Evening star., 1940-04-20
Small Fixtures Offer
Solution Of Guest
lavatory Problem
Can Be Installed in
Closet or Limited Space
Without Overcrowdina
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUs,

BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS.
Have you ever noticed how few
houses. including even the most
modern ones, are equipped with that
important guest convenience, the
downstairs lavatory or q small pow
der room? Lack Of space is the OBJ
vious excuse for omitting this nicely
IN most cases, but it would seem to
as that it would be possible for
y many an unused storage space under
the main stairs, or possibly a small
but convenient closet to be con-
Nerted to this valuable purpose.
Possibly you have already thought
OF converting one of those spaces
into little lavatory, but have been
stopped in your tracks because of
the size of the plumbing fixture
available at that time. After all,
you can't cram an ordinary-sized
hvatory into little room and have
enough space to move around in
most cases, 80 the idea dies of its
own weight. But now you can get
q fine little lavatory which will fit
into an unusually small space and
provide the same facilities that one
OF its larger brothers ordinarily
would.
Designed especially for use in
small bathrooms and other COM
pact locations, this new lavatory is
made Of vitreous china of high quail
ity and juts out from the wall only
IA inches. It has its valves and
spout in convenient location on
so-called splash back which is S
inches high, and up on top you will
find one Of those handy raised
shelves for soap and other toilet
articles. The shelf is 4 inches wide,
so that you have ample room for
other guest conveniences in powder
boxes or glass bottles.
This handy fixture is being made
In two sizes. 20 by IA inches and 26
by IA inches, and may be had in
wide variety of attractive colors,
You can also have your choice of
quite few different styles of chro-
mium-plated legs, and if you want
to do the thing up right you can also
have two towel bars provided on the
sides running from the legs to the
wall.
Many home owners with houses
and separate garages have a pretty
difficult time keeping the grass in
shape along the driveway because of
cars which wander up on the lawn
from the gravel as they drive in, and
back out, the sometimes rather tor
tuous route. Not only does the grass
suffer, but oftentimes a fine flower
bed or a valuable tree will be run
over or into by a meandering driver.
Owners tired of these antics are
now installing clever new type of
curbing made of light steel which
provides a sturdy edging for the
protection of grass and shrubbery.
Not only does this curbing prevent
. car from running off the drive
way, but it gives the driver some
thing to 90 by besides the vague
outline Of the edge of the valuable
lawn.
The edging comes in rolled Sec
tions Of a unique shape and is easily
Installed with only a hammer to
drive 1t into the earth the required
distance. The shape gives the steel
. large amount of stiffness and
strength, but 1t can be bent into as
small as an 18-inch radius for going
around curves and following the
contour of the road. For ordinary
use the curbing is 4 inches high, but
If you should want deeper edging it
can be had in 7-inch height. It
is made in 12-foot stock lengths of
either a hard zinc alloy, which will
resist corrosion most effectively, or