BILLY BOYS’ WORKSHOP
HOT WATER MATS. You can make very nice hot water hiats for the bathroom with some old Jinoleum and a pot of paint. First cut the linoleum into a square, circle, or whatever shape you require, and be careful to have no ragged edges. Then decide what the mat is to be used for, and paint it accordingly. If it is for standing under baby’s" bath, a design of fat ducks and water-lilies will look very well; if it is for putting under father’s hot-water can you might try the other design on a round of linoleum. Paint or enamel left over from housepainting will do very well, but you Tust be careful to paint your linoleum
<ll over with one colour and allow it to dry before you attempt to paint on any decoration. Then pencil out the design, and paint it in carefully using any colour you like. Yellow dueks and white lilies on a green background Will look very pretty for the wee bath hiat. while for the hot water mat von might fiy lhe eiii-ct of paiiuine in a dark I "c !»:•<•kt'i'oithd and decorating it in bright red and y/*Un\v
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 April 1928, Page 20
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