 1941 — Accenting the Width Of a Narrow Room [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Accenting the Width Of a Narrow Room

By RUTH WYETH SPEARS /~\N A Thursday afternoon the south end of a certain dining room was as shown here in the upper sketch. The following Monday it appeared as shown below. Cupboards had been added to display china and giVe storage space, yet the room actually seemed wider and more spacious than before. The transformation was made by the handy man with no tools

but a hammer, saw and screw driver plus the aid of his willing helper with needle, thread and paint brush. The new curtain treatment, shown in the sketch, made the window seem wider and the strong horizontal lines of the cupboards also helped to create an illusion of width. The cupboards were eight inches deep and made of cr.e-inch lumber with doors of plywood for the lower part. * • • NOTE: Mrs. Speaij - ?’ Books 1 and 3 are full of other« practical ideas for making and hanging curtains Each book has 32 pages of pictures showing you how to modernize and beautify your home. Send order to: j

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