Evening star., 1943-03-21

really different?
Here are some suggestions:
Examine the clothes closet. Will
an extra upper shelf give you more
storage space?
Divide the width of the closet in
half. Use one section-full length
for dresses, suits, overcoats; in the
other half, build shelves halfway up.
Jackets and sweaters can be hung
in the short section, and the shelves
used for odd items of clothing.
Clothes closets have much waste
space. Check again. Will a shelf
built up foot or so from the floor
help? 1t will make good place to
store sports equipment and luggage.
A remodeled closet may eliminate
the need of a wardrobe or chest of
drawers This is dandy idea if
your room is small.
Handy Shoe Rack.
Consider using the inside of the
closet door for storage. 1t can be
done! The illustration shows how.
Note the shoe-rack that can be
made from scrap lumber and fast
ened on the inside of the door. For
BOYS, the rack should have a heavy
wire "a coat hanger will do) across
it. This keeps the shoes from Slip
ping off. For the girls, the wire is
not necessary Their shoes have high
heels and do not slip off so easily.
At the top of the door the boys can
place a tie-rack. Any kind will do,
but why not try your skill In making
the revolving one shown in the illus
tration? It's easy to make.
Girls can fasten an ordinary wall
hook at the top Of the door and,
using coat hangers, hang their dress
for the day there, all ready to
slip on.
A good study table or desk is es-
sential to any ones room-particu-
larly if you are in school.
If a regular desk is not available
then convert a common table into
one. A good table is to be preferred
to bulky, space-wasting desk.
Wooden book ends can be fastened
to the table top or a wooden shelf
built along the back edge.
Convenient Desk Set.
A professional appearance can be
given your table-desk by placing an
1S by "a inch blotter on it. Handy
desk sets can be made of empty face
cream jars. They're convenient and
attractive, too-just the right kind
of receptacles for holding stamps
pen points, paper clips and rubber
bands
Remove the outside paper from
the jars, clean them well, then use
a bright color fingernail polish to
write or print on the side or top the
name of the Stamps, ~
Clips" Pens" Rubber Bands,
etc.
Shoe boxes can be used to make a
filing cabinet. The cabinet is fash
ioned from heavy cardboard, the
kind used for packing cases. The
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around the shoe boxes, with each
box resting on an inner shelf.
The file case can be made three
or four boxes high. The lidless
shoe box serves as a drawer in the
cabinet, with an empty spool glued
to the front end as handle. The
entire cabinet can be covered with
wallpaper for neat appearance
Of course, you will have pennants,
school pictures and snapshots to
decorate the walls of your room
However, here are two really new
ideas for wall decorations:
Obtain some wallpaper that is of
the figured or picture type. A WALL
paper sample book is an excellent
source. Cut out the picture, paste
it on a piece of medium weight chip
board and then frame it as you
would any picture.
Another neat, moderniStic wall
decoration can be made in the same
manner by using those attractive
wall decals which can be purchased
at any variety store.