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Ann Lennox says
Build Colour into your Home
5 easy-to-make ideas at little cost
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THIS attractive furniture is easy to make from plywood or blockboard.
It can be covered in any of the gaily coloured, laminated plastics, we used Formica.
Cutting both ply and plastic is simple to do with a saw, or the store which supplies the materials may cut it for you. The plastic sections should be cut slightly larger to allow for the trimming. To stick Formica to ply, you must use the special adhesive made for it.
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1. TABLES FOR TV TIME
To make these tables, cut diagonally across a piece of 1/2-inch ply or blockboard, 24 ins. by 18 ins. Formica surface is in charcoal and red Capri, 3 sq. ft. of each colour is needed, or 3 sq. ft. only, if the tables are matching.
To make these tables, cut diagonally across a piece of 1/2-inch ply or blockboard, 24 ins. by 18 ins. Formica surface is in charcoal and red Capri, 3 sq. ft. of each colour is needed, or 3 sq. ft. only, if the tables are matching.
2. A SHELF AT YOUR ELBOW
Here is something different, a shelf and a half which is easy to make with our instructions. Use it for your telephone or radio.
Here is something different, a shelf and a half which is easy to make with our instructions. Use it for your telephone or radio.
3. A FAMILY WORK BOX
You can make this work box by following the directions and diagram given on the opposite page.
You can make this work box by following the directions and diagram given on the opposite page.
The lid is hinged in the middle to prevent the box over balancing, and there is a shelf inside to increase the storage space.
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POPPIES ON YOUR TABLE
This poppy and corn design is actually in the plastic and will not wear off. The table top is 24 ins. in diameter and you need 4 sq. ft. of 5/8 inch ply or blackboard for a base. You can order the surfacing at a hardware store or there is one firm which will supply it cut to size with hardboard backing for 42s. 6d. (about $5.93), or with round ply base for 58s. 6d. (about $8.16)? The hardboard is useful as an under-surface on an old table.
This poppy and corn design is actually in the plastic and will not wear off. The table top is 24 ins. in diameter and you need 4 sq. ft. of 5/8 inch ply or blackboard for a base. You can order the surfacing at a hardware store or there is one firm which will supply it cut to size with hardboard backing for 42s. 6d. (about $5.93), or with round ply base for 58s. 6d. (about $8.16)? The hardboard is useful as an under-surface on an old table.
5. TREASURE CHEST
A simple way to make it.
Materials - 1/2 sq. ft. 1/4-inch ply; 1/2 sq. ft. lavender-blue Softglow Formica. Wood sections. 2 sides, 41/2 x 21/4; 2 sides. 4 x 21/2; bottom, 41/2 x 41/2 ; lid. 4 x 4. Plastic sections. 2 sides, 41/2 x 21/2; 2 sides. 45/8 x 21/2; top. 45/8 x 45/8.
Assembly. Make the box in the same way as the work box. Stick ply lid in centre of plastic top section, so that the ply square drops into box.
For more
details, and where to buy ready-cut plastic sections, write to me at
address on page 7, enclosing stamped. addressed envelope
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