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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-10-03, Page 20y, Page 6—Crossroads 'Act. 3, t 4 TRADITION — Designer Sharon Bosworth covered the Chesterfield sofa and English barrel -back wing chair in an oxblood leather and repeated the fabric on the wall with added moldings. Accents are of rose and burgundy. Seating is by Barcalounger. Instant style for modern condo By Barbara Hartung Q. I've recently made plans to buy a condominium and dispose of my large home. I am looking forward to the move except that I am disappointed with the plain, modern character of my apartment. I have always lived with traditional things andwillbe taking the best of them — some antiques and some old pieces. that I have had for many years. I can add some moldings and wallpaper but I would really like something very dramatic for my living room. • What would be especially eye catching?— T.P.B. A. Designer Sharon Bos- worth has created an elegant living room, reminiscent of an English club, that is both inviting and eminently livable. She selected a, Chesterfield sofa with antique brass nail - heads and button tufting of oxblood antique hand -rubbed leather. The surprise: The sofa converts to a queen sized bed. Next to the sofa is an Eng- lish, barrel -back wing chair in oxblood leather that is also a recliner. These two richly upholstered seating pieces establish the tone of the room as does the wall cov- ering, dyed to match the up- holstery. To the wall covering, designer Bosworth added molding — both straight and slightly curved to give the look of elegant architectural detailing. Carpeting is a plush beige style and accessories intro- duce rose and burgundy tones. This might provide • you some ideas for decorating your living room, giving it instant style. Q. I,litavc a miniature entry way that I wish to incor- porate into my apartment. There is no room for fur- niture, so I need some ideas for wall treatment. 'I have an ultraconserva- tive living room just off the entry and was thinking about a European feeling in this space. I, do not want any plants because the space is too dark and too small. Please suggest something that. isnw„t too expensive.— E.V. A. Mirrors are almost always ideal in an entry be- cause they are functional for you andyour guests and they expand the.small space. Try one with an attractive frame on one ,small' piece of wall. Create an • interesting arrangement of objects on another wall. Hang a small picture vertically. Above it place a small shelf bracket on which you might display a ceramic object. Forming a circle around the picture and shelf arrange seven or nine decorative plates attached with plate hangers. This will give you some color and design. If you don't have any decorative plates or objects, you could pick up some pretty ones at an import store at a modest price. But probably you have some in your cupboards that would be sentimental and pretty. RENOVATION SALE 0 INTERIOR FLAT F LATEX PAINT Fsale $8.98 4 litre, 0 ALL EXTERIOR F PAINT & STAIN Fsale '7.98 - 14.98 4 litre ALSO ON SALE SATIN LUSTRE • SEMI -GLOSS • CEILING PAINT ROLLER SETS • BRUSHES & DROPSHEETS Available at Waterloo Stores only - while quantities last SALE ENDS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6TH CHARGER 111111111111 VISA The paint and paper • .; :• ple CONESTOGA' MALL Waterloo (near K Mart) 886-2789 WATERLOO TOWN SQUARE Waterloo (near K Mart) 886®3791 1 Summer's memories and next year's plans r . By Patrick Denton It's,that time of year again when it's nice to look back upon the season's garden while it is still fresh in my mind. Several good purposes are served in such a remember- ing. First, it's pleasurable to cast back over the beautiful pictures, delightful scents and delicious tastes of the past season. It gives a fi4e sense of accomplishment to list the best successes of the year, so that some of them can be chosen for repeat per- formances next year. Second, as historians tell us, if we fail to remember the mistakes of the past, we are doomed to repeat them. Remembering our little slip- ups, and those varieties that did poorly in our gardens, can guide us to better choices and improved gardening methods in the fu- ture. Right now, it's a good idea to note some of these things, either in the back of our 1984 garden diaries, or at the be- ginning of a diary to be used for 1985. For this purpose, I use a coil -type lined school notebook, which comes in various thicknesses. For most home gardens, a 100 - page notebook should be adequate. It's a good idea as well to use the back of your 1984 garden diary, or the begin- ning of the one to be used for 1985, for sketches of the past season's planted areas. Within their outlines, fill in what