For hard wear perhaps the best finish for the inside of a eu high glo t some light If board is fixed to t will be better to paper the wall before paint-large cupboard provided head room is left.
Exposéd hot-water pipes can be boxed in to make an excellent drying cupboard. One often finds such pipes running along the top of a narrow passage. Here a 9 inch cupboard is quite deep enough to take a folded sheet. ing.
Many old cupboards can be transformed by a coat of paint outside and a set of attractive new handles.
There are any number of handles on the market now, but be sure that they are suitable.
As cupboards should be well arranged, it is a good idea to go through the house from time to time, seeing that the best possible use is being made of existing cupboard room. A few plywood divisions in drawers or cupboards may save a great muddle, and stockings, shirts, handkerchiefs, and such small items are all the better kept if they are separated into various compart ments. Transparent boxes, envelopes and coloured cardboard trays attractively decorated, too, are a help towards tidiness and cleanliness. that are fixed li" crushed ma placed by two of the outward-extending type. to accommodate more gar ments. A rail with only a "hart hanging space for jackets ers may be far more satisfactory than one or two shelves. and yet take no
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