ECONOMISING SPACE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 1 September 1928, Page 17

ECONOMISING SPACE.

Tile modern custom of living in small houses ana nuts creates many storage pioou-m.s union were non-existent in ilie uavs of spacious houses. Here are ■sonic suggestions, ror storing silver a.nu cutlery in tii© dining-romt or kitchenette, states a writer in an exchange, me silver problem is easily solved wnerever the inside of a cupboard is available by fining a strip ot strong material hue cretonne, heavy linen, c chintz, with veivet or naimel or vel-vet-laned pockets for eacli piece cl tableware. The edges are bound, with braid or ribbon, and five or six small rings are sown to tbe top edge so that the ,holder may nung oil nails or hooks inside the door. Twelve pockets in tne top row will hold large forks and dessert- forks j twelve pockets in the second row Hold dessert spoons and soup spoons; twelve in the third row hold teaspoons; in the fourth row large and small knives and forks; and tne fifth tow, which is deeper than the others, will accommodate tablespoons, a fish -shce and fork, etc. The length of tins hanging silver holder should bo about dtiin., and tiie width about TBin. This will give plenty of space for ail the pockets, which for the smaller things will need to be about one and three-quarter inches wide, and for the tablespoons etc., about two and a quarter inches wide. The pockets for the forks and larger spoons should be about pin deep; for the teaspoons 4in 'deep, and for the knives and tablespoons about siin deep. Apart from the fact that this holder helps to preserve the silver from being scratched besides saving space, ,it also enables one to see at a glance whether all the table silver in daily use is in its proper place or not.