BRING OUT YOUR TREASURES

Evening Star, Issue 21254, 8 November 1932, Page 2

BRING OUT YOUR TREASURES

Arc you keeping a rare hit of old Chelsea hidden away in sinashproof wrappings because you have no sale place to display it? Do you have to delve into the depths of tho ancient family trunk when you want to show a visitor your priceless Sticgel glass because there doesn't seem to he any spot in the living room where it would show to advantage and be safe? Or have you new and beautiful bits of pewter or Bohemian glassware gifts that arc sometimes an embarrassment because yon do not have them out when the donors visit you ? .Such things hannen in all families. The American answer to that problem is the modern and attractive mode of decorating by means of simple, colourful open shelves, cither in the form of corner cupboards, small wall cabinets, pier cabinets built to fit on either side of the fireplace, or just shelves. Tho

hobby for open shelves has extended to the kitchen, to the bathroom, and even to the nursery. It has long been accepted in the library. Sometimes shelves are lump; across unused windows where the light streams through the dainty hits of bric-a-brac with lovely effect. Sometimes they fit in under windows and form queer angles over radiators. These shelves or cabinets must be sturdy and well made, but they are very simple and easily built. They add colour and form to an otherwise severe room and their usefulness is beyond measure. Dark and awkward corners arc transformed by them. Vacuum llasks. oven when clean, arc better left uncorked. They should be thoroughly washed as soon as possible after use. the cork being washed at the same time. Rinse in several lots of clean water, then leave to drain. When out of use it is a good plan to give them an occasional wash, and they are less likely to grow fusty or sour.