Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-28
KITCHEN IDEAS LOOK GOOD
Things that Make for Pleasure, Con-
venience and Content.
SIMPLICITY OF WALL DECORATION
Artistic Touch I'm Color Combinations
Utensils ana Table Designs
Little Things Make House.
hold Tasks Less Irksome.

IN mineral cOlors, was given TO a friend.
Some months later she said: II can't begin
TO tell you how much real pleasure that
little yellow bowl has given me. think
that one reason why housekecper's lot
has always been hard Is that we have
horrid things to work with. II make
cake why shouldn't 1 have a good looking
bowl for beating the eggs?
The friend unconsciously applied William
Norris remark: "Have nothing in your
homes that you do not know to be useful
or believe to be beautiful" And, after
all, why should not the kitchen. where
most women spend so much Of their time,
be so pleasant that II will make the house,
hold tasks less irksome7 Why should not
the walls. curtains and the kitchen dishes
give quiet Joy? For the bride starting out
what chance for her to make her kitchen
a model kitchen, kitchen which will COM
blne utility and beauty together.
/ planned a kitchen.
First Of all, a kitchen should instantly
suggest cleanliness, therefore white was
the predominant color. To soften the effect
of the white walls used a stencled bcr-
der in blue around the walls near the top.
] wished the decoration to be simple in
design but strong in color Little half
curtains Of cheese cloth were also stenciled
in the same design Of blue. There is
table cover OF unbleached muslin for the
table after the work is finished.
Decorated Utensils
All the jars and crooks which hold the
various provisions, such as cereals sugar,
coffee. pickles. vinegar. etc. were once
the ordinary gray crockery dishes found
in any department store. But whom decor
ated In this simple design. not only do they
serve their first purpose Of usefulness, but
when placed on the shelves of the kitchen
given a note of decoration In their quiet
way.
For individual custard cups, little yellow
bowls answer the need most successfully
these having the added advantage that
when painted they become an additional
ornament to any dining table. Besides
these little bowls there are larger ones
which will be found useful In numberless
ways first as. baking bowls; for baking
beans or scaIoping tomatoes they will
come in very useful Then, after a meal
is over, little left over bits can be placed
I'm the bowls, taken directly to the ice
box. and. when needed later, may be put
In the oven for rewarming. and the same
dish sent from the oven to the table. The
amount OF labor saved by the use of such
a bowl is readily apparent
A simple Craft.
Stenelhng Is such a simple craft 70 learn
that any girl without any experience along
this line Of work can accomplish a great
deal. A little experimenting in the begin
ming is all that will be required. The in
terest grows with the work Ii watching
the design develop under ones own hands.
The designs furnished come printed and
cut on heavy stencil board. In the cutting
of a design like this one. which consists of
straight lines only, II will help the worker
TO use ruler a guide In cutting along
the straight lines. Ordinary tube oil colors.
few bristle brushes, flat ones for the
smaller surfaces, round brushes for the
larger spaces; a large, clean blotter thumb
tacks and a little gasoline complete the
list Of necessities for stenciling.
Before starting to stencil on the material
II Is always best to try your design, and
paint on odds and ends of the same ma
terial. II there is none left from the MAX
ing, try the work of stenciling on soft pa
per. Always hem your curtains or cover
before you begin to stencil
Next mix your paint, and always mix
enough color to stencil the entire curtain
or cover, because II your color runs out
you may have little difficulty in match.
Ing the tone. On a table place the large
blotter' then over this bloter stretch your
material as tight and smooth as you can
ana on this material tack the cut-out pat
tern down with thumb-tacks. With the
bristle brush paint In each section with tn.
blue paint. Scrub the paint In we'll COINS
right up to the edges Of the design; finish
each space before proceeding to the mex,
section. When the entire pattern has beer
FILLED in with the blue paint take out the
thumb-tacks, lift up the pattern, clean II
then place this pattern in the next space
repeat the process used in the work of sterr.
ching the first section; continue until YOU
have completed the entire border. ALLOW
the paint to dry; press the stenciled ma
teraal on the wrong side with q hot iron
to set the colors
Experimenting Tells.
Different materials require differen
methods of handling according TO tn
texture and thickness of the fabric. Fo
lightweight materials use very little. /
any, gasoline in preparing the paint. Fo
heavier materials more gasoline will b
needed to make the mixture OF the RICH
consistency As l said before, a little ex
pertmenting will soon enable one to knoy
JUST what each material will require.
The same design was used on the tabl
cover OF unbleached muslin, but by usin
Just one motive OF the design and placin
this motive at regular intervals along IN
edge Of the table cover. and for the orna
ment in the center using the motive twio,
an entirely different-looking design wa
the result.
Painting CrOekery.
The method OF painting the dishe,
crooks. ETC.. is, OF course, entirely differen
from the method Of stenciling The pain
must be mineral eolors and must be fire.
and when thus prepared no amount {
hard ware or washing can ever mar tn
decoration. First OF all. have the dish pc,
reetiy clean. Trace the design to be use
with tracing paper; then, by means OF res
ular transferring paper used for this WORT
transfer design to dish OF course. IN
dish must be measured first and divide
into equal parts. The design may be a,
commodated to any size dish simply b
placing the motive closer or farther apar
Measure the dish by narrow strip of D,
per- then divide the paper into equal part
and from the paper proceed to divide II
china.