WHAT TO DO WITH CIGAR BOXES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7541, 25 October 1902, Page 5

WHAT TO DO WITH CIGAR BOXES.

. _♦ A pretty ribbon or glove-box can be easily made at home from a cigar-box. For this purpose you will need to get a box of fair size — say five amcib.es by twelve inches, and five inches deep." If the scent of cigars is objectionable, it will soon vanish if the box be left in, the sun for a few days. Cover, tihe box neatly' outsidfc and in with white or coloured linen, the inside glued firmly witibi strong glue andi tihe outside stretched tightly, and held in place by small gilt tacks. It is aa improvement} to pad the lining slightly, sprinkling the cotton wool with sachet powder, so- that the contents of the box may be pleasantly scented. Cigar-boxes of smaller size may be used as jewel-boxes, and a pretty little ornament they make on a girl's dressing-table. These boxes are covered, with chamois leather and' lined daintily with the whit© satin, padded with cotton wool. In one corner should/ be a small pincushion of chamois leather, to hold brooches and scarf-pins, and al small chamois* leather bag to contain rings. After the paper labels have been removed and the box planed down to remove the raised lettering, a nice surface will be left, on which poker work or light carving looks well. Small brass nails are tacked in" round the edges, and the inside lined with linen. A box of this description cam be put to many uses. It may serve to bold) odd lengths of string, cards, or chessmen., and is suito&le for a man's room. Several cigar-boxes nailed together make convenient little pigeon-holes to put at the back of a writing-table. Strips of leather are attached to the edges to cover the joins, and a few ornamental brass nails add! to the appearance, or. a smaiE rod with a curtain) on brass rings can be arranged across the front to bide the papers, etc., contained! in the pigeon-holes.