was planted in each section. Then, on a parallel series of sketches,, perhaps on the facing page, begin filling in your choices as you make them of annual flowers and vegetables for next year. Bear in mind that it's wise to keep various blocks of similar vegetables moved around as much as possible, both to discourage pests that At wit's end by Erma Bombeck All said a few week sa o was, "These throw pillows on the sofa are looking a little shabby.” ' You'd have thought I had just said 'something obscene like, "Turn up the MTV." My husband froze with the. newspaper in his hands. For a moment he stopped breathing. The blood drained from his face. "You're not going to start again, are you?" he whispered. "Start what?" I asked. "Playing musical fur- niture." • "Don't be silly," I said. "I love the house just the way it is. I just thought the pillows looked a little tacky. Maybe I'll pick out some material tomorrow." ' The material was a remnant and a real steal, which was just. as well because the pillows clashed with the sofa andit helped defray the cost of new slip- covers. Painting the walls was tate only reasonable thing to do since the freshly covered furniture made them look dirty. When the ' piano was *moved, if left a definite mark on the rug, so naturally that had to be replaced. What else d uld you do? When the piano was moved to the living room wall, that meant the console had to be moved to the hallway and with better light the white glass marks stuck out like black hair at a golden an- niversary party. What could we do but refinish it? tlf course, when we took away the console, that meant we lost a -table for the lamp and you can't sit in a chair without light, so we had to get a couple of floor lamps. Besides, we needed an extra table lamp in the bed- room. And it matched per- fectly after we bought new spreads and matching - draperies. And after we cleaned the rug, I must say everything looked like new. It would have been a shame not to paint the outside of the house and put in a couple of, new shade trees while we were on our feet and had our old clothes on. For the first time in weeks my husband sank into his prey on one type or family of plants and to make best use of the nutrients in your soil. Thinking ahead to next year's summer flowers con- jures up a multitude of en- ticing pictures. Each year, I like to repeat some old fa- vorites, and try as many new types as possible. One patch of flowers this year brought to our family a ;special touch of nostalgia. In bur front yard, in newly cleared stretch of garden on the warm, south side of a fence I seeded cosmos. But this was not just any cosmos. The seed was sent to my wife by a lady who had re. ceived the seed originally from my late father-in-law many years ago. Throughout all the intervening years, she has carefully gathered seed to sow again. And each year, rite chair (the t -to -f avou rex old one is being rebuilt and recovered) - last night and said, "Where are the new throw pillows?" "The print was too busy. I'm going out tomorrow and see if'I can find some cheapie fabric to redo; them. Don't worry, I'm not going to start again. We still have a lot to do in the bathroom. What would you say if we put the sink on the other wall? I bought some little blue soaps shaped like seashells tflat pick up the pattern in the wallpaper perfectly ! " Deeds on papyrus Pulp paper, developed in China, was known as early as the 6th century, but pa- pyrus was still used for deeds in France in the 8th century and in Italy until the 10th. the Vatican was still using papyrus in the 12th century for its papal bulls.' • the faithful ferny spri s would emerge from the warm soil to grow into a t' ll, feathery hedge smothered in many shades of pink da' y blooms. The sight of that delicate, flowering hedge with its clouds of pink nodding over the top of the fence evoked memories of summer gar- dens of years long past. In one of our first homes, the one to which we brought home our first child, this old- fashioned, tall cosmos became a traditional hedge at one side of the vast vegetable garden. These days, there are many new kinds of cosmos from which the home gar- dener can choose. The tradi- tional, tall sorts, usually m shades of pink with some white, grow around 5 feet tall and ,can be found in seed catalogues under the name Sation mixed. Bright Lights is a mixture of semi -double flowers in shades of scarlet, orange and. yellow. This type grows to about 3 feet. Sunset is similar but a little taller. Diablo, an All -America Selections winner, grows to a uniform 3 feet with bright scarlet blooms. All cosmos have finely cut, fern -like foliage and grace- ful, airy daisylike flowers with contrasting centers. 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