SCRAPS OF WALLPAPER

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 160, 22 June 1935, Page 10

SCRAPS OF WALLPAPER

Suggestions for Using

Remnants of floral wallpaper have many uses for the ingenious family. Here are a few suggestions for using: Pretty boxes may be made. Covering a box is a simple matter. Any old one which is still in good condition may serve as the foundation for an attractive gift box. The smartest sort of hat boxes and dresser boxes may be fashioned in the same way. For these, it is well to add a coat or two of shellac or varnish. Scrap baskets may be recovered by having wallpaper pasted over the old decoration. New ones inay be made by tying together four panels of heavy cardboard which have been covered inside and out with wallpaper in striking design. Screens are particularly adapted to the use of wallpaper. Unusual patterns, modernistic, scenic, or floral, are to be had which are especially suitable for this use. The paper may cover the entire screen section, or it may be used as a central panel outlined with a tiny beading. As a lining for the china cupboard wallpaper adds a note to be acquired in no other way. Here again a coat of shellac or varnish will add to the durability and effectiveness.

Used as a covering for books this paper can completely transform the appearance of many an unsightly volume. Books which have become dilapidated and worn the dictionary, cookbooks, etc., will be the better for a bright new covering. The telephone directory which, at its best, is more or less of a drawback to its surroundings, may bo made attractive with a wallpaper cover which fits into the general colour scheme. School books, and children’s books in general, will be more enjoyed in fresh, flowered covers. Books which are brought in from the Public Library will often be more inviting if provided with a temporary coat of clean pretty paper. Dainty patterns of wall paper may be cut in correct sizes and used as d’ovlies on a polished table very effectively. Old trays may be rejuvenated, <w»d new ones freshly decorated by pasting on their surface sections of wall paper and applying a coat of shcl-