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Otago Witness, Issue 3882, 7 August 1928, Page 10

THE HANDY MAN’S CORNER. FITMENTS FOR THE BEDROOM. (Special for the Otago Witness.) Such delightful fittings as a built-in and finally with the cretonne, and man’s snips. The end panels must be window seat, bedside lights for reading, with a gimp, as before. The underside cut out as* shown, and then the tin-plate a oV con er e 'wXt’ the im, ? ed *. atel y is bent at each of the dotted lines, so “terns that ar? Possible to the home bef ° re he extenor covenn S ™ fitted, producing the shape sketched in Fig. 4. craftsman posBlble to the home ELECTRIC WALL LIGHT. The centre division is then cut and fitted. THP nr awpt kov The wall H g ht shown in Fig. 2is a and a » joints soldered. Three pieces of THE BLANKET BOX. useful fitment for the head of the bed, st °A' t brown paper are then cut as A built-in window seat is not always patterns to fit into the open front and permissible, but the blanket, box shown (l 8 jWf t J ends > and correspondingly shaped pieces in Fig. 1 gives much the same effect, IM! - — i i J. I ? f ground glass are obtained and fixed and has the merits of portability and IgluLjlLr „ w in place with a few simple clips made utility. and soldered to the inside The main essentials are a long, strong ?L tbe 8^ Uld be packing case, about Syds of gay cretonne / KZZ? ™ fw* A OU ? pres s mc ely or other covering, a quantity of kapok At terinr 5 ® ?u m ? mp - or other stuffing material, and some plain W i P 1 1 d + b * a< *’° r an y lining for the interior of the box. Four h£ P n b I “ terior . sh ° uld low castors will also be needed, and two 'I?!-. s—n in dto 7h?t ii The a?™ 1 ’ 19 pairs of butt hinges. M-' \Z7 A-uh M E j m place on the wa l and two separate ' 1 oi. .1 x. • \J •"electric lights fitted in place on small . d J a g rani , Fig. -> shows the box in 0 brackets in the usual way. The back pa £ frnT+J v™ 0 ™ pf the lamp shade will need to be cut n the packin g case, take off away slightly to clear them. ° n - the fr e nt ’ an , d then SC T' 'lD—The switches—-one for each light-are Wfnrn nf g +b P T" Tn- T”® 8 ? ’f G 2 3 placed in ‘W convenient position, so bottom of the box about 6in from each * OW? that one or both can be switched on at end. Next screw on two castors to each pa will. cross piece. The battens at the ends riG.4 USEFUL LINEN BOV of the box should be left intact for the ti r , ?7 . , sake of strength, but should be covered w hich forms the sub over with three-ply wood or thick card- eC u* 5 d , b Can be made board. Clean up the lid of the box, and vtyll f <°? an . old * ea chest, wh ich a set then hinge it to the back edge. Cover r IYF* ? four feet has been added. The exthe inside with any suitable lining !||< || tenor is covered with gaily-coloured material, such as casement cloth: fit material..which may’be pleated to give one or two pockets for a scent sachet, Ct , a fan-1 ike effect. If preferred a plain or for anti-moth mixture, cover the FIG 5 F,& ’ 6 coloured material can first be put on whole of the exterior eveent the with - ~ , tlle box and be decorated afterwards by cretonne, finishing it off with a neat especially where electric light m avail- stripes or wedge-shaped pieces of material <rjmn able. It is quite up to date in design, of a similar, but rather darker, colour, ti ri <*>. . , ~ , and is readily made from ordinary tin- somewhat as shown in Fig. 6. K ? the Bb ° uld 1,6 plate and ground glass. The shapes of The box is covered at the top with conuS’Ler eVenly - T he Stuffin "’ ! be two sheets are S iven in F ’g- 3, and trusting coloured material, with gilt or fasten?? if 7 presen A. llo in other metallic fringe, and with tassels at Cover thisMth n nf ?? ?? r m cu .^ ln Ss thc lat f ter w ? rk sbould the <=°rners. This cover is attached to Cover this mth a piece of old blanket, be done with a pair of ordinary tin- one side only of the box.