- Decorating on Just a

. "Woolworth’s too expen-
sive. for you? Feel an
unrelenting compulsion to
ransack every second-hand
shop you pass? Know about .
moving sales and swap
meets before the sellers and
swappers do?

You're on your way to
becoming one of the spunky
new breed of interior
decorators who can work on
a shoestring budget and
transform a ho-hum apart-
ment into a spellbinder.

Here are some ‘clever
shoestringing ideas you
might want to consider
trying:

For the bedroom: Instead
of investing in aconventional
bed frame and headboard, —
think about constructing |
four long boxes that butt up
against each other to frame
your bed beautifully. Build
them as high as your bed
stands from the floor. Use a
bright print puff or com-
forter and your room will
look great. The boxes can be
pulled apart and used as low
benches or night stands
whenever you need them,
Versatility plus!

There’s another way to
combat the bare look of a
missing headboard: Place
your bed so the pillow end is
against the wall, then paste
-brightly printed decals in a
semi-circle, square, triangle,
etc., where your headboard
would normally be. That’s a
cheap “out”!

For the living room: As
picture framing continues to
grow more expensive,
people are starting to look
for alternatives, One simple
solution: paint a frame
around your picture or
mirror. Pick up the patterns
and colors in your rugs, your
throw pillows or other
objects in the room for
unity,

You can build beautiful:
sofa tables by bolting.
together some 2” x 2” pieces
of wood, and sliding inacut-
to-size piece of glass for the
table top.

Transform your unin-

teresting radiator into a |

classy: little piece of sculp-
ture with a creative paint
job. Add excitement to your
walls, your doors and closets
with large-scale graphics of
buildings, plants or roadside

Play The
Great Canadian
Energy Game -

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faucel, At one drip al het
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a at

design. "Then buy some of

scenery. Brainstorm with
your artistic friends forideas
— and check with your
landlordbefore you go all-
out with graphics,

If you're not a painter by
heart (or hand) you can still
create beautiful wall pieces.
Think of an interesting

the new slow-setting ad-

hesive wallpaper you can re-
position if you need to, Put §
that on the wall over your {
chair or sofa and let it serve §

as your “canvas.” Then .
stick on some colorful auto
piostriping and cloth tape in

stripes, plaids, triangles. —!
however you're inclined. |
Voila, your own little p

Louvrel

| For the kitchen: Save
your half-gallon wine!

bottles and use them as 9

canisters for storing sugar,

flour, rice, nuts and other
staples, You can decorate
them or use them “as is.”
Perhaps you can put to-
gether some pine shelving

and cut notches large
enough to hold the bottle-
necks, for a decorative
storage rack.

Sew together a colorful

HOME IMPROVEMENT SUPPLEMENT, Tuesday, October 11, 1977, PAGE 7

Shoestring? Read on!

little hanging catchall with _
pockets for recipe cards and
kitchen odds *n ends, using
old sheets or scraps of
material.

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