Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-26
PRESENT TREND TOWARD
ALL BU|LT-|N FURNITURE
Wcll-Planncd Closet Space Means
Sufficient Room for Storage
and Convenience.
DEEP DRAWERS ARE USELESS
Place for Photograph Records or
Playcr.Piano Rolls Can Easily Re
Constructed in Any Room-Much
Attention to Designing.
nI MRS. CHRISTINE EREpERICK.

ny MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.
Possibly, no one feature OF house con-
St7uction has been the subject OF moro
controvcrsy than the closet or cup
board How shall i, be buit-wha,
size. what s.rape. how wide the shelves ?
The nrsi thing mos, women do when
they iook At house is to see how
much closet space there is and whcro
!, s located. AS one woman said, she
would build her closets frst and place
tAe rest OF ;Se house around item.
The present tendency is toward more
and moro h0i.t-in furniture, or built
in space instead OF usin- separate
cHGoners o. ward-obes. Well planned
closet space means sufficient room for
Linen Closet Needed.
Every house needs linen closet hut
= should never lac located in a bed
room. The best place for il is in an
uppc- hall 50 that il is accessible from
any room. one such closet has shelves
IN t.ae upper part four fee; long by two
feet ,widc-just tho right. size for the
blankets ami Comfortahlos. Other
shelves are divided 10y upriShts into
:Se7srate parts 10 accommodate each
kind or sheets piilowcascs towels. etc.
Plainly written large labels make it
impossible 10 confuse.
II is never Wise plan TO have large.
heavy, deep drawers at the bottom Of
Will be too heavy to pull out easily.
All drawers SHOULD nc placed midway
in any closet where they can he more
easily pulled out than If either too
Every one recalls the long. very
narrow closets found in some bedrooms.
In order to reach one OF the garments
in them Il is necessary to brush all
the others off their hooks
Several Excellent Systcma.
There are several excellent closet
systems specially designed for contain
ing clothes in the least space. Some
Of these are fitted with 4 flexible roo
on which many hangers may be hung.
The space taken by these closets is not
more ihan t"o feet square. They opcr-
ate on the same principle, indeed, as
tic wardrobe trunk"
In hospital / once saw what |
thought was the only. sanitary closet.
the. noor level i, was raised. about
eighteen inclcs. This made is just the
right height for laying ,oes, hat
bones etc, within easy reach. Also,
being so much higher than tho floor
Level. 4 never caught the dust.
Portable Di>ign Marketed.
Ihere Is on the market a portable
closet. specially designed 20 keep val
uables which ono prefers to have lock
cd. This IS somewhat like n sectional
bookcase. and can be placed anywhere.
proof II is excellent for small
house.
when a drawer becomes over rnrco
tset deep II IS almost useless. The
contain ono layer Of articles. For OK
ample. the shallow drawers for silver
The dcep drawer in which everything
can he bundled IS really Il raEhac.
where articles can never he laid in any
order.
For PhonoErnph Records.
close; for monograph records or
player piano rolls can easily be built
into any room. \ built-in closet for
hats and coats is a far better plan than
a separate "hatrack." which is a most
hideous trticlc 10 put into any hall.
The only things which should not be
put into closet are many food stuffS.
which Will not keep so we'll when shut
away from light and air.
Another closet too seldom seen is
one especially for hrooms. the vacuum
cleaner and also that most dif1cult-to
III object. the case holding the extra
table leaves Such a closet may easily
he made between the Kitchen and din
ing room or in tho back hall. etc.
Downstairs in every house there
should be a capa cous hall closet for
wraps and the storage OF the many
Every family owns. \ small hand wash
basin is :. useful addition 10 this lower
closet.
Another useful closet is that Of a
woman very fond Of sewing. She had
made a special set OF shelves and
drawers on which she keeps her pat
terms. materials and all the tools con-
nectcd with her work. There is Il
place for everything and everything is
n its place.
Il pays 10 design closet space care
fully. N.lch of the convenience and
comfort ot. the home depends on this
small detail Of house construction.