Evening star., 1942-03-14
Streamlined Kitchen
Equipment Offered
To Fit Thin Budget
StuinIess Enamel Sink,
Matching Cabinets May
Be Bought in Series
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUs.

HOW Is CIle equipment LII your
kitchen looking these days? Is the
sink battered, and are the drain
boards sorely in need of new sur
faces and the cabinets beginning
10 sag?
If you have an old-fashioned
kitchen you more than likely have
to walk around much more than
necessary, too, because of the lack
of planning in most houses of an
earlier year When those houses
were built the average housewife
could afford to spend lot of en-
ergy ploughing back and forth from
sink to stove to work table, but
nowadays, with Red Cross work. air
raid warden duties and many other
activities, she should have stream
lined kitchen.
But then you say: How can
ever afford to install one of those
when have barely enough money
to pay my income tax?" Our on
swer is: Put it in section at a
time if and when you can afford it,"
There is new type of kitchen
equipment which enables you to in
stall a series of matching cabinets
a few at time, and you can enjoy
some of the benefits right away
without a heavy outlay Of money.
Two Types Of Sinks Offered.
Two new types of cabinet sinks
now being made for this budget syS-
tenn of purchasing are equipped
with either two or four drawers.
The matching cabinets consist of
large side lockers. smaller cabinets
over and under the sink. They are
made of rugged, sound-deadened
steel decorated in durable white
enamel, and all the drawers operate
smoothly on non-ferrous metal
drawer runners. A complete set of
cabinets give total storage space
of % cubic feet, enough to care for
all the odds and ends which for
merly cluttered up the entire
kitchen.
You will find added convenience
in the double drainboards, soap
dish and level deck in the back for
glasses, not to mention a utility
basket in the left front door and
the linoleum-l lined cutlery drawer.
The sinks are made with stain
and acid resisting porcelain enamel,
heavily coated for long wear. They
are 81 inches long and Is inches
deep, set in the cabinets so that
they have convenient 36-inch
work surface height. A 4-inch pam
eled back splash Is also provided,
and the sink has finch depth
with 81 inch drain openings.
Wall Redecorations.
1t becomes more and more evi-
dent that we will have to live with
present home equipment and dec
grafton for the duration" hence
if you are contemplating a wall re-
decorating job it would seem logi-
cal to have something put on which
would be durable as we'll as good
looking This combination is some
times hard to find, but we have
seen a new wall covering recently
which seems to fill both categories.
Built up from a sturdy canvas
base, the new covering consists Of
four coats Of oil paint and lacquer
embossed with a fine stipple or
grain. Attractive designs made of
earth pigments mixed with titani-
um dioxide are hand printed on
the surface in a variety OF 13 colors.
Various patterns, which include
modern and traditional designs, may
be had in any desired top print col
ors to suit any decorative scheme.
Because of the strong fabric base
you don't have to worry about the
covering being disturbed If the
plaster underneath should crack.
You can also scrub this material
with a sponse or soft brush. soap
and water, and the makers tell us
that the colors are sunfast.
Rolls of this new material are Is
inches wide and 18 feet long. and
the prices vary from $225 per roll
for solid colors to around S. a roll
for printed designs.
Note: For further Information
about products described above
write Mr.. Crolihs, In care Of The
Star, and inclose a STAMPED, SELF
addressed envelope.