... C.S.A. INDUSTRIES LTD A John Slater story from real life! John Slater found his dream-house at Totteridge in Hertfordshire a lovely place old a house with 'character'. Unfortunately, the kitchen was old as well much too old for the kitchen is the one room that MUST be modem. The English Rose Kitchen Planning people provided the happy ending to this particular story. They prepared, without ...

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... Between the outside world and the intimacy of the home itself, eomes the hall, colourful and weleomintf By MICHAEL SHERIDAN SOMEBODY once said: Show me a man's books and I'll tell you what kind of person he is. It should, I feel, be possible to say: Show me the hall and I'll tell you what the home is like and what kind of people live there. For the hall is our introduction to the world: a ...

... Toniifhi is an important date ami ii'iiminfx mi important {town. The /lorist would weave her a eorsafie hut she prefers her own deft finders to compose u harmony of /tower colours that will enhance the dress lihe jewels in a ftood setting so choose nour flowers with cure find wear them like well set jewels By D. R. B E B B, F.R.H.S. FLOWERS worn, like jewels, should put an accent upon elegance ...

... By MARIE SEGUR IN the very centre of Paris, just off the Grands Boulevards is the small showroom of Jacques Laroche, the furrier. As a background to the furs, stoles and capes which he designs the walls are gay with pictures-- landscapes, portraits and still life works. There might be nothing revolutionary in this, Paris abounds in painters, but this is not paint. The Laroche pictures are ...

... wo new ^weater styles SWEATER SUIT Materials required for this two-piece are 22 ozs. navy and 7 ozs. white Wendy Double Knitting Nylonised Wool, one pair of No. 6 and one pair of No. 10 knitting needles, 28 ins. petersham for the skirt waistband and an 8-in. zip fastener. The jersey is designed to fit a 34 to 36-in. bust, the skirt to fit a 36 to 38-in. hip. Tension should be 5 sts. and 7 rows ...

... Shopping for 1 0 u 5 MARGARET SHARP PERSONAL CHOICE 1 A suede backed waistcoat made from specially light and supple reversed sheepskin with the fur inside and the outside finished in tan-coloured suede. Price 8 gns. from The Sheepskin Shop, Oxford Street, W.l. 2 We have had washable gloves before, but we have never had kid or suede gloves which are guaranteed washable. These in black and red ...

... J O II Rat where you J^ook and cook in a room attractive enough to dine in. The white clinical kitchens of the past are giving way to friendly, colourful, dual-purpose rooms AS the new homes arise and converted flats and houses show off their re-built ingenuities, one growing trend is clearly apparent. You eat where you cook. The new conceptions of kitchen-dinette, kitchen-dining-room, kitchen ...

... HOW I WOULD STYLE VOUR HAIR This month Chrj'sis hands over to Raymond, who tells you I WANT you to imagine that you have come to my salon to consult me about a hair style. You don't know what style would suit you best so you have made a special appointment for me to sketch one for you. This will give you a chance to take the sketch home to study at leisure, then if you approve of it, you can ...

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... By BARBARA WOODHOUSE It is easy to overdo the business of brushing and bathing, says the well-known author of Training Dogs My Way MANY dog owners fine great pleasure in grooming their pets, and the dogs respond by enjoying th( process, too. But to some dogs and owners it is sheer purgatory. The dogs express their loathing of a bath by making a commotion which end: with shaking their soaking ...

... jLHi wmk hv4. kcl By ELIZABETH HAY WE first saw our farmhouse one cold, bright March day. It came suddenly upon us as we drove along, where the road took a wide sweep round. With surprise and delight, we saw the low dry stone wall where vivid clumps of aubrietia were in full flower. And there on the north of a beauti fully sheltered forecourt stood the house, with stone walls and farm ...