CONVERTED WASHSTAND

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 50, 27 August 1938, Page 18

CONVERTED WASHSTAND

A writer in the "Christian Science .Monitor" tells, the following story of ;a business igrrl's ingenuity. A girl "had i taken a small --apartment where thereji was no diningToprn. The tiny ikitdhen served nicely for-her own"small :m^aSs, but was quite too small'in which to serve guests. She wished some means wish which to.convey'food andrdishestoj the living-room where her friends 'looted to gather for Sunday lunches. As her budget would ■ not allow the} purchase of a tea wagon 'she set to -work to fashion one. /,. 'A -light-weight wasHstand was found ani6»g.;'the discarded The Ijack arid one tow^l/ rack were re■ma've&i the remairiiiig; rkek being left to plash the cart. Cbjsters were placed under.tlie rear legs, arid two babycarria~ge; wheels witp. rubber tyres foutiid -in a second-bjand store were secured to .'the front ones. Wings were fasteriied:.to;the i>sideis|of the'stand with small hinges so th^t they could be raised and loweredi t 'When' finished w&fh a coat of paint and one of fepatnel in. French grey the erstwhile washstandi' appeared as a very dainty and ..^actical tea wagon; and 'with the. winES; raised and set with fresh linen and (silver served the double purpose of 'dining table in the Jivingrrcrom. ; The latest idea ;j{n New York is to match your dressesS'to your upholstery. Tit was:noticed at a isutnmer trade show of a large uphplste&ing firm that some of the new types ofj materials are being doubled in clothes iand upholstery. The colours of both are, in accord. A canopy .bred, 'with a floiinced bedspread of dotted 'Swiss material had a dotted dress to match anid5 curtains of the same stuff. Some of khe brocades used as hostess gowns are; related to the brocades of living-roam chairs and draperies and upholstery have echoes in dress fabrics aE well. Printed satin for furniture and dresses is a favourite. . . • ..