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Entertaining at Home Swings Big Popularity Vote (Chuaso Sunbai) QTribunc Gift Market Shows Trend cf Garden rn Jr -t' -VM ome ati February 12, 1958 Part 3 Page Uu 5 $1 BY ANNE DOUGLAS home furnishings, there is a marked trend to aqua and turquoise blue; still a good deal of pink, and lots of copper as well as other favorite metallic finishes. A handsome group of casserole and candle warmer pieces made of brushed aluminum has blue spattered glass dishes, blue enameled wood handles, and blue insets in the aluminum covers. Brass and glass ice buckets have blue or pink metal covers. Coffee and tea sets, bowls, and serving dishes in turquoise show interesting new shapes and finishes. Another line of serving dishes, bowls, and pottery canisters is saffron yellow akin to mustard with ac- GIFT giving and home entertaining should be no problem in the next few months, judging from the host of beautiful new items being displayed at the china, glass," and gift market in the Merchandise Mart and Palmer House.

Rather, the problem will be which choice to make for your home or another's, for hundreds of new serving pieces and accessories point up the rising popularity of home entertaining, indoors or out. Blue in Forefront The new wares, now receiving their first showing, will be in stores by spring. The market is not open to the public. As in other aspects of 1 ".1.: 4. 3.: Unusual decorative and serving pieces and lamps were designed by Sascha Brastoff after a trip to Guatemala to study native ceramics.

Traditional native motifs, including fish, animals, gods, warriors, and human faces, decorate them. The line, called Mosaic," is shown by Bolender Co. cent pieces in parsley green and cayenne. Another new line, is celadon green, with brass or nickel trim. Achieved with Wire Light and airy looking accessories are achieved with wire shapes.

One group combines wire and wicker for planters and decorative pieces shaped like brandy snifters, champagne glasses, or steins. Wastebaskets, desk baskets, and magazine racks are in many variations of brass or black metal wire. Convertible and multiuse pieces are used more frequently. There are bowls, for example, that are appropriate for serving snacks or holding flower arrangements. A chafing dish ensemble made of stainless steel with chrome or copper trim has a base that becomes an all-purpose tray; a hot water dish that turns into a salad bowl, and a food bowl with long, wood handle that may be used to pass foods.

For Great Outdoors Outdoor entertaining has inspired a torrent of patio and barbecue items. Numerous serving carts fill indoor or outdoor roles, and cooking tools and fireplace i are in styles ranging from the wild west to severe modern. Barbecue aprons range from Mr. and Mrs. sets to a rough and rugged rawhide model trimmed with brass studs for the he-man chef.

Tho the accent is on informality, numerous items Indicate the beginnings of a return to more formal living and entertaining. Exquisite china, glassware, and silver are included. One firm shows an entire new line of silver hollow ware and accessory pieces in a classic modern style with walnut handles. Copies and adaptations of fine pieces of the past also are in evidence. I TSTTS VTTt e'4 "I "vv )' iff I 1 'if 1 1 i yO 4 Vf, 1 I If k-km! nil K')ztA ill.

riJfpl ibllH It' Years Fix-It Sales to Top High of 1955 Chicagoans and suburbanites who spent $330,033,000 last 1 v.jte' -1. 7-' iL. year at lumber yards and hardware stores for everything This free-form serving dish is a new idea for spaghetti, which goes in the larger compartment at left, with sauce in covered compartment at right. Oak slat handle is removable for washing. Designed by Sergio Dello Strologo and shown by Raymor, it is part of an unusual new line in saffron yellow, parsley green, and cayenne.

from shelving to a major home improvement project are certain to boost their outlay this year. Sponsors of operation home improvement," the year long campaign of fix-it and rehabili tation, made that forecast last and DORMER. SPECIALISTS '1: week. Last year's spending in this Candles 28 inches tails could only be Texas tapers. These slender, hand dipped styles will stand up under temperatures as high as 137 degrees, says the maker.

They come in 16 colors, and are being shown at the Merchandise Mart china, glass, and gift market by Sun Glo Studios. category compared with in 1945, and reached the No. 3 classification in retail sales of all types totaling 7V2 billion dollars in metropolitan IBBO WE BUILD ONLY ATTIC FLATS Pay as Low as $35 Per Month Present Mnrtcife io Obstacle 1a Finm'inir Finished Flats Ope for Inspection Tv Klr MnntMT Chicago. A good part of this business Coffee and tea set has an interesting modern design with Indented, shaded dots and brass knobs. It is made in antique white or turquoise, and the round bowl and long relish dish filled with cookies match.

These and the oval compote are shown by Haeger Potteries. odern bothroom Central tooting Guaranteed Insulation. Cool in Summer. Warm In Wiirter Slidinq flush birch doors In clothes closets and bedrooms Ho attic atmosphere No slanting ceiling Beautiful modern kitchen cabinets Formica top Plaster Wrfi Cellinos, Ooli floors Picture windows in living room Sound-proof floors represents the activities of do- it-yourself enthusiasts, and white collar workers among 7i them account for nearly as rTlfrT in 1S54 We Hove Built Over 0.000 Attic Flats Since 1922 Ail Fists omplete4 tn or 7 Weeks from Completely redesioned brand new 1 956 model flats at no price increase ever I95S. Dur-inq construction there is no open roof or eiposure to snow or cold.

Need a DORMER? Call Us for Free Estimate much of the trade as blue collar workers who are accustomed to earning their living Time of Martini I Co lor Free Estimate Sunday 10 to 4 Daily 9 a.m. fo 8 p.m. A -V bright and merry. The make your own valentine kits have become especially popular with youngsters in recent years. Lacy red and white paper doilies in heart shapes are inexpensive and handy for trimming gifts or Valentine table settings.

tl. rUfiligLLlii Jli. CONSTRUCTION" CO. VALENTINE DAY MISSIVES SOAR FOR LEAP YEAR St. Valentine's day promises to be celebrated more widely than ever this year, perhaps because it is leap car.

Never was such an extensive choice of greeting cards, gifts, and appropriate gift wrappings available, whether the sender's 5213 W. Cermok Rd. Phone tlshop' 2-2720. Olympic 2-3655J with their hands. In either event, the feminine influence is strong, for those who know report that wives inspire most of these home improvement projects.

Some who are embarrassingly handy with hammer or paint brush do the work themselves while their husbands keep out of mischief. ft 4 A TKI-LEYEL object is to show undying love or merely warm friendship. Americans send more greet As any home fix-iteer knows, hardware stores and lumber yards become fascinating places when the do-it-yourself bug bites, sometimes so hard that the project advances into WINT i ing cards on valentines day than any day except Christmas. An estimated 300 million valentines will be exchanged this year. Many of them are special leap year greetings for enamoured females to dispatch to the professional class, with DISC 35- 4, IZ i -A- Mbuaii' v-.

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