A PRACTICAL PLAN

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 135, 4 December 1935, Page 19

A PRACTICAL PLAN

THE "DINING CORNER"

"If only there were one more room, this house would be perfect!"

Alas and alack, that lament isn't at all uncommon, for a small house somehow seems to get smaller as the family gets bigger, remarks a London writer. Either we want a fourth or [ a fifth bedroom, or a den, workshop, or boudoir, or just a kiddies'' playroom. And it looks as though the only remedy is tp move into a larger house.

But there's one alternative, especially if the sitting-room is moderately large. . This is to cut out that separate dining-room and have a dining corner io the sitting-room, which thus becomes a fully fledged living-room.

This idea has such undoubted practical advantages that it is becoming quite popular .wherever house-room is at a premium.

The.way to set about it is to install a corner settee at one side of the sit-ting-room, and to use with this a pedestal dining-table and three diningchairs. The settee should measure 4ft one way .and 7ft the other, with a depth from back to front of 18in. The table top should measure 6ft by 2ft 6in. It is then, quite easy to accommodate six diners.

Then the room which was xonce the separate dinirig T room is set free for any other purpose dear to your heart —or the family's.

Moreover, it is very pleasant and convenient to be able to pass so peasily to and fro between the sitting-room and the dining corner. . The arrangement saves lots of time .and trouble. It is particularly appreciated at informal parties. .

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